Seven Rules for Social Research
This is an unusual and untypical book on social research methods, in which Glenn Firebaugh manages to buck the unwelcome trend within methods texts of creating "How to ..." guides, seasoned liberally...
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FILM STUDIESDeleuze and the Cinemas of Performance: Powers of Affection.By Elena del Rio, assistant professor of film studies, University of Alberta. Edinburgh University Press, £55.00. ISBN...
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First Impressions competition: 19 June 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an action-adventure novel set in the heathery hills of Scotland:“I will begin the story of my...
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Editing a book
Volunteering to edit a collection of your peers' work will bring you hard graft, especially when it comes to rounding up tardy contributors, as well as satisfaction.
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Effective lecture handouts
Striking the balance between offering a complete annotated script of your lecture and making students take reams of notes is essential
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University of East Anglia - Top marks for climate research
The University of East Anglia is the only higher education institution to have been named in a list of the most influential bodies in environmentalism over the past 30 years. Its Climatic Research...
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Cardiff University - US tour seals Ivy League ties
Nobel laureate Sir Martin Evans is visiting leading universities and research organisations in the US to promote links with Cardiff University. Sir Martin, director of Cardiff's School of Biosciences...
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Universities of Aberdeen and Liverpool, and King's College London - Genes link to depression probed
A person is four times more likely to suffer from depression, which will affect up to 25 per cent of the population at some point in their lives, if a close family member has also had it. The genetic...
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Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama - Tribunal warning over restructure
The Educational Institute of Scotland is warning of a spate of employment tribunals if the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama proceeds with restructuring plans to combat a £600,000 shortfall....
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The Robert Gordon University - 'Scottish Samurai' remembered
The "Scottish Samurai", Thomas Blake Glover, who is credited with laying the foundation of the modern Japanese economy, has been commemorated in a memorial seminar at The Robert Gordon University....
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University of Nottingham - The ultimate in theme-park thrills
Rollercoasters that can respond to their passengers' emotions are to be developed by scientists at the University of Nottingham. Research will focus initially on developing systems to monitor riders...
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University of Strathclyde - Lord Winston in fundraising bid
Fertility expert and television personality Lord Winston has become the patron of an £8 million fundraising campaign to create a world-class drug research and development centre at the University of...
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University of Teesside - Denham opens media building
John Denham, the Universities Secretary, has opened a £10 million building for art, media, design and computing students at the University of Teesside. The Athena Building offers broadcast news...
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Queen's University Belfast - Public not sold on democracy
Ten years on from the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland is not yet a "normal" society, according to a report published at Queen's University Belfast. It is based on information from the 2007...
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Glasgow School of Art - Work experience brings windfall
Two product design engineering students can calculate the value of work experience at £200,000. Glasgow School of Art students Gregor Aikman and Danny Kane have marked their graduation this month by...