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Bath grows electronics syllabus

In a year that has seen UK universities closing entire chemistry departments, and pulling the plug on undergraduate courses in physics and maths, it seems the University of Bath is bucking the downward trend in students choosing science and engineering. The University said applications for places on undergraduate courses in electronic engineering have increased in recent years, contradicting a country-wide ...

Delegates disagree on impact of WiMAX

There was dissension in the ranks over the forthcoming mobile variant of the WiMAX 802.16e wireless access standard at this year’s 3GSM World Congress. “The mass market is for ‘e’ and it is coming next year,” said Marc Rouane, COO of the mobile communications group at Alcatel. “It is positioned to cost between DSL and UMTS/HSDPA and it’s not intended ...