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British Medical Journal 30th June 2008
The Wellcome Trust has made three awards totalling £2.5m to groups based at King's College London and Oxford University for studies into attitudes towards research involving human embryonic stem cells, drug addiction and criminal responsibility, and the use of financial incentives in UK Health Care.The Guardian (p2) 30th June 2008
Leading private schools are refusing to adopt the government's new diploma qualification because it is too complex, confidential reports seen by the Guardian reveal. The independent schools' decision to opt out comes despite a number of incentives offered by ministers, and may damage state-educated pupils' chances of getting into the best universities.BBC World Service - Health Check 30th June 2008
Dr Neil Greenberg, Institute of Psychiatry at King's, is interviewed for an item discussing the new psychological method against PTSD which prepares troops for return from the frontline.The Sunday Times - Education p10 29th June 2008
Thousands of children every August open their results envelopes to uncover astonishing GCSE and A-level grades. Twenty-three thousand GCSE and A-level grades had to be changed last year.The Sunday Times (p3) 29th June 2008
Universities are to be told to give preferential treatment to pupils from poorly performing state schools in a move that is likely to anger independent schools.BBC Radio 4 'Money Box' 28th June 2008
A report by MPs which says that Alistair Darling must do more to help the 1.1m low-income households still losing out as a result of the scrapping of the 10p tax rate, was discussed by Anne Redston, Visiting Professor of Tax, on Radio 4's Money Box programme.Daily Telegraph (p15) 28th June 2008
A study of data on firearms-related offences by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) said many victims were reluctant to alert police.The Independent (p11) 27th June 2008
MPs are to launch an urgent inquiry into standards in British universities in the wake of allegations revealed in The Independent that lecturers face pressure to "mark softly" to ensure a high ranking in league tables.Evening Standard 26th June 2008
Professor Peter Braude who headed an official consultation into multiple births, accused the Government of ''hypocrisy''.The Independent 26th June 2008
Explanation of the UCAS extra service which is a scheme allowing students who have been unsuccessful in finding a university place of their original choices to pick additional options one at a time. The aim of the service is to give students more choices in choosng courses and to relieve the pressure on universities coping with clearance.The Independent (Education & Careers) 26th June 2008
Peter Williams, Chief Executive of the Quality Assuarnce Agency has broken cover to give his views on degree standards.THE (p21) 26th June 2008
Daniel Freeman, IoP, has received the 2008 May Davidson Award from the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology.THE (p19) 26th June 2008
Dr Nandini Chatterjee, Department of History, has been awarded £234,044 for study into presonal laws in the British Empire - a comparitive history.Heart 106.2 26th June 2008
Professor Tom Sanders, Head of Nutritional Sciences Division, said that youngsters who skip breakfast are missing our on some vital nutrients that can effect their attention span and the way their bones develop.