Are the smaller family farms that typify much of the agricultural scene in the Westcountry essential to the character of Britain? That was one of the questions posed at a meeting of the Family Farmers' Association, held at Westminster and sponsored by St Ives MP Andrew George. According to the FFA, governments have in the past geared regulatory systems towards larger farms and not recognised the valuable contribution to national wellbeing of the small farmer. The Westminster debate brought together members of the House of Lords, MPs and representatives from organisations such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, and the British Independent Fruit Growers' Association. The University of Exeter's Centre for Rural Policy Research co- ...
ONE in five students is planning to attend a low-fee university, new research has found. According to a poll commissioned by the Association of Investment Companies, a quarter of all parents are also looking to encourage their children to go to cheaper universities and colleges. The poll suggests that increasing fees, and the longterm costs of university, are leading to growing financial concerns for future students as well as their parents. It comes as the Government is pushing ahead with plans to triple tuition fees for English students to Pounds 9,000 from 2012.
A COMPANY researching ways of tackling superbugs such as MRSA has won the first investment from a new funding scheme to turn academic ideas into business successes. The Proof of Concept Funding Programme, a partnership between Alliance Fund Managers (AFM) and Liverpool John Moores University, has invested pounds 82,000 in Pharmalucia.
NEARLY 70% of the work entered by the University of Teesside for the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) was classified as being of international quality or higher. The results showed an all-round improvement in the quality of the university's research since the last peer-review exercise in 2001 and were particularly pleasing for Teesside's research teams in Computer Science and History, which both had 10% of their work judged as being world-leading.
I'D like to thank everyone who has given their support over the last six years. It has meant that we have been able to make donations to the MND Association General Research Fund, the James Cook University Hospital MND Care Centre, the Cleveland MNDA Group and recently the Teesside Hospice.
A NORTH East graduate has won a national award for her research into human DNA, which has the potential to treat all kinds of genetic diseases from cancer to heart disease. Annika Kwiek, who has just graduated from a four-year pharmacy degree at Sunderland University, was entered for the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association Research Poster Awards after her lecturers recognised the importance of her work in the area of gene therapy.
STUDENTS are starved of decent careers advice, which means half of 16-18 year olds go to university because it's "just the logical next step". A third of school leavers say careers advisors position university as the only way to get ahead and have a professional career, research from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants said.
She told EE: "What is unique for Asian males with eating disorders is the influence of Bollywood. They come home and are surrounded by Asian TV channels. Everybody wants to look like [Salman Khan] or beef up like Hrithik Roshan. Of the Asian boys I have counselled, one was 14. It sounds young, but I get them younger. Because of the Asian culture and importance of food, you cannot get away with anorexia for too long. With bulimia, it is very easy to hide. They can eat everything in large amounts, then stick their finger down their throat and get it out. Or say to their mum they are going out, and start skipping food at home. At school they can easily skip meals. [Navasothy] is not alone in her quest to highlight the consequences of eating disorders to British Asians. Last week, South Yo...
...From research on the Internet, I taught myself about bulimia. Th..., South Yorkshire Eating Disorders Association (SYEDA) released research by Sheffield Hallam Univ...
THREE MPs were among guests who spent a day learning about Plymouth's Pounds 30million a year marine science sector. Alison Seabeck, Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, joined Tories Sheryll Murray, MP for South East Cornwall, and Oliver Colvile, MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, on the trip to meet representatives of Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership (PMSP): the Marine Biological Association (MBA), the Diving Diseases Research Centre, the University of Plymouth, the Royal Navy's Flag Officer Sea Training's (FOST), the National Marine Aquarium (NMA), Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS). Professor Colin Brownlee, director of the Marine Biological Association and chair of PMSP told them the city's diverse marine expertise is on a...
EXPERTS at Cardiff University will take part in an international study of twins which could help diagnose a range of medical conditions, including dementia. The collaborative research project, which also involves Swansea University and Australian researchers from Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), will examine twins' word association behaviour.
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