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Guardian Online 31st July 2008
Scientists are testing drugs that they claim will produce the benefits of exercise in muscles without the hard work. Professor David Cowan, director of the Drug Control Centre, whose laboratory is accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency, said WADA was keeping an eye on the research. But he added: 'It is a big step from mouse to man.'Independent (Educ Supp p8) 31st July 2008
Article finds that a rising number of care-leavers are going to university and highlights some of the success storiesIndependent (Educ Supp p3) 31st July 2008
Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, writes an opinion column about the Research Assessment Exercise in which he says the product being made in research universities is particularly tricky to assess.Guardian Online 31st July 2008
UK scientists publish more research than any other country in the world except the United States, the science minister will say today.The Independent (p6) 31st July 2008
Law enforcement has 'little adverse effect' on the availability of drugs in Britain, new research claims. A report written by Tim McSweeney, Institute for Criminal Policy Research, from the UK Drugs Policy Commission published yesterday said drug markets were extremely resilient.BBC News Online 30th July 2008
Beijing is taking drastic measures to improve its air quality in the run-up to the Olympics. Frank Kelly, professor of environmental health at King's College London, says the worst case scenario is "very, very low winds, high atmospheric pressure, an anti-cyclone building up above the city - it acts like a saucepan with the lid on".The Daily Telegraph (p1-2) 30th July 2008
Ministers will also unveil a crackdown on bogus colleges which are used as fronts for illegal immigration by foreign students who want to get into the UK.The Daily Telegraph (p6) 29th July 2008
Pupils are being effectively conned into taking new-style diplomas with the false promise of getting into a good university, Andrew Broadhurst the chairman of the teaching union Voice said yesterday.International Herald Tribune (p4) 29th July 2008
The Bush administration's decision to open direct contacts with Iran is to be welcomed, but precisely because it marks such a break with previous U.S. policy, it also carries a great danger writes Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies with Trita Parsi.Guardian (Educ Supp p4) 29th July 2008
Performance tables put successful diversity at risk, says Estelle Morris, former minister and pro vice-chancellor of the University of Sunderland, in an opinion piece.BBC Mundo - Spain and Latin American network 28th July 2008
The 10/66 Dementia Investigation group headquartered at the IOP, King's latest research paper published in the Lancet, is covered in this article on increased yet badly underestimated dementia rates in Latin America and globally.The Independent (p14) 28th July 2008
Bringing exams forward to Easter would restore the credibility of A-levels by allowing the brightest pupils to be selected for university places, according to Cambridge University's head of admissions.