Cancer bill to soar as survival rate increases. icWales.icnetwork.co.uk, 6 February.
Cancer: what are your chances? Daily Mail, 6 February.
Watercress "may cut cancer risk". HealthSentinal.com, 15 February.
Eating watercress can help cut cancer risk. ChinaDaily.com, 17 February.

Dr Gregory Ioannidis

The WADA code amendments: progress made but the patient is not treated yet. World Sports Law Reports, February.
Thanou rises from ashes of Athens. Evening Standard, 12 February.
Pound defends sanctions but says system could change. The Guardian; Yahoo! News, 19 February.
Dr Gregory Ioannidis issues reply to WADA's Dick Pound. HellenicAthletes.com, 21 February.

Dr Jane Ridley

When childhood really was tough. Daily Express, 15 February

Professor Alan Smithers

Number of failing primary schools rises by a quarter. The Independent, 1 February.
A question of leadership. The Independent, 1 February.
250,000 kids failed by rotten schools. The Sun, 1 February.
More schools fail to make the grade. The Times, 1 February.
More of our schools are failing. Daily Express, 1 February.
Assembly gets top marks for keeping primary school classes below 30 pupils. Western Mail Series, 1 February.
Education alarm after record rise in failing schools. Western Daily Press (Bristol / Late City Edition), 1 February.
Number of failing primaries jumps 25% in a single term. Daily Mail, 1 February.
Record rise in primaries failed by OFSTED. Yorkshire Post, 1 February.
Many more schools fail. Times Educational Supplement, 2 February.
"Test teaching ideas before imposing them on children." The Times, 5 February.
Schools argue against 'inconsistent' inspection regime. Public Finance, 9 February.
Growing gender gap turning universities into 'male free zones'. The Times, 15 February.
Super salesman or remote controller? Times Educational Supplement, 16 February.
The unhappy generation. Times Educational Supplement, 16 February.
Jobs for the boys. Times Educational Supplement, 16 February.
Germans opt for a top class British public school education. Sunday Telegraph, 18 February.
Concern grows at A-level retakes. Shropshire Star, 24 February.
A-level resits under review. Birmingham Express and Star; Wolverhampton Express and Star, 24 February.
'Dumbing down' threat to GCSE Maths. thisislondon.co.uk, 24 February.
Boys don't do university. Sunday Times, 25 February.
Students may face A-level re-sits limit. Hull Daily Mail, 26 February.
'Dumbing down' threat to GCSE Maths. Daily Mail, 26 February.
Classroom burnout triggers teacher opt-out. theage.com.au, 26 February.

Professor Chris Woodhead

An inspector calls. Parliamentary Monitor, February.

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Alumni in the news

Funke Onitiri (LLB 1996)

Competition, the lubricant of business - GM, Caanit Ltd. Daily Sun (Nigeria), 5 February.

Sunjay Kapur (Business Studies 1996)

Ex-cellent bonding! The Times of India online, 14 February.

Charles Ramson (LLB 2007)

Guyanese student achieves first class honours in top UK university. StabroekNews.com, 20 February.

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Appearances and publications

Professor Jon Arch

was keynote speaker at a conference on Drug Development for Obesity: Key Strategies for Effective Drug Discovery. Kensington Marriot Hotel, London, 12-13 February.

Professor Tom Cannon

was interviewed regarding the takeover of Liverpool Football Club. Sky News, 6 February.
was interviewed regarding the financial effects the UK holding the World Cup would have, after news that the Government would back a bid by the FA to host it. Century FM, 12 February.

Professor Mike Cawthorne et al.

Schmid, G., P. Meda, D. Caille, E. Wargent, J. O'Dowd, D. Hochstrasser, M. Cawthorne & J-C. Sanchez. "Inhibition of insulin secretion by betagranin, a N-terminal chromogranin A fragment", Journal of Biological Chemistry, 8 February 2007.
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Dr John Drew

gave a talk to the 'Swan & Pen' (Buckingham Literary Society) entitled "Charles Dickens's Book of Memoranda: a Writer's Notebook". This was to publicise a new course in Creative Writing which can be taken by occasional students. 12 February.

Professor Nigel Foster

Questions and Answers: EU Law (6th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
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"From persons to citizens: the evolution of personal free movement in the European Union." R. Miller & Peer Zumbansen (eds), Annual of German and European Law II/III (2004-5) (New York: Berghahn Books), 239-282.

Dr Gregory Ioannidis

appeared on BBC 3 Counties Radio discussing the civil justice system and county courts, 13 February.

Professor Anthony O'Hear

appeared on In Our Time discussing Karl Popper. BBC Radio 4, 8 February.

Professor Dennis O'Keeffe

took part in The Moral Maze. BBC Radio 4, 7 February.

Professor Geoffrey Wood

Capie, F.H.& G.E. Wood (eds). The Lender of Last Resort (Oxford: Routledge, 2007).
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Mayes, D.G. & G.E. Wood (eds). The Structure of Financial Regulation (Oxford: Routledge, 2007).
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Local news

Lunchtime piano recital at University. Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser; Brackley & Towcester Advertiser; Bicester Review, 2 February.

The Film Place. Brackley & Towcester Advertiser, 9 February.

University box (Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser; Brackley & Towcester Advertiser; Bicester Review)

2 February - Lunchtime concert by pianist Jill Crossland
16 February - Sir Edward Clay's lecture on 27 February
23 February - Reminder: Sir Edward Clay's lecture on 27 February

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