When The Heaven & Earth Totem/China Beat concert opens on Oct 19 in Beijing's popular bar area of Sanlitun, the audience will experience something which is more like a shamanic ritual. "I hope our post-ancient rhythms can lead our ...
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The partnership allows Anglia Ruskin to further understand what engineering businesses need in terms of employee skill sets in a changing environment. Pacepacker’s business development manager Paul Wilkinson said: “It was very ...
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To celebrate the final weekend of the UK's Wool Week, a flock of Australian/English Bowmont Merino sheep made a special appearance in the Royal Academy's courtyard over the weekend. Wool Week is the Campaign for Wool's annual UK festival to ...
More than half a century after a second world war bomb shattered ancient stained glass windows in Westminster Abbey, new windows by the British artist Hughie O'Donoghue are to be unveiled in the abbey. Installed in time for the special ...
The first Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering to five men whose work was fundamental in creating the World Wide Web. Engineers Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf, Louis Pouzin, Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andreessen were today announced as the ...
Engineers will determine the future economic status of Britain, says Lord John Browne, former BP CEO. “I do believe engineering is the only way to get growth in any economy,” says Browne, a past president of the Royal Academy ...
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A new Barbie DVD has reached the number slot in the children’s charts for pre-orders on Amazon. Yesterday's UK premiere of the Barbie in the Pink Shoes movie - which arrives on DVD on March 18th - also marked the start of a ...
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Business secretary Vince Cable acknowledges that engineering is central to building a strong economy. He was speaking following the publication of an influential new report by the Royal Academy of Engineering which estimates engineering ...
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H&M is proud to announce the names of the eight finalists of the H&M Design Award 2013. The finalists, invited to take part from nineteen design schools in Europe, were selected by an H&M jury led by Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M’s Head of ...
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BAE Systems has developed technology it claims could replace GPS for creating location data. Named "Navigation via Signals of Opportunity" (Navsop), the technology uses existing signals from radio, TV, mobile and Wi-Fi to pinpoint ...
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In celebration of its 'Leather Forever' exhibition which opened in London on 8 May 2012, Hermès has created four one-of-a-kind versions of its Passe-Guide handbag representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales; a tribute to the ...
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The British Computing Society(BCS)has made the first draft of the reformed ICT curriculum available to the public. Available on the BCS website,the first draft has been unveiled to enable the BCS and the Royal Academy of ...
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The UK is in need of 1.25 million science,engineering and technology professionals and technicians by 2020;but will not hit this target the Royal Academy of Engineering has warned. Research from the Academy estimates 830,000 ...
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UK-At PLASA 2012,Shure Distribution UK(SDUK)announced a partnership with RADA,the London-based Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. SDUK has always striven to work closely with educational establishments that encourage talented young ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has appointed David Grant CBE,FREng,FLSW,CEng,FIET as a non-executive director and as senior independent director of the Group. Grant,age 65,gained his PhD in Engineering ...