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      <title>These students are getting younger</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - When I was a lad, and the Internet was all fields, the idea of going to university seemed far-fetched. I grew up in a small, working-class town in the north-east of England, where very few people went on to higher]]>
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      <title>And the award for research project that sounds most like a description of Camden Market goes to&#8230;</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - "…Crack Arrest and Self-Healing":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_17-7-2008-14-20-53?newsid=40694 Who’d have thought materials science could be so Bohemian? The evocatively named project is a joint venture between Imperial College and Bristol University to develop improved polymer composites that don’t crack easily, and can self-heal. Polymer]]>
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      <title>Medley of medals for London scientists</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - Medals are awarded for all sorts of things: winning Olympic Gold, completing a fun run (well done Mrs Brown, if you're reading this), and (apologies to non-UK readers) getting an eccentric DJ to ‘fix it’ for you to ride a]]>
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      <title>Two Imperial research students found murdered</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - "Grim news":http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7487126.stm emerging from New Cross. While investigating a fire in a ground floor flat, emergency services found the bodies of two visiting Imperial students. The pair had been stabbed 243 times before being set on fire. The victims were]]>
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      <title>Protecting patients or protecting privilege?</title>
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        <![CDATA[Helen Jaques - "Imperial College School of Medicine":http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/ has "withdrawn it's offer to Majid Ahmed of a place to study medicine":http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7483856.stm because the straight As student from a poor district in Bradford has a spent conviction for burglary. "Talking":http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/joepublic/2008/07/shortsighted_medical_school.html "heads":http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/01/students.medicine?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews and "Ahmed himself":http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/02/youthjustice.ukcrime]]>
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      <title>Sykes out, Anderson in</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - !http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/news_events/htdocs/news_events/attachments/news_attachments/sir-roy-hotspot180_medium.jpg! Professor Sir Roy Anderson is now Rector of Imperial College London, the 14th person to hold the title. He replaces Sir Richard Sykes, who has held the post for nearly eight years. Anderson was appointed over a year ago.]]>
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      <title>Birds of a feather, endangered together</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - Scientists at Imperial's NERC Centre for Population Biology have completed an "evolutionary family tree of British birds":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_11-6-2008-12-24-29?newsid=38354. This could be a useful tool for conservationists who can use it to predict which species will become threatened based on close relationship]]>
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      <title>Entrance exams for Imperial, Rector criticises state schools</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - Sir Richard Sykes, outgoing Rector of Imperial College, has announced plans for an "entrance exam for prospective students":http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7434463.stm. Speaking at the Independent Schools Council's annual meeting, the Rector highlighted the difficulties in selecting star students from a pool of impressively]]>
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      <title>Lord Winston's CV gains another major entry</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - The ubiquitous fertility expert Robert Winston is the new Professor of Science and Society at Imperial College. The five-year role will see Winston exploring new ways to get the public interested in science. Here's Winston, from the press release: bq.]]>
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      <title>Around town: bionic eyes and lots of metabolomics</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - *Imperial College London* • "Metabolic fingerprints":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_21-4-2008-11-57-56?newsid=34334 reveal causes of disease… • …and it’s being used to diagnose "sleeping sickness":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_15-4-2008-11-46-14?newsid=33914. --- *King’s College London* • Four winners of "translational research grants":http://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/news_details.php?news_id=780&year=2008 announced. • "Dermatology and Molecular Medicine":http://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/news_details.php?news_id=774&year=2008 laboratories opened. --- *London]]>
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