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Gordon versus the nimbies
8th July 2002, The Economist, UK
Article about the future of housing develoment, with expert comment from Professor Tony Champion (Geography).
Universities recruited for officer training
5th July 2002, THES, UK
The Ministry of Defence has chosen Newcastle as one of four universities to train future armed services officers under its defence technical undergraduate scheme. Further details from press release:
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'No fee, no degree'
5th July 2002, THES, UK
A record number of students will be prevented from graduating this summer for non-payment of tuition fees. At Newcastle University 62 undergraduates collectively owe £88k and postgraduates owe £16k.
More bugs in garden than ocean
4th July 2002, Nature, World News
The average back garden may contain twice as many species of bacteria than the oceans, say scientists at Newcastle University (Dr Tom Curtis, Dept of Civil Engineering).
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Want to make a million? Get into schools
4th July 2002, Times supplement, UK
Article about privatisation of public services, quoting James Tooley, Professor of education at Newcastle University who predicts that American companies are likely to respond to the opportunities presented by the Education Bill.
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The new alchemy
4th July 2002, Times supplement, UK
'Medical briefing' feature about a conference on hypertension, quoting Oliver James, Professor of Medicine at Newcastle University, on the importance of reducing numbers having non-fatal strokes.
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Doctor who devoted 50 years to the NHS delivers his sad diagnosis: it is incurable
4th July 2002, The Independent, UK
Feature about Sir Anthony Grabham, the new president of the British Medical Association, who trained at Newcastle Medical School (then Durham University) in the 1950s.
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Male GPs 'under threat' as female trainees take over
4th July 2002, The Times, UK
Women now make up 60 per cent of the intake into medical schools. At Newcastle, the proportion of women has risen to 70 per cent (Guardian and Telegraph articles quote Newcastle students).
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Delivering for 100 years
3rd July 2002, The Journal, North East
Article about the changing role of midwives, featuring Sara Hayward, the new midwife for teenage pregnancies with the Newcastle and North Tyneside Teenage Pregnancy Team, who trained at this University.
Measuring the unmeasurable
3rd July 2002, BBC Online, UK
Scientists. led by Dr Tom Curtis (Dept of Civil Engineering) at Newcastle University think they may have hit upon a good method for estimating the number of species of bacteria that live around us.
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