Author: Lloyd Mangram
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A recent government report suggested that university dropout rates have increased sharply in recent years, with many citing the pressures of student hardship (lack of money) as a key …
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When, in the third year of my teaching degree, the opportunity arose to teach in a nursery school in The Gambia, West Africa, I knew I wanted to go. …
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Constructing the future Northumbria University is pioneering a range of initiatives to ensure that the needs and opinions of disabled people affect future planning in the construction industry. A …
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The 2000 US Presidential election will be remembered for many reasons, but principally the question of voting procedures and all kinds of deviant “chads” – hanging, pregnant etc – …
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If you tell someone at a party that you’re a marine biologist, they’ll probably ask you about whales or dolphins. But our watery cousins are just one part of …
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The staff at Coventry talk about their new library with almost parental pride. They have good reason: nearly fifteen years in the planning, the new building is a landmark …
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Bolton tells students: start now Bolton Institute is inviting students who didn’t get onto courses at the beginning of the academic year to enrol for a Degree or Diploma …
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Choosing a university course is all about asking the right questions. Whether you’re a sixth form student going to university for the first time, a mature student returning to …
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I sleep through my alarm but it doesn’t matter much because a tremor measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale gets me out of bed in no time. I’m the …