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		<title>My year in blogging, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. I thought I would post a link to my blogging statistics for 2011. Rather pathetic really, but I write this mainly for my own benefit. Having said that, I do &#8230; <a href="http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/my-year-in-blogging-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8626749&amp;post=1323&amp;subd=totheleftofcentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Distribution functions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A discussion at work made me decide to try and finish this post about distribution functions. Essentially I think we should put more effort into teaching people about distribution functions. The reason being &#8211; in my view at least &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/distribution-functions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8626749&amp;post=1057&amp;subd=totheleftofcentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rutherford Fellowship reviewing</title>
		<link>http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/rutherford-fellowship-reviews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just finished reviewing a couple of Rutherford Fellowships. Obviously I can&#8217;t give any details. They were both good, but I suspect that the current round is going to be extremely competitive. One of the changes this year was that &#8230; <a href="http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/rutherford-fellowship-reviews/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8626749&amp;post=1298&amp;subd=totheleftofcentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>STFC Consolidated Grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The results of the first round of Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Consolidated grants are due to be released in the next few weeks and the second round of submissions are due early next year. For those not in &#8230; <a href="http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/stfc-consolidated-grants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8626749&amp;post=1280&amp;subd=totheleftofcentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The NHS: A fantastic business for Britain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In was reading an article in the Guardian about Circle Health taking over the running of Hinchingbrooke hospital. Personally I think this is very dangerous thing to do and, as far as I can tell, there&#8217;s no real evidence to &#8230; <a href="http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/the-nhs-a-fantastic-business-for-britain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8626749&amp;post=1282&amp;subd=totheleftofcentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fees at US Universities</title>
		<link>http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/fees-at-us-universities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I happened to have two American students in my tutorial class yesterday, both of whom were visiting for a semester and both of whom were from Californian universities (neither of which were part of the University of California system). I &#8230; <a href="http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/fees-at-us-universities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8626749&amp;post=1273&amp;subd=totheleftofcentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging and things</title>
		<link>http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/blogging-and-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s post about science careers generated more interest that any post of mine has done for quite some time. It wasn&#8217;t a huge surprise as I knew I had linked in to various others blogs about the same subject so &#8230; <a href="http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/blogging-and-things/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8626749&amp;post=1266&amp;subd=totheleftofcentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Science career structure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of scientific careers and the general scientific career structure has received a lot of interest recently. This is largely due to the Science is Vital campaign who released a report that has been sent to David Willetts. Jenny &#8230; <a href="http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/science-career-structure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8626749&amp;post=1244&amp;subd=totheleftofcentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I made a few comments on a Guardian article about Liam Fox and Adam Werrity. Essentially I responded to a comment from another commentor called kvlx387. A few comments later, someone called grubbedout aimed a comment at me in &#8230; <a href="http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/guardian-comments-page/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8626749&amp;post=1240&amp;subd=totheleftofcentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Far right-wing undemocratic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long time ago &#8211; when I was much younger &#8211; I assumed that, in general, the various political parties had similar goals, but different views about how to reach those goals. Essentially I assumed that all parties wanted to &#8230; <a href="http://totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/far-right-wing-undemocratic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=totheleftofcentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8626749&amp;post=1235&amp;subd=totheleftofcentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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