All entries for Monday 07 July 2008
July 07, 2008
Polar bears and icebergs: Warwick students return from the Arctic
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/audio/?podcastItem=arctic_voyage.mp3
Warwick students Casper ter Kuile and Emma Beirmann return from their WWF Arctic ‘Voyage for the Future’ to help raise awareness of the effects of climate change.
Visit their blogs for more information about their expedition:
http://www.caspersarcticvoyage.wordpress.com
http://emmainthearctic.wordpress.com
Online resource for ethnicity & health doubles content – NHS backs with new contract
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/online_resource_for
A Specialist Library for Ethnicity & Health, designed to provide health professionals with the latest research and information on ethnic minority health, has announced two successes – in the last year it has doubled the number of research article it provides, and now the NHS is backing it with a new contract to 2011.
Research Finds New Confidence in Loyalist Performance from 12th July to Theatre
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/research_finds_new
New research by the University of Warwick has found that the peace process has been paralleled by a new confidence in working class Loyalism particularly on both stage and ‘in the street’. Working class Protestants are abandoning old attitudes that “Theatre is for Catholics” and long cherished performances of identity from orange marches to wall art are embracing a much wider range of symbols and heroes of the loyalist community.