Frank Dobson

Type: Person

Name: Frank Dobson

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Birkbeck supports Part-Time Matters campaign

A campaign to promote the benefits of part-time study has been launched by an alliance of universities, businesses and unions. Part-Time Matters, backed by Birkbeck, University of London, aims to highlight some of the benefits of part-time study to the ... [Published London 24 - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Frank Dobson, Birkbeck, University of London, Joan Bakewell

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Universities UK

New campaign champions part-time study and calls for action

A campaign backed by , to promote the benefits of part-time study has been launched by an alliance of universities, businesses and unions Baroness Joan Bakewell, President of The launch of ‘Part-Time Matters’ follows a dramatic 40 per cent overall downturn ... [Published PRWeb - May 31 2013]

Entities: Higher Education, Joan Bakewell, Universities UK, England, Frank Dobson

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Transport for London

Campaigners battle for £250m Holborn tube station improvement plan that's threatened by cuts

Artist’s impression of how the station entrances could be opened upA CAMPAIGN has been launched in support of a threatened £250million upgrade of Holborn Underground station.Transport bosses fear the Piccadilly and Central station will become so crowded ... [Published West End Extra - May 31 2013]

Entities: Transport for London, Frank Dobson, Caroline Pidgeon

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Campaign launched to raise £250million for upgrade of 'overcrowded and unsafe' Holborn tube station

A CAMPAIGN has been launched in support of a £250million upgrade of Holborn underground station.Transport bosses fear the station will become so crowded that trains will not be able to stop in the mornings because platforms are too full.Frank Dobson, ... [Published Camden New Journal - May 30 2013]

Entities: Frank Dobson, Transportation

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Why part-time study has a great future

Part-time study that leads to a full university degree is the key to getting round our graduate job problem, says Joan Bakewell There is an increasing groundswell growing right now in favour of part-time education. There are references in social media, ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 29 2013]

Entities: Birkbeck, University of London, Joan Bakewell, Education, Frank Dobson, Universities UK

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

NHS Direct

A language kept alive in print

From: David Smith. West Ella Road, Kirk Ella, Hull. I ALWAYS look forward to "Yorkshire Words Of The Week" in your CountryWeek supplement and recent letters have reminded me about regional variations in our sayings.For instance, Marjorie Gill remembers ... [Published Yorkshire Post - May 29 2013]

Entities: Gannet, NHS Direct, Leeds, Dave Long (runner)

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

First cut is the deepest

The birth of the new, deregulated NHS came only days before the death of the politician whose career made it possible. Pf looks back on the legacy of the Thatcher era for healthcare in the UK.When Margaret Thatcher died on the 8th April, they were still ... [Published Pharma Field - May 24 2013]

Entities: NHS, Margaret Thatcher, Reformism, Health Care, Internal Market

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

The vexatious issue of freedom

Top: Nick Harding and the five-storey block. Above: an email showing the 'vexatious complainant' lineIT’s not over until the fat lady sings, it seems.Though the battle over the eccentric block of flats, known as Princes Park, near the Talacre sports centre ... [Published Camden New Journal - May 23 2013]

Entities: Paul Braithwaite, Frank Dobson, Chartered Accountant, Hardness, Liberal Democrats

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

MPs back part-time students

A new campaign to promote the benefits of part-time study has been backed by MPs.The Part Time Matters campaign draws attention to the 40% fall in students enrolling for part-time undergraduate courses.Frank Dobson tabled an EDM signed by more than 30 ... [Published ePolitix.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Birkbeck, University of London, Frank Dobson, Joan Bakewell

First reported Feb 14 2013 - Updated Feb 14 2013 - 1 reports

Whittington Hospital meeting calls demonstration

by Sarah EnsorMore than 600 angry campaigners met in Archway, north London, on Tuesday to save Whittington Hospital and called a demonstration next month. NHS managers plan to sell off £17 million worth of buildings and sack 570 staff. Local Labour MP ... [Published Socialist Worker - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: Whittington Hospital, Demonstration, Frank Dobson, NHS Management

First reported Jan 20 2013 - Updated Jan 20 2013 - 1 reports

Algerian hostage crisis: Survivors speak out as death toll hits 25

Mr Wright said he would not rule out returning to Algeria, stoically adding: "There are worse places in the world to work."Alan Wright on Sky News/SKY15.07 Our Chief Reporter Gordon Rayner has sent through this report on the deceased Scottish project ... [Published Telegraph - Jan 20 2013]

Entities: Hostage, Terrorists, Algeria, Amenas

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...Dobson said that setting more money aside for Viagra would take it from "paying doctors and nurses, dealing with cancer and people who have accidents"

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