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University of Leicester in the Media for February

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8 February: Dr Mark A Jobling (Department of Genetics) - interviewed on SAGA FM - 40th Anniversary of Department of Genetics.
9 Feb: Martin Gill (Criminology) - Leicester Sound - conference on Alcohol, Bingeing and Crime.
10 February: Professor Martin Gill (Criminology) - Saga FM - the alcohol, bingeing and crime conference.
11 February: Professor Martin Gill (Criminology) - Central News - conference on binge drinking and crime.

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Daily Record - CCTV 'DOES NOT CUT CRIME'

and in German at heise.de and again

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interestalert.com

...to cause a fall in criminal offences. The University of Leicester's Professor Martin Gill, who led the research, said: 'For supporters of CCTV, these findings will be disappointing.'

Chicago Tribune | Every step you take, every move you make and also at

...of geographic information science at the University of Leicester and editor of the International Journal of Geographic Information Science, and I have raised these and other crucial questions in scholarly journals and trade magazines, but questioning of any sort is strangely absent elsewhere. It's time for an explicit national debate...

De Montfort University

...the featured speakers, as will Graham Curry of Leicester University.

This is Leicestershire

...is a second-year medical student at the University of Leicester currently working in the emergency admissions ward...

XtraMSN (New Zealand) - Mitchell's Globe-Trotting Career

...Administration Sports Management at the University of Leicester. Outside of rugby, Mitchell enjoys playing squash, reading and personal exercise.

Forbes - Study Examines Closed-Circuit Cameras

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...For the Home Office-funded study, academics from the University of Leicester studied 14 closed-circuit TV systems in a variety of settings, including town...

Chicago Tribune - Every step you take, every move you make

...Peter F. Fisher, professor of geographic information science at the University of Leicester and editor of the International Journal of Geographic Information...

This is London - Why Gerrard did not sign for Chelsea

...John Williams, of Leicester University's Football Research Centre who is also a Liverpool season ticket holder and closely monitors events at Anfield, said...

University of Manitoba Elizabeth Dafoe Library: New Acquisitions

...Archaeology Conference which took place at the University of Leicester 3-6 April 2003 / edited by Ben Croxford...

allAfrica.com - Claycourt: Houses of Corruption

...Master of Arts degree in Communication from University of Leicester, United Kingdom, was implying that the Cabinet ministers and public servants who are paid by the taxpayer have a right to be corrupt, and that journalists have no moral authority to tell Kenyans how the Narc Government rips them off. Tuju, a father of three who once...

Scotsman - CCTV Failing to Reduce Crime - Study

... Now University of Leicester researchers behind the study are calling for lessons to be learned so CCTV "is not seen simply as a technical solution to a ... and also at

Liverpool Daily Post and Echo - Are we going back to the dark days of football?

...of the Centre for the Sociology of Sport at the University of Leicester says of hooligan behaviour: "It's concerned with territorial pride, solidarity and testing your own masculinity - seeing how you can react in stressful situations. "And in Saturday's case, it was also about old, long-established antagonisms which were reignited by the Rooney...

Northampton Chronicle and Echo

...Steven Archer and Will Guerry. Cobras 41 Leicester University 52 Cobras suffered their first defeat since the club was formed against a fit university side which included a former England under - 21 player. The side struggled to get going in a very physical game and ended up losing the first quarter by 13 points to 8.

Independent

Philbey, 17, who hopes to study medicine at Leicester University next year, said: "There needs to be more of a joining of vocational and academic learning. I would have been much more likely to do vocational courses as well as academic ones. It's almost impossible to combine the two now."

di-ve.com - New CEO at FHRD ...in Adult Training and Development and in 2003 she read an MSc degree in Trg & HRM with the Centre of Labour Market Studies, University of Leicester, UK where...

This is Leicestershire

...of Noah's pudding. Turkish students at the University of Leicester marked the festival of Ashura by offering the sweet dish in the Students' Union building. A spokesman said: "According to Muslim tradition, when the waters of the Great Flood began to recede, Prophet Noah and his family gathered up all the food remaining on the ark and cooked...

