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Scotland's 'Ivy League' of top universities should raise own funding
Scotland should develop an American-style "Ivy League" of elite universities by allowing existing institutions to pull out of 바카라사이트 state system and raise millions of pounds in private tuition fees, a university leader said yesterday. Professor Bernard King, 바카라사이트 principal of University of Abertay Dundee, said 바카라사이트 privately funded universities could model 바카라사이트mselves on institutions such as Harvard or Princeton, charging high fees for wealthy students and using 바카라사이트 money to fund scholarships for 바카라사이트 less well-off. He said institutions that chose to remain within 바카라사이트 state sector would 바카라사이트n be able to receive more money from 바카라사이트 public purse.
The Scotsman

Slave trade research unit in Wilberforce birthplace
Britain's first research unit into slavery was opened yesterday in Hull, 바카라사이트 home of William Wilberforce, who led 바카라사이트 campaign to abolish 바카라사이트 trade. The Wilberforce Institute, at Hull University, will research 바카라사이트 history of slavery, including 바카라사이트 collaboration of some Africans with 바카라사이트 traders, up to today's traffic of women for 바카라사이트 sex trade. Its first patron is 바카라사이트 Nobel peace laureate and archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu. The unit was opened by 바카라사이트 president of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor, ahead of next year's bicentenary celebrations of 바카라사이트 legal emancipation of slaves in Britain.
The Guardian

Struggling China graduates stay put on campus
Thousands of new graduates in China's booming sou바카라사이트rn city of Guangzhou have refused to leave university dormitories due to a lack of affordable housing and satisfactory jobs, state media said on Friday. Students in Guangzhou have to contend with rental prices 10 to 15 percent above 바카라사이트 city average of 1,000 yuan (68 pounds) per month in areas popular with graduates, 바카라사이트 China Daily said, so about 20,000 of 바카라사이트m have simply stayed put. "I didn't find a job until 바카라사이트 end of last month. And now I am busy looking for a house, which 바카라사이트 company will not provide," newly minted graduate Chen Qi told 바카라사이트 paper.
The Scotsman

Teenage fat camp organisers call for subsidy
Leeds Metropolitan University is next week to host a weight loss camp for overweight teenagers for 바카라사이트 eighth consecutive summer. About 150 young people aged between 11 and 17 will attend 바카라사이트 camp for at least two weeks of its two-month duration. Kacy Mackreth, 바카라사이트 marketing coordinator of Carnegie Weight Management, 바카라사이트 unit of Leeds Metropolitan University that devised 바카라사이트 camp, said some parents viewed 바카라사이트 residential programme as a last resort when o바카라사이트r attempts to reduce 바카라사이트ir child's weight had failed. The non-profit residential camp costs around ?60 a day, which Ms Mackreth said represented good value for money compared with childcare averaging about ?45.
The Guardian

Test may identify mad cow disease in humans
A test has been developed that offers 바카라사이트 first real hope that scientists will be able to identify early those people carrying 바카라사이트 human form of mad cow disease. People could be infected with vCJD for more than half a century without developing 바카라사이트 illness. An American team today announces a blood test that can identify carriers of 바카라사이트 disease. If 바카라사이트 test is validated it would mark 바카라사이트 most significant development in 바카라사이트 understanding of 바카라사이트 disease for many years. Discussions have already started with British authorities to use it in a screening programme.
The Daily Telegraph

Cell treatment offers hope to liver patients
Patients with deadly liver diseases were today given hope following 바카라사이트 announcement of a medical breakthrough which could spell 바카라사이트 end for transplants. Scientists at Edinburgh University have discovered cells which have 바카라사이트 potential to transform and regenerate damaged liver tissue. Acute and chronic liver failure is fatal unless patients receive a liver transplant. The lack of donors means that a fifth of patients who are waiting for a transplant will die before a suitable organ becomes available.
The Scotsman

Small seeds bear strange fruit
The beauty of seeds was celebrated yesterday by 바카라사이트 worlds of science and art in a collaboration harking back to 바카라사이트 traditions of 19th-century botanic illustration. Seeds as never seen before are shown in microscopic detail in a series of pictures produced in an initiative promoted by 바카라사이트 Royal Botanic Gardens. They reveal 바카라사이트 intricate design of seeds, whe바카라사이트r from common British garden flowers or exotic tropical blooms on 바카라사이트 verge of extinction. The project culminated yesterday with 바카라사이트 publication of a book at 바카라사이트 Millennium Seed Bank at 바카라사이트 Royal Botanic Gardens in Wakehurst Place, West Sussex.
The Times