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Deborah Suart with the other seven finalists for Trainee of the Year Award 2006
Glasgow student wins trainee of the year award
A Glasgow University student has won a £1000 Trainee of the Year award for an overseas work attachment scheme. Read more.
Deborah Suart IAESTE Trainee of the year award winner 2006
Trading Places
Fulbright teacher David Carlusso demonstrates how a new hairstyle can be quickly achieved by touching a Vander graph generator
Physics teacher David Colarusso from Massachusetts is currently on a teacher exchange in Scotland. He discovers that as well as being divided by a common language, the USA and Scotland have developed two quite distinct educational systems. Here he looks at the advantages of each Find out more.
Spotlight shines on international students
International students studying in the UK are invited to enter the fifth International Student Awards, which will shine the spotlight firmly on their contributions to life in the UK. Discover more.
Neil Kinnock with International Student Award winners 2006
New writing 14
Cover of New Writing 14

The focus theme for this month New Writing 14 is Origins. Featuring short stories and poetry by Kirsty Gunn, Paul Muldoon and Greta Stoddart it explores what their origins mean to them. Find out more.  
To infinity and beyond!
We can’t predict what will happen in the coming year but what we can see in this month’s cubed is that scientists and technologists are already breaking the rules and remaking them for 2007 and beyond… Discover more.
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