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Robert Winston

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Name: Robert Winston

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Amgen Inc

Life Science talent celebrated at UK Skills Awards

Two hundred and fifty guests gathered at London’s Grand Connaught Rooms to witness the inaugural UK Life Science Skills Awards, organised by Cogent, the strategic skills body for the science industries.The event, which took place on Thursday evening, ... [Published Healthcare Learning Company - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Life Science, Cogent Inc, Amgen Inc, David Blaney, NHS

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

David Willetts

Bradford College Wins Top Science Award

Bradford College has won a major national award for its work with apprentices studying to become pharmacy technicians and assistants and dental nurses.The College's Vocational Science department took the 'Provider of the Year' Award at the UK Life Sciences ... [Published The Yorkshire Times - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Robert Winston, Life Science, Cogent Inc, David Willetts

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

Akdeniz University

Turkish womb transplant patient miscarries

Doctors have terminated the pregnancy of 22-year-old Derya Sert, the first woman to receive a womb transplant from a deceased donor.The pregnancy was terminated after an examination at eight weeks gestation showed no embryo heartbeat. A statement released ... [Published BioNews - May 20 2013]

Entities: Donor, Akdeniz University, In Vitro Fertilisation, Deceased

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

BBC British Broadcasting Corp

What’s on (18 – 24 May 2013)

BBC Two, 8.00-9.00pmJaw-dropping CGI brings an incredible cast of Ice Age creatures to life as Professor Alice Roberts explores how these beasts lived and why they died out. The first episode takes us to North America 40,000 years ago, when sabre-toothed ... [Published BBC Focus Magazine - May 17 2013]

Entities: BBC British Broadcasting Corp, Julian Richards, John Krebs, Quentin Cooper

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Top five family days out in Birmingham and the Midlands this weekend

Gallery has a birthday bash, the CBSO goes on an adventure, there's a baby show at the NEC, a showcase at the Jewellery Quarter and a food festival in WarwickshireHere's our pick of five family days out in Birmingham this weekend.1) Lady Barber’s Big ... [Published Birmingham Mail - May 17 2013]

Entities: Birmingham, Jewellery, Annabel Karmel, Robert Winston, Open Bank

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

First, a degree of good news

TV PRESENTER and scientist Lord Robert Winston says he would never employ those with top degrees because it indicates a narrow approach to life. He prefers people around him who develop other interests at university because they tend to work better in ... [Published Northern Echo - May 17 2013]

Entities: Geoff Hurst, Robert Winston, Douglas Hurd, Amsterdam

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

No-confidence vote in Boston fire chief shows cultural divide

May 16, 2013 by Mary Rose Roberts in Mutual AidComments 0It’s never easy to be shamed publicly. That’s exactly what happened to Boston Fire Chief Steve Abraira, who recently was condemned by 13 out of 14 deputy chiefs through a no-confidence vote pointing ... [Published Fire Chief - May 16 2013]

Entities: Robert Winston, FIRE MARSHAL, Boston (Massachusetts, United States)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Robert Winston touches on spiritualism as he delivers Harold Wilson lecture in Huddersfield

SCIENTISTS who refuse to acknowledge mankind?s spiritual dimension are damaging science, Lord Robert Winston argued when he delivered the tenth annual Harold Wilson Lecture.The eminent scientist spoke at Huddersfield University in a lecture entitled Playing ... [Published Huddersfield Daily Examiner - May 16 2013]

Entities: Robert Winston, Harold Wilson, Spiritualism

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

North Carolina developer takes on Norwich hotel effort

Norwich - A North Carolina hotel developer has completed foreclosure action on an abandoned, partially constructed hotel project on Route 82 off Interstate 395 at Exit 80, and city officials say the firm hopes to complete construction.Winston Hospitality ... [Published TheDay.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Robert Winston, Lien, Foreclosure

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

First past the post when it comes to pride

Scientist Robert Winston: doesn’t like hiring people with first-class degrees. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons Last week Robert Winston, the media-loving scientist with the big moustache, revealed that he doesn’t like hiring people with first-class degrees. ... [Published Irish Times - May 13 2013]

Entities: Robert Winston, Teaching

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

A first isn’t all people look for...

