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Issue
472, 5 November 2001
News
in brief
- Our
unsung heroes
Best-selling
crime novelist Patricia Cornwell has given £1,000
to the library in gratitude for the help she's been
given by special collections staff.
- Hastings
scholarship
The
school of theology and religious studies has launched
an appeal to establish a scholarship for research students
from Africa.
- Talking
about sleaze
Concerned
about political sleaze, 'spin doctoring', ethics in
government and party political funding?
- Life
as a graduate
An
information day, where visitors can meet postgraduates
to learn what life is realy like as a masters or research
student is being held by the graduate centre.
- Researching
tolerance
Researchers
from the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence will
conduct collaborative research with eighteen European
and five non-European universities.
- Direct
information
A
new service to help NHS staff find out about university
research and training has been launched at the University
of Leeds.
- Marketing
award
Leeds
University Business School has won the Association of
MBAs award for marketing.
- No
bones about it
A
novel technique for measuring changes in the bones of
osteoporosis sufferers, developed at the shool of biomedical
sciences, has been awarded a prize by the international
society for bone and mineral research.
- BNFL
research grows
Three
new research projects have been given the go-ahead following
£1/2m investment from BNFL.
- Prize
for LSR news
Leeds
Student Radio has won two awards at the Radio One student
radio awards.
- New
Reporter search
The
Reporter has now moved to www.reporter.leeds.ac.uk/
with a faster and more effective search mechanism.
- Help
desk correction
Members
of the ISS help desk were surprised to see themselves
promoted or demoted in the last Reporter.
- Obituary
for Professor HTA (John) Whiting
Professor
HTA (John) Whiting, former member of staff in the department
of physical education, died on 7 October 2001, aged
71 years.
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