Nouveaux hommes commit old sins

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Female academics in France are becoming increasingly frustrated by the dominance of men in the academic field of women's studies. Many are furious that just one woman and three men were appointed to the scientific committee responsible for preparing France for the United Nations Women's Conference in Beijing, China, although one of the male committee members claims the perception of male control is misguided. Some women complain the men use women's research to further their own careers without acknowledgement to the researchers.

France, Study and teaching, Sex discrimination against women, Women's studies

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Victory over bad blood

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Discoverer of the HIV retrovirus Luc Mantagnier describes the bureaucratic hurdles he had to face in France, and the domestic and international rivalries he encountered in the race to discover the retrovirus. Montagnier's team announced its discovery of HIV-2 in 1985, beating US scientists and rival French researchers to the discovery. Montagnier now works in the US. He believes that an Aids vaccine will be available by 2012, but that a determined political effort could bring that date forward to around 2002.

Research, HIV (Viruses), HIV, Montagnier, Luc

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Roar of pain from the leaopard reborn

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Bophuthatswana has one university, Unibo, which will be renamed University of the North West. The university's first intake was in 1980 when 159 students were admitted. There are 5,700 students in 1995, and this is more than the university can easily handle. Unibo was closed down for political reasons but benefited from spending by the Mangope regime, toppled in 1994. There has been pressure on expatriate staff to leave their jobs but contracts are to be honored, and expatriate appointments frozen.

Universities and colleges, Education and state, Education policy, Political aspects, Africa, Southern

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