Year: 2007

  • Running to School

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    Taken with the new phone. Jack and Ben are racing the girls to the school gate.

  • New Sony

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    To make it clear that I will not be buying the first iteration of iPhone due to be released in the UK on November 9th I’ve signed up for a new contract with 3, and picked up a shiny new Sony Ericsson K770i. My number will get ported across in the next few days. The…

  • Podcasts

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    I’m not podfading, honest. Rhiannon Fish has agreed to co-host the remaining embryology podcasts, and we’re waiting for a second microphone to arrive. As soon as that happens I reckon we’ll rattle them out.

  • UK Pumpkin Shortage!

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    Oh no! Our bad summer weather has apparently hit the pumpkin harvest this year! The BBC reports that, “Britain’s leading pumpkin farmer says wet weather in June and July means that his crop is down by 30% and his pumpkins lack their traditional colour. “It’s a disaster. Everybody knows that pumpkins are orange,” said David…

  • Photos from The Gambia

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    I took some snaps of the more touristy things that we saw when in The Gambia, and I’ve put some of those up on the photos page. Gambia photos

  • Laptops in lectures

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    Holy Moly, our lecture theatres don’t look anything like this…. yet: duggmirror.com/apple/Look_at_them_apples/ Click on the two side-by-side photos to see the full size images.

  • Swansea gets a full 4-year Medicine Programme

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    It was very recently announced that the teaching of medicine to Swansea students will be performed entirely within the School of Medicine and the NHS Trust in Swansea. Currently students study for 2 years in Swansea and then another 2 years in clinical placements around Wales as part of the Cardiff University All-Wales Scheme. The…

  • UC Berkeley first to post full lectures to YouTube

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    UC Berkeley are using YouTube to share lectures in a video format. CNet reports “The school announced on Wednesday that it has begun posting entire course lectures on the Web’s No.1 video-sharing site. “Berkeley officials claimed in a statement that the university is the first to make full course lectures available on YouTube. The school…

  • Gambian Medicine

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    If you would like to find out more about Higher Education and medicine in The Gambia, plus more about the country itself, try these links: University of The Gambia The Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Article: Experience of Cuban Faculty in Establishing a Medical School in the Republic of The Gambia UK Gambians Health The Gambia…

  • Home

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    I’m home! We got back to Swansea around 3.30am this morning. It’s a bit of a culture shock, but it’s nice. As predicted by the Law of Sod I did develop a bit of Banjul Belly on the last day, but my cast-iron gut seems to be barely troubled by it, luckily. Jack’s very happy…