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Issue
478, 4 March 2002
News
in brief
- Trust
in Cartwright
Professor
of cancer epidemiology Ray Cartwright has been appointed
chair of the country's first primary and community care
based health trust in Northumberland.
- Students
take action
Leeds
Student Community Action launched a revamped website
to celebrate student volunteering week 2002.
- Fastest
bank online
Lloyds
TSB online current account is the fastest to acces,
according to a new survey by Leeds researchers on 12
online current account providers.
- Selling
to Lauren
A
pioneering multi-media system to teach students the
skills of the textile industry has been shortlisted
for the Society of Dyers and Colourists' innovation
awards.
- Plane
spotters' delight
Environmental
researchers Dr Jim McQuaid and Dr Alastair Lewis, who
co-ordinated the project to test pollution levels over
Leeds from a specially equipped German plane generated
interest in their work from some unexpected quarters.
- How
far, how loud?
Quebec's
UK representative Monsieur Daniel Audet will discuss
the regions and its global position at the University
later this month.
- Poetry
and dancing
Photos,
poems, food and dance will be on offer as part of the
festival of the Portuguese-speaking world on March 13,14
and 15.
- Going
underground
Bats,
stalactites and prehistoric remains will be the order
of the day at the cave science symposium on March 9.
- Meet
changing needs
A
raft of new programmes will use cross-disciplinary teaching
to meet the changing needs of students and potential
employers.
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