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Dates to remember
The nation is invited to share their autobiographical memories in a new BBC web survey, designed by Leeds' Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Martin Conway.
It aims to explore British national identity by asking the public to record their defining memories, including earliest memories, memories of life-shaping events and recollections of the events that changed the world.

Over five months, Professor Conway will examine how the memories collected vary with age, gender, ethnicity, geographical region and personality.

To share your reminiscences visit www.bbc.co.uk/memory The website also offers top tips on improving memory from psychology lecturer Dr Chris Moulin. To learn more about the nature of autobiographical memories listen to Professor Conway on the BBC Radio 4's Sharpen your memory on Wednesday 26 July. The programme is part of the Radio 4 memory season, which concludes with an interactive BBC One TV show How to improve your memory on Wednesday 9 August at 8.30pm.

Summer of bright beginnings
The University nursery, Bright Beginnings, will be running a playscheme from Monday 17 July to Friday 1 September in the 'Lounge' behind the Student Union building. 48 full-time places are currently available for children aged 4-12 years. The morning session runs from 8.15am to 1.00pm, the afternoon session from 1.00pm to 5.45pm. Places are offered on a first come first served basis with priority given to University staff and students. Call 0113 3431818 or email a.s.foley@leeds.ac.uk for further details.

Cochrane on communism
Cochrane on communism; influence of ideology on the search for evidence will be the keynote at the 50th anniversary of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the UK Society for Social Medicine which will be held here at Leeds from 13 - 15 September. The lecture will be given by Professor Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Professor Alwyn Smith, former President of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians, will welcome delegates to the reception on the evening of Wednesday 13 at Leeds Civic Hall and give a short speech on The first half-century.

The conference is being organised by the Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine & Health. For more information on the society or the meeting contact Sarah Skinner s.skinner@leeds.ac.uk or see www.socsocmend.org.uk

Leeds financial expertise in demand
Professor Andrew Lock, Dean of the Leeds University Business School, has been invited to join a senior working level business and government forum which will help to promote UK financial services. The first meeting on 30 June was attended by members of the Treasury and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. "The significant role played by regional business schools such as ours was recognised" said Professor Lock, "the forum represents a great opportunity to promote financial and legal education, as well as Leeds as a financial centre."

Log on and discuss...
British colonial policing and the influence of Indian culture will be among the subjects being discussed in a new series of Worldwide University Network (WUN) virtual seminars starting this September.

The online seminars are organised by the University's Institute for Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies and will bring together speakers from across the WUN network including Professor Craig Jeffery from San Diego, California and experts from Leeds. The series came about as a result of the WUN conference on colonial and post-colonial studies held at the University earlier this year.

For more about the 06-07 seminar series, contact Dr Georgina Sinclair, email G.S.Sinclair@leeds.ac.uk or see www.leeds.ac.uk/icps/news.htm

The great and the good
Who should receive an honorary degree from Leeds? The committee on honorary degrees invite suggestions for consideration during their October meeting.

Honorary degrees reward excellence and outstanding and sustained achievement in research, scholarship, education, the creative arts, public service, medicine and health, social progress, business and the economy, government, administration or any other area of activity of lasting value and significance.

Nominees must be connected to the University or the region and be distinguished in a field with which the University itself is identified. Nominations to Helen Pickersgill (Office Manager, Secretariat) H.J.Pickersgill@adm.leeds.ac.uk by September 18, marked confidential.

The business
Leeds has topped the table for papers published in four top international business journals. The table published in International Business Review in June put the University at the top of a weighted table and second in the world for number of articles over the ten years from 1995.

International business research: trends and school rankings by Kam C. Chan et al. is online at www.ibrjournal.com