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Dr Tony Binns (Reader in Geography in the School of
African and Asian Studies) has become only the third President of the
Geographical Field Group (GFG) in its 55-year history. The GFG was founded in
1946 from the Le Play Society, which itself was established in 1902 to further
the field-based work of the 19th-century French sociologist Frédéric
Le Play. The GFG aims "to promote geographical field studies at home and abroad
and to publish the results of such work".
Radio presenter Kerry McCarthy will be off to Ally
Pally in London on 9 November for the Student Radio Awards ceremony, held in
association with Radio 1. Kerry, a presenter on the University’s own station,
has been nominated for best newcomer. Based in Norwich House, URF broadcasts to
campus on 999AM.
Sir Paul Nurse, whose Nobel Prize for medicine was
announced last month, was a Research Fellow in BIOLS from 1979 to 1984, and not
from 1989 to 1994 as stated in the Bulletin of 12 October. The date of
his honorary degree from Sussex (1998) was correct, however!
Pulse has scored yet another success in the Independent/NUS National Student Journalism Awards, announced on 27 October. For
the second year running it was declared runner-up as best student
magazine, this time to Nottingham’s Impact.
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