This is Leicestershire

Mark Allinson, professor of Spanish at the University of Leicester, said; "I have never, ever heard of a Cruz as a man's name. "It comes from Maria de la Cruz, which is a good Catholic Spanish name which means Mary of the Cross. Because so many Spanish women were called Maria, often Cruz would be used as their name or Mari-Cruz. "If the family...

Liverpool Daily Post and Echo - Are we going back to the dark days of football?

ic Liverpool - Are we going back to the dark days of football?

...Liverpool-born John Williams, head of the Centre for the Sociology of Sport at the University of Leicester says of hooligan behaviour: "It's concerned with...

Inside CMU - Conducting class

...first Donatella Flick/Accademia Italiana Conducting Competition in 1991 and was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree from the University of Leicester...

GLOCOM Platform - Special Topics - Colloquium: Museum and Gallery Education, Leicester University Press.

PoughkeepsieJournal.com - Local briefs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. The lecture is free.

This is Leicestershire

...the assertion by Dr Rosie Sage, of Leicester University, that the pupils' bad conduct was due to lack of skills. She claimed that the youngsters rebel because they can't cope and want to be seen as being bad, not dim. Rubbish! What about lack of parental control? Lack of discipline?

OrlandoSentinel.com: Entertainment

...abused," says Mark Allinson, a professor at the University of Leicester in England. "In this country, the portrayal of pedophilia is always black-and-white. We're never asked to think about how the abusers are suffering or wrestling with what they know is wrong. What's different about the film, it's not going for a simple monster depiction."

NorthJersey.com - Big Brother goes mainstream

... Peter F. Fisher, professor of geographic information science at the University of Leicester, and I have raised these and other crucial questions in scholarly ...

HindustanTimes.com - Indian space experts visit Leicester

A four-member Indian delegation of space experts from Mumbai and Bangalore spent three days at the University of Leicester working on plans for building a...

This is Leicestershire

Two law students from the University of Leicester have got through to the final of a national contest. Hayley Roberts, 19, and Tom McLaughlin, 20, beat off opposition from more than 120 others to get through to the last round of the Client Interviewing Competition.

This is Leicestershire

There will be something for everyone at the University of Leicester's annual Arts Week. Performance poet Les Barker will be taking to the stage, or you could take the opportunity to see a rare screening of the short film George Lucas in Love.

TIME Europe Magazine: A Secret Success

...enrolled in a doctoral metallurgy program at Leicester University - and won a full scholarship. "This is a miracle for me," says Motazedian. He's so busy in the lab that he recently had to sell his share of the pizza joint to his partner, but still lends a hand.

This is Leicestershire

...anyone interested in postgraduate study. The University of Leicester is holding the open day next Wednesday from 2pm until 4pm. It will give students and the public a chance to find out about higher-level study leading to doctorates, diplomas and masters degrees.

This is Leicestershire

A 25 million revamp of the University of Leicester's main library has been given the go-ahead. The university says it has received planning permission from the city council to double the size of the library, with 1,500 seats, group study rooms, better information technology facilities, a cafe, bookshop and careers library.

The Sun Herald - Who should have the right to track you?

...professor of geographic information science, University of Leicester and editor of the International Journal of Geographic Information Science, and I have raised these and other crucial questions in scholarly journals and trade magazines, but questioning of any sort is strangely absent elsewhere. It's time for an explicit national debate...

This is Leicestershire

...the last year of his life go on display at the University of Leicester on Monday. The display starts with a photo of him before his operation, laughing as he pulls a Christmas cracker. There are dozens of pictures showing the 12-year-old recovering from his operation, before a final shot of the youngster, again smiling and pulling a cracker.

Peterborough Evening Telegraph

...the seven Inner Wheel clubs, and students from Leicester University involved in the Group Study exchange to Japan and the USA. The key centenary event will be the opening of a sensory garden in central Park on Wednesday, February 23. Five Peterborough Rotary clubs joined forces to produce and pay for the garden, with financial assistance from...

