Young Brits looking studious
For reasons too boring to go into, this week I contacted my alma mater, Sussex University.
Their alumni news mag has a few intriguing headlines, including this one:
"Now, what was I trying to remember?"
A study led by Dr Ildiko Kemenes (Neuroscience) explains how memory lapses could serve a vital evolutionary function.
You can read more about it here.
One undergraduate, Matthew Quanstrom, is running for his local County Council - and I'm delighted to see Sussex students still have hair:
What really caught my attention, though, was a new creation. Sussex has several very interesting, cutting-edge research centres, and I discovered a new one: the Centre For The Study of Corruption.
A rich field for investigation, I hear you say, boundless even.
There's a video interview on the Sussex website here, with the Centre's Director, Prof. Dan Hough. Interestingly, he spent four months as a Visiting Fellow at a University in Beijing. (Here's his Bio.)
All the other interesting material in the e-magazine - including studies of the plight of bees - can be read here.
