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? = Review forthcomingANTHROPOLOGYA Companion to Latin American AnthropologyEdited by Deborah Poole, professor of anthropology, Johns Hopkins University. Blackwell, £95.00. ISBN 9780631234685This...
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First Impressions competition: 17 April 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a Whitbread book of the year about a very unique murder mystery:“It was 7 minutes after midnight.”...
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University of the Arts London - New campus at King's Cross
The art college that taught Antony Gormley and Stella McCartney has won planning permission to build a major campus at King's Cross. The new site for Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design,...
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University of Central Lancashire - Chinese research hub opens
A new research facility is being opened on a Chinese university campus by the University of Central Lancashire. The centre, at Shenzhen Virtual University Park, will run in partnership with the City...
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King's College London - Academic health centre unveiled
A university and three NHS foundation trusts have announced plans for a health sciences centre, which they claim will offer the widest range of services and research expertise in the UK. The Academic...
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Newcastle University - Dirt enlisted in green initiative
Soils that can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are being designed by a team at Newcastle University. The research, believed to be the first of its kind, uses calcium to capture the surplus...
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City University London - Gulf Air training takes flight
Airline staff are being trained for the national airline of Bahrain at City University London. Gulf Air has launched a professional development programme in aviation management for all its staff,...
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Lancaster University - Feast of ideas on offer
An "ideas festival" is being held to celebrate research under way at Lancaster University. The one-day event on 18 April is an opportunity for academics to share their work with the wider world...
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Cardiff University - Anti-crime initiative praised
A scheme set up by a Cardiff University medic to cut alcohol-fuelled violent crime has been recommended by the Government as a model for other cities. The Cardiff Partnership, set up 12 years ago by...
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Goldsmiths, University of London - Transatlantic tie-up launched
A cross-Atlantic partnership will allow students and staff to collaborate on academic and research initiatives in art and design. The partnership, between the Toronto-based Ontario College of Art and...
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University of Hull - Nursing for good and evil
A nursing conference last week considered the parallels between euthanasia in Nazi Germany and "mercy killing" today. Research being presented by two professors at the Royal College of Nursing annual...
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University of East London - Cuban links for acupuncturists
Students studying acupuncture will have the opportunity to develop their skills in Cuba and China via a partnership between the University of East London and Matanzas Faculty of Traditional Chinese...
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London School of Economics - American partnership announced
UK students can now study international history at a leading US university under a new programme offered by the London School of Economics.The LSE in partnership with Columbia University, New York,...
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University of Chester - Weighty matters debated
Why are anorexia and bulimia classed as mental health conditions when obesity is not? That was one of the questions posed by Mike Thomas, dean of the faculty of health and social care at the...
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University of Northampton - Footsore runners get help
A team of 30 academics and students with expertise in podiatry pitched in to treat runners with foot and ankle injuries at the London Marathon on Sunday. Steve Avil, senior lecturer in podiatry at...