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Harrison, Gareth P.; Macpherson, D. Ewen; Williams, David A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
With funding from the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering, the University of Edinburgh has developed a series of truly interdisciplinary design courses aimed at improving penultimate-year students' ability to operate across disciplines and improve their preparation for industry. Led by a Visiting Industrial Professor, the course on hydropower design…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Interdisciplinary Approach, Earth Science, Engineering
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Philip, George; Tsoi, Shao Hing – Journal of Information Science, 1988
These two articles explore the arguments for and against the liberalization of natural monopolies in general and the privatization of the telecommunications industry in particular. The discussion covers the reasons for and consequences of deregulation of telecommunications in the United States, United Kingdom, and other Western European countries.…
Descriptors: Competition, Developed Nations, Economic Factors, Equipment Standards
Davis, Jonathan – 1986
This paper describes a study which compared an actual television schedule with an "abstract" schedule in order to determine what the forces are that forge a television schedule and how these forces interact. The report is presented in six sections: (1) a statement of the problem; (2) a discussion of the notion of the abstract schedule…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Broadcast Industry, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences