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Plucking bright idea has Christmas all wrapped up
(HERO ref: 60398) |
Monday 5th January 2009 |
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Material scientists at The University of Manchester are causing a festive flap after developing a way of making Christmas wrapping paper – from TURKEY FEATHERS. |
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The University of Manchester website |
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Sisters show there is no barrier to study
(HERO ref: 60396) |
Monday 5th January 2009 |
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Sisters who both graduated from the University of Teesside are doing it for themselves by proving that age is no barrier to learning. |
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University of Teesside website |
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New centre launched to spearhead UK research in synthetic biology
(HERO ref: 60394) |
Monday 5th January 2009 |
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Programming biological cells so that they behave like engineering parts is the focus of research at a new UK centre launched on 22 December, thanks to an £8 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). |
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Imperial College London website |
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Social work studies at Teesside inspired Kate to set up charity
(HERO ref: 60392) |
Monday 5th January 2009 |
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A change in her original career path brought Kate Nnadede to the University of Teesside for a degree in social work. |
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University of Teesside website |
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University gives to the community at Christmas
(HERO ref: 60390) |
Monday 5th January 2009 |
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Generous staff and students from the University of Teesside have donated to the local community in two festive appeals. |
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University of Teesside website |
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Microscopic meteorites show early life on Earth faced rain of rocks
(HERO ref: 60388) |
Monday 5th January 2009 |
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Microscopic meteorites found in Scotland have unveiled major clues about a catastrophic event which dramatically altered the Earth‘s surface nearly 500 million years ago. |
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University of Aberdeen website |
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University connection for Sharon and Sheila
(HERO ref: 60386) |
Monday 5th January 2009 |
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Sharon Farrell saw a familiar face when she prepared to give birth to son Regan six months ago at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. For her husband‘s cousin, Sheila Enderwick, was one of the anaesthetic nurses who assisted the anaesthetist throughout Sharon‘s caesarean operation. |
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University of Teesside website |
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Interim appointments for Third Sector Skills Body
(HERO ref: 60384) |
Monday 5th January 2009 |
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An interim Chair and a Project Director have been appointed to lead the setting up of a new Third Sector Skills Body charged with leading the drive to improve the skills of volunteers and staff. |
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Department for Innovation, Universities and Skils website |
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University partners Jobcentre Plus
(HERO ref: 60382) |
Monday 5th January 2009 |
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The University of Teesside is the first UK University to sign a local employment partnership agreement with Jobcentre Plus, part of the Department for Work and Pensions. The University has followed Middlesbrough Council in signing this agreement, and they were also the first Council to sign up with Jobcentre Plus. |
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University of Teesside website |
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Zero - the confluence of art, technology, science, and philosophy
(HERO ref: 60380) |
Monday 5th January 2009 |
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The conception of zero is of vital importance for the existence of our current global society. The Information Age, the Digital Age begins essentially at the point of generation of zero in ancient South Asia. |
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Goldsmiths, University of London website |
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