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Michael Parsons, brilliant civil engineer who revolutionised suspension bridge design – obituary


Michael Parsons, brilliant civil engineer who revolutionised suspension bridge design – obituary
His aerodynamic design for the first Severn crossing, with its streamlined bridge deck, influenced the design of bridges worldwide
Michael Parsons
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Michael Parsons, who has died aged 92, played a key role in designing and building four of the world’s greatest long-span suspension bridges – the Severn Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge, the first suspension bridge across the Bosphorus and the Humber Bridge.
He first became interested in bridge construction as an engineering undergraduate at the University of Bristol, partly inspired by Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge across the Avon Gorge. After graduating with a First he joined the consulting engineers Freeman, Fox & Partners in 1949. ....

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"The man who democratised great-driving cars": Richard Parry-Jones, an appreciation


Not the easiest to get on with but universally respected: Richard Parry-Jones
Mercurial describes very few in this world, but it’s an apt depiction of Richard Parry-Jones, Ford’s former head of global product development, who has died aged 69 in an accident at his farm in Wales.  
RP-J, the Welsh wizard and Ford’s saviour would be other names, for this was a man who in his pomp would cross the Atlantic for a 20-minute drive in a prototype car, give his verdict to his engineers and catch the next plane back. Not the easiest to get on with, his direct, first-principles approach epitomised the engineer he was at heart, although he was also an accomplished player in the byzantine poker game of car-making politics. ....

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IWD: Empowering the Girl-Child Towards Attaining Academic Excellence


Key women leaders in the education, engineering, energy, and judiciary sectors, recently joined their counterparts the world over, to commemorate the 2021 International Women’s Day, themed, ‘Choose to Challenge’. They spoke to Funmi Ogundare on what they are doing differently to educate and empower the girl-child to become successful women in future
The challenges confronting the girl-child in Nigeria are multifaceted. They range from insecurity mostly in the northern part of the country, leading to more girls dropping out of school, sexual harrasment, early marriage, gender discrimination, poor sanitation, among others.
Unfortunately, with the effect of Covid-19 pandemic taking its toll on the economy, the Nigerian government has not done enough in addressing the socio-economic and cultural issues confronting the girl-child to attain her full potentials and ambitions needed to transit from girlhood to a successful woman. ....

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