Music to our cash tills

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The UK music business is unprofessional and notoriously inefficient, despite its major role in the UK economy. The UK music industry provides more than 115,000 full-time jobs and generates a net output of 2.5 billion pounds sterling, yet a Policy Research Institute study has revealed that fewer than 59% of music industry managers possess any relevant business qualifications. The Dept. for Education and Employment is therefore working with music industry trade organisation the International Managers' Forum to draw up qualifications and establish courses, particularly in music management.

Planning, Music industry, Occupational training

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Thieves cash in on chip gold rush

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Memory chips are being stolen from universities and colleges all over the world because of the lack of security on campuses. The chips are easy to sell on, and are worth large sums of money. The Association of University Chief Security Officers is to discuss this problem, which is spreading, during Mar. 1996. Oxford University is spending 500,000 pounds sterling on extra security, to try to prevent future thefts. Many security devices available today are cheap and do not offer sufficient protection.

Economic aspects, Universities and colleges, Computer memory, Crimes against, Memory (Computers), Security departments

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Breaking boundaries

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The director and founder of the Wessex Institute of Technology, England, is Carlos Brebbia, who has used computational techniques in engineering over a 30-year period. The Wessex Institute aims to help industry in tackling engineering problems. Brebbia set up a publishing and software company as part of his efforts to show how academic research can help industry without a need to adapt established institutions over a long period. He sees the Wessex Institute as unique world wide.

Industrial research, Business and education, Industry and education, Technical institutes, Brebbia, Carlos

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