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Nature (p2) 31st May 2007
Research by Dr Trevor Blackall, Dept of Geography, appears in the research highlights. His work shows that seabird colonies are the world's largest point sources of atmospheric ammonia.Independent (Educ Supp p2) 31st May 2007
Professor Arthur Lucas, former Principal of King's, writes a letter describing his experience of government-funded education and training in Australia.Independent (p23) 31st May 2007
University and college lecturers have voted in favour of boycotting Israeli universities in defiance of their union leadership.Sky TV News 29th May 2007
Dr Richard Howells, Reader in Cultural and Creative Industries, appeared on Sky TV News discussing Big Brother and reality television. He argued that in addition to having lost its novelty some time ago, the public were also coming increasingly to realise that as reality television, Big Brother was becoming decreasingly real.Guardian (Educ Supp p11) 29th May 2007
Christopher Higgins, Durham's new vice-chancellor tells the Guardian about his plans to turn it into the 'Princeton of Europe' .Guardian (Educ Supp p3) 29th May 2007
Martin Harris, Director of the Office for Fair Access, asks if giving students hundreds of pounds has any effect on widening participation.BBC Radio 4 'Today' 29th May 2007
Jane Sandall, Professor of Midwifery and Women’s Health, was interviewed on Sky News, BBC News 24, BBC Five Live and BBC Radio Kent. Her research into maternity staffing risks was also reported on GMTV and the BBC1 Breakfast news.The Daily Telegraph 29th May 2007
The lives of mothers and their babies is being put at risk by NHS hospitals which use unqualified "maternity support workers" to do the work of trained midwives, says a report from King's led by Professor Jane Sandall of the School of Nursing & Midwifery.King's press release related to 'Babies 'at risk from use of stand-in midwives''
King's press release related to 'Support staff 'do midwife tasks' '
Radio 4 PM programme 28th May 2007
A study into the health of reservists by King's Centre for Military Health Research was the subject of an interview on Radio 4's PM programme for one of the authors, Simon Wessely, Professor of Epidemiological and Liaison Psychiatry. He said improvements had been made for serving reservists.BBC London radio 'The Late Show' 28th May 2007
Dr Mashail Ali, Modern Language Centre, taught presenter Jumoke Fashola a few words of Arabic and discussed the reasons for an increase in Arabic uptake and difficulties of learning the language. She also explained the differences between classical Arabic and standard modern Arabic and customs in the Arab world.Times (p13) 26th May 2007
A casino tycoon who has long denied links to organised crime has been approved by Oxford University's ethics committee to make one of its biggest publicised individual donations.New Scientist ( p29) 26th May 2007
Your fingerprints will soon reveal your dirty little habits. Forensics researchers in the UK have devised a way to tell whether you smoke from the chemicals you leave behind in your prints.BBC2 25th May 2007
Michael Redclift, Professor of International Environmental Policy in the Department of Geography at King's dicussed the history of chewing gums.Sky News 25th May 2007
Following revised advice from the Department of Health stating pregnant women and those trying for a baby should avoid alcohol completely, Andrew Shennan, Professor of Obstetrics, was interviewed on Sky News, Channel 5 News and BBC Southern Counties. Professor Shennan argued that there is no evidence of harm from low levels of alcohol consumption.Times Higher (p13) 25th May 2007
In her regular monthly column, Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management, writes that 'Most recently, the absolute number of older students has not merely failed to increase but has gone into freefall'.