'We don't want students on our doorstep'

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Issues relating to the impact that the growing numbers of students in Edinburgh, Scotland, living in a house of multiple occupation rather than in student accommodation is having on other residents of the city are examined in the light of the failure of Robin Cook, former foreign secretary, to prevent students moving into his apartment building. Many residents in Edinburgh feel that students are antisocial neighbours, but Rhoda Campbell, student president of Napier University, one of Edinburgh's four higher education institutions, argues that wild partying amongst students is a thing of the past and that the majority of them do not have the time or money to be partying as they are working to fund their education.

Students, Edinburgh, Scotland, Educational aspects

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Siblings, power play and family fortunes

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The influence that siblings have on the life choices of their brothers and sisters are examined in the light of the publication of the book "The Pecking Order: Which Siblings Succeed and Why" by Dalton Conley, New York University sociologist. Conley's book aims to challenge the view that parents are the key determinant of how children turn out and suggests that relationships with siblings also play an important factor.

Product introduction, New Products/Services, Analysis, Influence, Brothers and sisters, The Pecking Order: Which Siblings Succeed and Why (Book), Conley, Dalton

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What's a Russian jail like ? Ask her, she's been there

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Laura Piacentini, criminologist at Stirling University, specialises in the sociology of imprisonment and is the first Western academic to conduct research in Russia on the post-Soviet prison system. Dr Piacentini has won acclaim for her first book, Suurviving Russian Prison: Punishment, Economy and Politics in Transition.

Strategy & planning, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Public opinion, Criminologists, Aims and objectives, Piacentini, Laura

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