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Issue
472, 5 November 2001
News
in brief
- Raising
aspirations
On
the day the HEFCE published its report into widening
participation, Secretaryof State Estelle Morris gave
her first speech on higher education.
- Plaque
dedication
Alison
Baker, who bared all in an alternative calendar to raise
money for leukaemia research, has unveiled a plaque
at the University.
- Alumni
at the Lords
The
House of Lords was the venue for the first business
alumni event organised jointly by the University and
Leeds University Business School.
- Lightning
strike
Thousands
of pounds worth of damage was caused to phone networks
and other systems by the lightning strike at the University
on October 15.
- Testing
times
Maths
tests devised by the school of education to encourage
gifted children have their first live run this month,
with further tests to be held next year.
- Big
STEP for students
Final
year LUBS student Chris Harrison has been named 'best
potential entrepreneur' in the STEP competition.
- From
a rag to riches
Leeds
Student Charity Rag handed over an impressive £43,000
to the city council in a presentation at Leeds Civic
Hall on October 23.
- Sound
constitution
The
University of Leeds has played a leading role in a crucial
conference in Belfast debating the challenges facing
Northern Ireland.
- MA
on the network
Leeds
and its Worldwide University Network (WUN) partners
are to launch a masters programme in public policy and
management
- Newsletter
online
To
raise the profile of the school of computing with industry
and promote collaboration, a quarterly online newsletter
is now available.
- Science
spin-off success
The
University spin-off Science Warehouse has reached a
major landmark less than a year after its launch.
- Help
the five thousand
In
the first four weeks at its new location, the ISS halp
desk logged over 5,000 faults and queries.
- Anthrax
research
Leeds
postgraduate Thiang Yian Wong is part of the research
team at the Burnham Institute California which has published
the crystal structure for anthrax lethal factor.
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