News archive 2005

20 Dec 2005	Healthcare subjects commended in review
Clinical Psychology, Nursing, Midwifery, Health Visiting and Physiotherapy have received an excellent result in their recent Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Major Review which took place over five days in October and November 2005.
20 Dec 2005	MLA status for archives
The holdings of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, ISS, have been designated as being ‘of national and international importance' by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA).
19 Dec 2005	British Council accreditation for ELC
The English Language Centre (ELC) successfully passed its October inspection and is now accredited by the British Council.
19 Dec 2005	Alumnus wins Guardian book prize
A King's physics graduate has won a top literary accolade by picking up the Guardian's ‘First Book Award' for a ‘topsy-turvy' account of the saga of a wild street vagrant.
19 Dec 2005	Lifetime achievement award for Trevor Jones
Professor Trevor Jones CBE, King's College London Fellow, Deputy Chairman of College Council, Visiting Professor and alumnus, has been awarded the prestigious BTG Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2005 Scrip Awards ceremony held on 7 December.
16 Dec 2005	Harry Musselwhite FKC
The College Secretary and Head of Administration, Harry Musselwhite, will retire on 31 March 2006.
14 Dec 2005	Young healthcare scientist of the year
King's graduate, Nicola Fry, is joint winner of the Department of Health Award for ‘Young Healthcare Scientist of the Year'. She graduated from the College's MSc course in Medical Engineering & Physics in 2001.
13 Dec 2005	Inspiring Live Aid
One of the most enduring images of Michael Buerk's BBC coverage of the 1984 famine in Ethiopia was of a young British nurse, who, surrounded by 85,000 starving people, had the terrible task of choosing which children to allow into the feeding centre, and which were too far gone to be saved.
12 Dec 2005	Gold medal for Sir Lawrence
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Vice-Principal (Research) and Professor of War Studies, has been awarded the prestigious Chesney Gold Medal by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
09 Dec 2005	Vitamin supplement may help treatment-resistant asthma
Asthma patients who don't respond to steroid treatment suffer repeated asthma attacks, and are at greater risk of dying from the condition. Researchers from King's College London have found that vitamin D3 could substantially improve the responsiveness of these patients to steroid treatment, offering them hope of an improvement in their condition. Their results are published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
08 Dec 2005	Older people placing 'unprecedented demands' on dentists
Dental experts report that the post World War Two generation is creating an unprecedented demand on the dental profession.
06 Dec 2005	Molecule links Down syndrome to Alzheimer's
Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London have identified a molecule that could be targeted to treat the cognitive impairment in people with Down syndrome.
02 Dec 2005	Knowledge Transfer funding success
King's has been awarded £3 million for 2006-08 in the provisional awards for the third round of the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF 3). It is one of only nine out of some 130 higher education institutions to get the full award.
28 Nov 2005	New drug dealing study
Close-knit communities 'as capable of fostering drugs trade as divided neighbourhoods'
24 Nov 2005	King's law student wins best student award
Bobby Kensah was awarded the title of Global Graduates ‘Best All-Round Student 2005', an award sponsored by the international law firm Clifford Chance. The award was open to ethnic minority students in universities across the country and was presented to Bobby at a ceremony this month.
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