Addiction myth out of control
Most people see addiction as a transition between behaviour which is voluntary and under their own control to a form of behaviour determined by the pharmacology of the brain, where the addict can no...
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Instants scratchcards
* Instants scratchcards are more likely than the National Lottery draw to cause children to become compulsive gamblers, researchers believe. Sue Fisher, senior research fellow in the faculty of human...
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Drive warps Trekkies
IT'S ADDICTION - but not as we know it, claims a researcher who has spent the last four years studying people hooked on Star Trek. Sandy Wolfson, principal lecturer in psychology at the University of...
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Major outshines Hollywood hunk
John Major is more famous than Tom Cruise or The Queen according to psychologists studying celebrity status. A large-scale survey of undergraduates in Nottingham reveals that the top ten famous names...
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Pill promises lower weight and less cholesterol
People who are overweight and have high cholesterol levels could soon solve both these problems with a single pill. Research by Tariq Javed, senior lecturer in pharmaceutical sciences at Coventry...
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Charity survey batters mean Dutch stereotypes
The Dutch are noted for being good traders who are tight with their money. A study by Amsterdam's Free University illustrates another side to their nature. Out of a population of 16 million, more...
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Murderers' suicide rates investigated
Threat of state execution has little effect on suicide rates among murder suspects. A study by Sam Cameron, a researcher at Bradford University's department of social and economic studies, shows the...
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FE colleges innovate to accumulate courses
Low participation meets blue-chip research: Phil Baty reports on the East in the latest of our regional focuses SPECIFIC challenges face further education colleges in the East, prompting a cautious...
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Rich crop in fields of learning
Low participation meets blue-chip research: Phil Baty reports on the East in the latest of our regional focuses "There is no tradition of higher education in this region, the population is spread out...
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Anglia Poly backs family businesses
Low participation meets blue-chip research: Phil Baty reports on the East in the latest of our regional focuses The coming era of a new intimacy between universities and their communities has already...
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Norwich is hungry to take in food agency
Low participation meets blue-chip research: Phil Baty reports on the East in the latest of our regional focuses The University of East Anglia is appealing to the Government to bring its promised new...
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Silicon Fen plan alienates the locals
Low participation meets blue-chip research: Phil Baty reports on the East in the latest of our regional focuses An already uneasy relationship between Cambridge University and its local community...
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Jobs, industry and commercial networks, training for local business, part-time degrees for the community
Jobs, industry and commercial networks, training for local business, part-time degrees for the community - just some of the things HE institutions are doing for East Anglia Low participation meets...
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Call to better teacher skills
CHINESE teacher training colleges must update their teaching programmes to world standards, and local governments across the country must raise more money for teacher training buildings, equipment...
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Fail for bedside manner
JAPAN'S medical students should spend less time mastering medical facts and figures and more time working on improving their bedside skills, according to one of the country's leading doctor-lecturers...