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Cancer Research UK: the UK's leading cancer charity. Research strategy. The current research strategy sets our direction and priorities for 2009-2014, detailing the focus our resources over this time aimed at having the greatest impact. Use the links below to find out more about the themes of our research strategy, as well as read about the progress we have made, and how we are working to update our strategy. 10 things to put in your personal statement. No two personal statements should be the same (the clue is in the personal!) , but there are certain additions that will get the attention of the admissions tutor reading it whatever subject you want to study. Remember: what you write could end up being the decider between you and another candidate.

Avoid the 10 things admissions tutors don’t want see on your personal statement at all costs and take a closer look at these top tips - plus, don't miss our latest round-up of 10 MORE things to include in your personal statement. Personal statements - tips from universities We asked admissions tutors for their personal statement dos and don'ts - here's what they said... 1. What motivates you to take this course at a university-level? “Be specific from line one” (English admissions tutor) More useful advice: Subject-specific personal statement advice 2.

“Keep on topic and show that you’ve really done your research and know why you want to do the course.” 3. Make your personal statement stand out 4. JK Rowling says she got Harry Potter romance wrong. 2 February 2014Last updated at 08:15 ET Emma Watson (l) spoke to JK Rowling (r) in her role as Wonderland's guest editor Harry Potter would have been a better match for Hermione Granger than Ron Weasley, author JK Rowling appears to suggest in a new magazine interview.

Speaking in Wonderland magazine, the writer said she made Ron and Hermione a couple "for very personal reasons, not for reasons of credibility". "If I'm absolutely honest, distance has given me perspective on that," she told guest editor Emma Watson. The actress played Hermione in the film versions of Rowling's fantasy novels. In the interview, published in full in the latest edition of the Wonderland quarterly, Rowling admits she made a mistake in having Hermione marry Ron at the end of her seven-novel cycle. "I think there are fans out there who know that too and who wonder whether Ron would have really been able to make her happy," Watson responds in excerpts from the interview printed in the Sunday Times. Married or not… you should read this – Patient.co.in. When I got home that night my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking about divorce. I raised the topic calmly. I avoided her question. With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn’t want anything from me, but needed a month’s notice before the divorce. This was agreeable to me. I told Jane about my wife’s divorce conditions. . My wife and I hadn’t had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. Should the death penalty be brought back. UK | Magazine | What are the laws on treason? There are plans afoot to change the laws on treason in the UK, with a commission on citizenship led by Lord Goldsmith recommending reform, but what is the law ?

There is an awful lot of statute law in the UK that deals with treason. But the most important part was first passed in England in 1351. And it is perhaps one of the few pieces of 14th Century legislation to be regularly discussed in the 21st Century. The original law said: "When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King, or of our Lady his Queen or of their eldest Son and Heir; or if a Man do violate the King's Companion, or the King's eldest Daughter unmarried, or the Wife the King's eldest Son and Heir; or if a Man do levy War against our Lord the King in his Realm, or be adherent to the King's Enemies in his Realm, giving to them Aid and Comfort in the Realm. " Precise definition "We did have treason before but it wasn't very well defined. Tumultuous times. Top 10 Pros and Cons. Death Penalty Paper.