Times Online - Health

In 2002, staff at the oncology department of Leicester University noticed that of 500 patients with colon cancer, only two were Asian, despite that fact that 20 per cent of the population in Leicester is Asian. The scientists believed this was due to their spicy diet. And, in America, researchers at the Columbia University College of Physicians...

Orlando Sentinel - Orlando - Out of the shadows: When news inspires media

..."He forces us to identify with the abuser as much as the abused," says Mark Allinson, a professor at the University of Leicester in England...

CollegeSports.com - Mike Smith Resigns as Assistant Soccer Coach

...He graduated from Southampton with a bachelor's in geography, and added a master's in sociology of sport at the University of Leicester the following year...

I-Newswire.com - Indian Space Delegation at University of Leicester for New...

The University of Leicester has played host to a delegation of space scientists from India to discuss plans for collaboration over a future mission.

This is Leicestershire

...from India have joined forces with the University of Leicester to build parts for the country's first satellite. A delegation from Mumbai and Bangalore spent three days in the city thrashing out plans for creating a telescope component. The telescope will be aboard India's Astrosat mission, which is to be launched in 2007. It will be the first...

Yahoo! - Indian Space Delegation Holds Talks With Leicester University

A four-member Indian space delegation has successfully concluded preliminary discussions with the Leicester University academic space research centre for collaboration to provide sophisticated Soft X-Ray Telescope. Also see

This is Leicestershire

...post-graduate courses is being held at the University of Leicester. People can learn about doctorates, masters, diplomas and other qualifications. The open day takes place between 2pm and 4pm on Wednesday.

This is Leicestershire

...centre. The talk is on March 2, at 7.30pm, at Leicester University.

Computer Business Review - Sun, AMD talk up the Opteron future - Computer Business Review

...the Xeon solution. A similar benchmark by the University of Leicester in the UK required 750 Xeon servers to do the work of 500 Opteron servers, he said. As you might expect, Fowler was not about to say much about the future Galaxy server designs. "I'm not going to pre-announced products," he said.

EE Times.com

...University of Leicester and University of Nottingham have run their applications on Sun's x64 systems running standard Linux distributions. Enterprise customers in financial services, manufacturing and oil industries to name a few, as well as customers in government, research, and education among...

PhysOrg.com - Saturn's aurora - not as we thought! Comment from UK...

...Professor Stan Cowley from University of Leicester is a Co-Investigator on the Magnetometer instrument on Cassini. His team is involved...

EducationGuardian.co.uk - Leicester gets go ahead for £25m library

...new £25m library has been given the go ahead at the University of Leicester, which is the latest building project in its £300m redevelopment plan...

IT Jungle - Sun, AMD Talk Up the Opteron Future

...A similar benchmark by the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom required 750 Xeon servers to do the work of 500 Opteron servers...

4ni.co.uk - UU in unique joint academic agreement

...UK Healthcare Education Partnership (UKHEP) involves UU, City University, London, the University of Leicester and the Royal College of Nursing...

RedNova.com - Cultivating Revolutions

...Two British researchers, Ron Pinhasi of the University of Surrey Roehampton in London and Mark Pluciennik of the University of Leicester, measured and compared...

Times Online - Critics round on Wenger's foreign policy

..."Has he signed for a different country?" Research carried out by the University of Leicester, however, suggests that, like Taylor, fans have also become...

Central Michigan University (press release) Mount Pleasant, MI, USA - GUEST CONDUCTOR TO REHEARSE WITH CMU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

...first Donatella Flick/Accademia Italiana Conducting Competition in 1991 and was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree from the University of Leicester...

Universe Today - Swift's First Burst Pinpointed

... The satellite is a collaboration between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Penn State University, Leicester University and the Mullard Space Science ...

Mathaba.Net - Turkey's Accession To The EU

... International Development and Finance; Quantitative Methods; and Research Methodology in Social Sciences) and teaches at Leicester University (Department of ...

