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Teacher recruitment agency placing overseas and UK teachers throughout London and the Home Counties. Information about services offered to teachers and schools. |
| Headline Teacher Supply Service |
Supply teacher agency offering services to teachers and schools in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire. Information for British and overseas teachers, and for schools, with a listing of current vacancies. |
| Focus Education |
Supply teaching agency based in the North of England offering long and short term posts in primary and secondary schools. The agency also offer training programmes and inspection services. |
| EM Recruitment |
Education division of this recruitment agency. Offers supply staff and permanent posts in the nursery, primary, secondary and special school sectors. Vacancy listings, and information for schools and applicants. |
| News |
| Lemur virus reveals HIV’s evolution |
| The remains of an ancient HIV-like virus have been discovered in the genome of the Madagascan grey mouse lemur by a team led by Oxford University scientists. |
| New treatment approach may offer end to suffering from allergies |
| A new therapeutic approach for allergy sufferers is in development thanks to Oxford University research funded by the Medical Research Council that shows how allergic responses can be blocked. The work could help the one in five people in industrialised countries with hay fever, dust, animal, or other allergies, and may also promise new treatments for those with eczema and asthma. |
| Bodleian celebrates thousand years of British choral traditio |
| The Bodleian’s new winter exhibition for 2008-09 is entitled Hallelujah: the British Choral Tradition and surveys the history of choral music in Britain and its contribution to our shared cultural heritage. |
| Varsity Rugby match approaching |
| Next week sees the 126th Varsity Rugby match, which will be held on Thursday 11 December 2008 at the home of English rugby union - Twickenham Stadium. |
| Closer ties with Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| The University of Oxford and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) have today formalised their longstanding collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding noting their ‘privileged partnership’. |
| New Las Casas Institute launched at Blackfriars Hall |
| A new Oxford Institute launched this week, which aims to combine a commitment to scholarly enquiry and a vision to develop and expand innovative models of community service. |
| Student volunteers in national awards final |
| Jacari, a charity run up by students from Oxford University, has reached the final of the Higher Education Volunteering Awards 2008. |
| Oxford research featured at royal visit to the John Radcliffe hospital |
| Excellence in patient care, research and teaching were highlighted during the official opening of the new West Wing and Children’s Hospital at the John Radcliffe Hospital by Her Majesty The Queen. |
| Experiences of bereavement due to suicide shared online |
| People bereaved due to suicide will be able benefit from the experiences of others in the same situation at www.healthtalkonline.org, the award-winning website based on research from the University of Oxford. |
| Tracking the origins of popular music |
| Music lecturer, Dr Berta Joncus is launching a new pilot electronic project to chart British ballad operas and their music for the first time today. |