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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Scots schools to get sexual health clinics</title>
<description><![CDATA[SIXTY thousand Scots pupils are to  be given access to sexual health services in school,  allowing children as young as 13 to receive condoms and pregnancy tests.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Private school head attacks fees 'arms race'</title>
<description><![CDATA[THE newly appointed head of one of Scotland's leading private schools has criticised the sector for charging parents excessive fees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Ripper's reign of terror 'began 25 years earlier'</title>
<description><![CDATA[JACK the Ripper may have committed his first murder 25 years earlier than previously thought,  it was claimed last night.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>HBOS chief says credit crunch likely to last another 18 months</title>
<description><![CDATA[THE credit crunch could last another 18 months,  the head of Britain's largest mortgage provider warned yesterday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Skye's the limit for KT  as she weds long-term partner</title>
<description><![CDATA[KT TUNSTALL married on Skye yesterday. The 33-year-old singer from St Andrews tied the knot with long-term boyfriend Luke Bullen,  34,  in a civil ceremony attended by 150 guest]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Poet pens riposte to examiners who axed her  'violent' work</title>
<description><![CDATA[ONE of Britain's leading poets has hit back after her work was axed by exam chiefs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Being snubbed by Faldo 'like losing mum'</title>
<description><![CDATA[COLIN Montgomerie has compared being left out of Europe's Ryder Cup team to losing his mother to cancer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Kathleen Marshall: Stepping down</title>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Kathleen Marshall became the first Commissioner for Children and Young People in April 2004,  but she has revealed she would not complete another five-year term in th]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Binge drinking fuels row over civil liberties</title>
<description><![CDATA[TONIGHT,  thousands of young men and women in Scotland will gather at a friend's flat to let their hair down.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Scots pupils are top of science class</title>
<description><![CDATA[SCOTLAND'S great tradition of scientific study is continuing,  with more teenagers choosing to study science   subjects than anywhere else in the UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Schools' closure plan under fire</title>
<description><![CDATA[THE  MP and MSP for the  Western Isles  have attacked a decision by the islands' council to close seven secondary schools over the next three years. Western Isles Council]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Spotlight is on college course</title>
<description><![CDATA[A CITY college is offering a number of last-minute places on its technical theatre courses.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Universities funding war flares again</title>
<description><![CDATA[UNIVERSITY rectors have joined forces for the first time  to launch an attack on the Scottish Government,   accusing ministers of  failing to financially support the higher edu]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Islands' rural secondaries to close in savings drive</title>
<description><![CDATA[ALL Western Isles rural secondary schools will shut in a massive cost-cutting drive,  councillors decided last night.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Heavy metal fans gentle souls at heart</title>
<description><![CDATA[HEAVY metal fans are gentle,  indie music listeners lack self-esteem and lovers of pop music are uncreative,  according to research by an Edinburgh professor.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Annie's art drives up litter awareness</title>
<description><![CDATA[A SECONDARY school pupil will see her artwork driving all over Edinburgh after winning a council-run competition to 'brand a bin lorry'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Pupils tasked to shape NHS</title>
<description><![CDATA[PUPILS across Scotland are being given the chance to tell health secretary Nicola Sturgeon what they think the NHS should look like in 60 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Migrants to learn rights</title>
<description><![CDATA[A MIGRANT rights and information day is set to take place in the Capital next month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Iowa State wins $18.5M grant to create NSF Center for Biorenewable Chemicals</title>
<description><![CDATA[(Iowa State University) The National Science Foundation has awarded Iowa State University and its research partners an $18.5 million grant to establish an NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals based at Iowa State. The center's focus will be to develop catalysts that promote the chemical reactions that can efficiently produce biorenewable chemicals. The center is also expected to create partnerships that promote innovation,  transform engineered systems and produce engineering graduates who can contribute in a global economy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Tracking the reasons many girls avoid science and math</title>
<description><![CDATA[(University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee) New research by a team that includes vocational psychologists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee indicates that the self-confidence instilled by parents and teachers is more important for young girls learning math and science than their initial interest. The three-year,  NSF-funded study aimed to identify supports and barriers that steer girls and young women toward or away from science and math during their education.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Chassapis, Hadim win $150K grant to create NJ Innovation Partnership Institute in Clean-Energy Tech</title>
<description><![CDATA[(Stevens Institute of Technology) Two professors of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology have received funding for one year at $149, 934 from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to establish the New Jersey Innovation Partnership Institute in Clean Energy Technology at Stevens.]]></description>
<link>http://topnewsplanet.com/go/en/article/id/109558/chassapis-hadim-win-150k-grant-to-create-nj-innovation-partnership-institute-in-clean-energy-tech.html</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Geography exams turn  green to test pupils on   climate threat</title>
<description><![CDATA[GEOGRAPHY exams in schools are changing to reflect growing concerns about the environment,  it emerged yesterday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>School starters must stay until 17</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHILDREN starting secondary school in England this term will be the first to be required to stay in education or training until they are 17.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Learning in comfort is all part of school day</title>
<description><![CDATA[WITH its roof terrace,  plasma screens and leather sofas,  you could be forgiven for thinking you were stepping into a five-star hotel.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>City schoolgirl  wins national poetry prize</title>
<description><![CDATA[AN Edinburgh schoolgirl has beat off competition from thousands of entrants to take top place in a national poetry competition.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Pupils win world citizen award</title>
<description><![CDATA[PUPILS from a city secondary school have won an award for  their documentary on their lives,  school and community.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>College hires new principal</title>
<description><![CDATA[STEVENSON College has appointed a new principal and chief executive.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>School wins cycle award</title>
<description><![CDATA[THE first Cycle Friendly School Award has been given to a school in Midlothian.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Interactivity means more activity for students</title>
<description><![CDATA[(Economic &amp;  Social Research Council) The British government has invested more money in Interactive Whiteboards in its schools than any other government in the world. But is this huge investment worth it? Have the new data projection technologies allowed students to learn more effectively? This is the subject of recent research,  funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<title>Digitized student</title>
<description><![CDATA[(Inderscience Publishers) A researcher on a short trip to a foreign country,  with little money,  but a digital camera in hand has devised a novel approach to digitizing foreign archives that could speed up research.]]></description>
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