Mathaba.Net - Oil Threatens Lost Civilisation

... "The situation is rather bleak," says Professor David Mattingly, an archaeologist at the University of Leicester with 25 years' experience in Libya. ...

EducationGuardian.co.uk - A collection that speaks volumes

... Despite a rather undistinguished academic career - he dropped out of Leicester University to run a rock 'n' roll band - Gosling is to become a "visiting scholar ...

Sun Expands x64 Network Computing Options

...University of Leicester and University of Nottingham have run their applications on Sun's x64 systems running standard Linux distributions...

Yahoo News (press release) - Sun Expands x64 Network Computing Options

...University of Leicester and University of Nottingham have run their applications on Sun's x64 systems running standard Linux distributions. ...

Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency - Hammers threaten rock carvings in Libya

..."The situation is rather bleak," says Professor David Mattingly, an archaeologist at the University of Leicester with 25 years' experience in Libya...

British Satellite News

...Science: Leicester University creates new scanning probe microscope...

Professional Security Magazine Online

...event, at the Gilbert Murray Conference Suite, University of Leicester...

EuroNews

...A team from Leicester University in the UK say that genetics plays an important role in the cause of psoriasis, a skin disease, that usually appears as red, scaly patches. Researchers demonstrated that in a fragment of DNA contained in Chromosome 6 there are genes susceptible to psoriasis...

Journal of Turkish Weekly - Professor Sir Martin Rees wins Crafoord Prize

...Sir Martin holds the honorary title of Astronomer Royal and also Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and at Leicester University...

Swift Sees Pinwheel Galaxy, Satellite Fully Operational

This is Leicestershire

...Leicester's celebrations centre on the Leicester University's Queen's Hall, and run from noon to 3.30pm. It starts at midday with a lion dance followed by an afternoon of entertainment including a drama performance by pupils of the Chinese School...

Quote.com - Lear Corporation Appoints Henry Wallace to Board of Directors

...bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Lear Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Southfield, Mich., USA, focuses on integrating complete automotive interiors, including seat systems, interior trim and electrical systems...

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What's new this month in BMJ Journals -- Marcovitch 330 (7487): 330 -- BMJ

...hostility. The investigators, from the University of Leicester, say that current procedures do not always enable partnership or promote autonomy but can even act oppressively...

EducationGuardian.co.uk - In the Valley of Life, oil is death to the art of a lost ...

... "The situation is rather bleak," says Professor David Mattingly, an archaeologist at the University of Leicester with 25 years' experience in Libya. ...

EducationGuardian.co.uk - In the Valley of Life, oil is death to the art of a lost civilisation

David Mattingly, an archaeologist at the University of Leicester with 25 years' experience in Libya. A plan for a system of national parks that would protect the most vulnerable areas has been on the table for years, he says, but with little progress. "The major problem is that the Department of Antiquities is under-resourced." The lifting of ...

This is Derbyshire

...Derby Asterdale against Grantham and Leicester University. Against Grantham, Kev Emery put the home side ahead but Asterdale conceded two sloppy goals on the break just before the interval. Grantham came out strong after the break and added their third of the day. Derby's response to this was a tactical change which worked in their favour ...

This is Leicestershire - They surprisingly finished only fifth, with Leicester University men 34th.

EducationGuardian.co.uk - Street poet Benjamin made Dr Zephaniah

... and identifiable poet.". The poet also received an honorary doctor of letters degree from the University of Leicester last year.

The Aurora Advisory Committee (AurAC) will be headed by Dr. Mark Sims from the University of Leicester, last seen as project manager on the Beagle 2 mission...

Scotsman - Honorary Doctorate for Poet

... achievements as a writer and poet. He received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Leicester last year...

This is Leicestershire

...general practitioner and senior lecturer at the University of Leicester, is part of the team leading the study. He said: "There are 24 GP surgeries taking part and each of them have sent letters to a random number of patients asking them to take a test. "We want people to start taking diabetes more seriously. This study aims to pick people up much...