Lord Winston wants other human values as well as a firstSharingIt’s exam season. Everyone at Imperial is slaving away behind a desk, energy drink of choice in hand. It’s the time of year when finding a spare computer in the Library is enough to make you ... [Published Felix Online - May 09 2013]

Entities: Robert Winston, Imperial College London, Fertility

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Is striving for a first-class degree a waste of time? | Open thread

Robert Winston won't employ people who got firsts. Tell us what can be done with a third, or if a first is a sure sign of potential The scientist and TV presenter Robert Winston has told a group of students at a secondary school that he deliberately doesn't ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 07 2013]

Entities: Robert Winston

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Life Science talent celebrated at UK Skills Awards [Published Healthcare Learning Company - 18 hours ago]
Bradford College Wins Top Science Award [Published The Yorkshire Times - 22 hours ago]
Time-lapse embryo imaging boosts IVF success, c... [Published BioNews - May 20 2013]
Turkish womb transplant patient miscarries [Published BioNews - May 20 2013]
What’s on (18 – 24 May 2013) [Published BBC Focus Magazine - May 17 2013]
Top five family days out in Birmingham and the ... [Published Birmingham Mail - May 17 2013]
First, a degree of good news [Published Northern Echo - May 17 2013]
No-confidence vote in Boston fire chief shows c... [Published Fire Chief - May 16 2013]
Robert Winston touches on spiritualism as he de... [Published Huddersfield Daily Examiner - May 16 2013]
North Carolina developer takes on Norwich hotel... [Published TheDay.com - May 16 2013]
Top Recognition For Bradford College's Vocation... [Published The Yorkshire Times - May 13 2013]
First past the post when it comes to pride [Published Irish Times - May 13 2013]
A first isn’t all people look for... [Published Felix Online - May 09 2013]
Richard Godwin: You screw or get screwed in the... [Published London Evening Standard - May 08 2013]
Bradford student Olly Simpson wins wrestling award [Published Telegraph and Argus - May 08 2013]
Here's proof Kate McCann's right never to give ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 08 2013]
Only weirdos get a First? [Published The Independent - May 07 2013]
Is striving for a first-class degree a waste of... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 07 2013]
Professor Lord Robert Winston renews ties with NZ [Published Voxy.co.nz - May 06 2013]
And they’re off at Musselburgh Races today! [Published The Edinburgh Reporter - May 03 2013]
Week In Geek: 29 April-5 May 2013 [Published Londonist - Apr 29 2013]
Scientists' school visits offer girls inspiration [Published This is Surrey - Apr 25 2013]
WHAT’S ON IN STAFFORDSHIRE [Published Staffordshire Living - Apr 22 2013]
Professor on Question Time panel [Published Worcester Standard - Apr 19 2013]
Baby Show Success [Published Progressive Preschool - Apr 16 2013]
Radio Review: DNA 60 Years On [Published BioNews - Apr 15 2013]
Babies for sale...the rise of IVF [Published Scottish Daily Express - Apr 14 2013]
Judge delays trial in 2009 Modesto murder [Published Modesto Bee - Apr 13 2013]
Leading scientist to discuss future of mankind ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - Apr 13 2013]
The Baby Show is coming to Birmingham! [Published IVillage UK - Apr 13 2013]

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Offspring Genetic Engineering Debate [Published FuturePundit - Feb 20 2013] In a recent public debate Nita Farahany and Lee Silver argued for allowing parents to genetically engineer their babies while Sheldon Krimsky and Robert Winston argued against. The pro-genetic engineering faction was seen as winning the debate. Before ...
Building a sustainable future for the Royal Ins... [Published Science: Science blog \| guardian.co.uk - Feb 08 2013] Support and offers of help for the Royal Institution have been welcome, but must now be converted into action – and income In 1799, 58 gentlemen including Sir Joseph Banks, Count Rumford and Henry Cavendish invested 50 guineas each (a very substantial ...
Relax, couch potatoes – your sperm is safe \| Ro... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Feb 06 2013] A Harvard study suggests too much television lowers sperm count. If that were the case my own kids would be sterile According to researchers at Harvard, watching too much television while sitting long into the evening on a leather couch is a shocking ...
The game is up for the Royal Institution \| Phil... [Published Science: Science blog \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 25 2013] The Ri's board deserve our thanks for trying to make it financially viable, but like them we must accept that it's time to move on The news that the Royal Institution has been forced to put its historic Mayfair residence up for sale has led to an ...

Press Releases

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National Science & Engineering Week event s... [Published Releases from RealWire - Mar 06 2013]
Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates “Prohibit Gen... [Published CisionWire - English - Jan 24 2013]
Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates Announce Spri... [Published CisionWire - English - Dec 19 2012]