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The Russell Group represents 20 leading UK universities which are committed to maintaining the very best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience and unrivalled links with business and the public sector. Multi-million pound scholarship scheme open to new students Are you considering applying for a degree in science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) at a Russell Group or 1994 Group university? If so you may be eligible for a £1,000 Eliahou Dangoor Scholarship to help with your first year studies. Informed Choices - making decisions about post-16 education The Russell Group has launched its first ever guide to making decisions about post-16 education, Informed Choices , aimed at all students considering A-level and equivalent qualifications.University of Cambridge
Exhibition at Clare Hall of new work by famous illustrator and Cambridge alumnus Quentin Blake, which was commmissioned for the maternity wing of a hospital. Free to enter. Under the Microscope #16
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Inside East-West Espionage | In this talk, Edward Lucas, international editor of The Economist, will discuss his newly published book Deception: Spies, Lies and how Russia Dupes the West , which investigates the modern-day spy wars between the Kremlin's intelligence services and their Western adversaries, and their historical roots.Ana Botin, the CEO of Santander UK, will be delivering a guest lecture at Leeds University Business School in March on 'UK Banks and Small Businesses: key to economic recovery'.
University of Leeds
"A fundamental problem of international politics is that we can rarely be sure whether we are dealing with aggressive or defensive states. Mutual security is possible between defensive states, and aggressors can only be balanced or deterred.
University of Birmingham
UCL - London's Global University
Children of older mothers have a more extensive early age vocabulary and are better at recognising shapes and patterns, according to research by Dr Alastair Sutcliffe (UCL Institute of Child Health). Read: Times (£) More: Daily Mail More... Published: May 22, 2012 9:43:30 AM Dr Nicola Countouris (UCL Laws) comments on labour regulation in the UK compared to other countries in the EU. Watch: BBC Newsnight (from 5min 50s) More...
A groundbreaking book from one of our academics is deepening our understanding of bird behaviour. Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird also shows how knowledge of the sensory system can be of value to other areas of research.
The University of Sheffield
The University of Nottingham - UK Top 10 and World Top 75 university
The experience of having a baby has changed dramatically over the last hundred years. It has moved from a social and domestic occurrence, which predominantly took place in the home, to a medical one which usually happens in hospital.The exhibition explores this development through historical and contemporary sources. It looks at reasons behind thechange, and the impact that it has had on women, families, midwives and communities.
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Professor Andre Geim of the School of Physics and Astronomy receiving the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. Learn more about his work and its applications on our graphene website.A ‘see-sawing’ atmosphere over 2.5 billion years ago preceded the oxygenation of our planet and the development of complex life on Earth, a new study has shown. Diet or DNA: are we fated to be fat? Marks on the genetic 'code' that babies have at birth is different for children who go on to be obese or overweight compared to those who do not, new research has found.