This is Leicestershire - The University of Leicester Islamic Society has become the first winner of the title of Islamic Society of the Year.

This is Leicestershire - Two other telescopes on board, one built by University of Leicester academics. The satellite aims to unravel the mysteries of gamma ray bursts.

Leicester Tigers - England Rugby Injury Audit Completed

...and 2003-4 England Rugby Injury and training audit, has been carried out by a lead researcher, John Brooks PhD, based at the University of Leicester, with the...

Professor expresses concern over stem cell research

... of her DNA research work, Professor McKelvey-Martin also gave an insight into work by her and University colleagues at Ulster and Leicester in developing ...

Design of a Questionnaire to Measure Trust in an Emergency ...

... of Medicine, Lankenau Hospital (FN), Wynnewood, PA; and Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Leicester, Leicester, England. ...

Island Packet Online: Blair could use some payback from Bush

...Dumbrell, an expert in Anglo-U.S. relations at Leicester University. "So far, he has got precious little back in return." Last week in a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blair said Washington must pay more attention to other countries' concerns. "If America wants the rest of the world to be part of the agenda it has ...

This is Leicestershire

...said: "The city council has commissioned the University of Leicester to carry out the Urban Archaeological Database project. "It involves using modern technology, such as computer mapping, to record all the known evidence of past human activity in the heart of the city above and beneath its streets, and provide an extensive and accessible ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Blair could use some payback from Bush

... for Bush has been extraordinary, given the pressures that he has been under," said John Dumbrell, an expert in Anglo-US relations at Leicester University. ...

Times Online - Disruptive pupils: they need nurturing and zero tolerance

... Professor Paul Cooper, of Leicester University, claims that nurture groups are "extremely successful". He says: "Not only ...

This is Leicestershire

...University of Leicester is set to be part of a centre of excellence for physics and astronomy. Itwill work with the Open University and the University of Reading to look at innovative ways of teaching. Dr Derek Raine said: "The Leicester physics department will be aiming to become a world leader...

Aberdeen American News - Blair Could Use Some Payback From Bush

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Silicon.com - Could chip and PIN make society more violent?

...Doug Smith of Leicester University Criminology department said: "The displacement is bank to bank robberies... Organised crime will look for an easier target."...

Penn State Live - Swift sees pinwheel galaxy; satellite now fully operational

...partners, including Penn State, Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, Sonoma State University in California, the University of Leicester in England...

Business Weekly - Educational excellence in region earns funding

...in Innovative Physics Teaching - is a result of a collaborative bid made by The Open University, the University of Leicester and the University of Reading...

EUROPA (press release) Brussels, Belgium - RESEARCH, POST-GENOMICS EU heart research to stem the death toll

... will initially focus on platelets, building on the experience of the Universities of Cambridge and Leicester in the UK, the Catholic University of Louvain ...

Innovations report - Bad Homburg, Germany - Gamma-ray space observatory fully operational

... Swift's two other instruments - the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and the X-ray Telescope (XRT) with University of Leicester involvement - were turned on over ...

Telegraph.co.uk - In sickness and in health: the Church finds a false god in therapy

... Thankfully, and not before time, in 1998 Sydney Brandon, professor of psychiatry at Leicester University, destroyed the credibility of the concept of recovered ...

Financial Times - Watchdog warns that UK faith schools undermine social cohesion

...Anshuman Mondal, a teacher at Leicester University, said the reactions of some Muslim leaders to the inspector's remarks reflected a defensiveness within their...

Entertainment Ireland - St Hilda's College, Oxford v Leicester University.

Dailyrecord.co.uk - TV Listings

...of wits, with St Hilda's College, Oxford and Leicester University battling it out for a place in the quarter-finals...

Industry News - PR Canada

...related to her MBA dissertation with the University of Leicester, England. Her topic is retaining and engaging Canadian communications professionals. Highlights of the research results will be shared with participants. Deadline for responses is February 7. To obtain a copy of the questionnaire, please contact Cathy by ...