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	Back to Homepage This web page is intended to complement, not replace, the physical notice board that is located at the Department. Students are strongly recommended to consult the Department's notice board regularly for official notices. Furthermore, it is strongly advised that you refresh your Internet Browser prior to accessing the noticeboards, so that any temporary internet files stored within your computer cache are updated accordingly. This may be done by either pressing F5 (Internet Explorer) or Shift+F (Firefox or Netscape) Information on Courses Students are advised to go to Information on Courses and check information such as timetables, list of units, etc., relevant to their course. To view Current Notices, please follow the respective links to the relevant categories To view Older Notices, please follow this link to the Old Notices Page General Notices(Last Updated 03-08-09 BIO3040 Biotechonology Notes) Lectures (Last Updated 03-10-08 Lecture Starting dates and Venues) Assignments and Projects (Last Updated 16-12-09 BIO3030) Practicals (Last Updated 07-07-09 BIO3060 Field Biology Practicals) Visits (Last Updated 09-12-08 Evolutionary Biology) Fieldwork (Last Updated 23-03-09 BIO1060) Meetings / Seminars (Last Updated 15-10-08 BIO3110 Seminars) Further Information : Helpful Hints and other information Biology and Society Website This website has been prepared by Second Year B.Sc. (Hons.) students taking the credit Biology and Society. ANNOUNCEMENT - SCIENCEWEEK FREE STUDENT SUBSCRIPTIONS The weekly Email research digest SCIENCEWEEK is offering free personal subscriptions to graduate and undergraduate students.To obtain a free subscription, see the subscription form and detailsat URL: http://www.scienceweek.com/students.htm Published weekly by Email since 1997, SCIENCEWEEK is unique, completely electronic, and completely online. The research reports cover all areas of science and are written so that specialists in one field can understand the news of other fields. The technical level is high, but many reports contain explicating text, glossaries, and related background material. SCIENCEWEEK is already available via institutional subscription at a number of university and research installation libraries, but we are offering free personal subscriptions to students for their convenience. Further information about SCIENCEWEEK can be found at: http://www.scienceweek.com Dan Agin, PhD Editor and Publisher SCIENCE-WEEK dpa@scienceweek.com http://scienceweek.com Scientific Papers And Presentations In view of the difficulties that some students may have in writing scientific papers and presentations, the University Library has acquired a copy of the book entitled: Scientific Papers and Presentations by Martha Davis The work has been recommended as an excellent source of information about this topic, and may be found in the Reference Department class mark Ref. YUWC. Style Writing for Scientists Students are advised that the Reference Department of the University Library has the following works on style writing for scientists: 1. Scientific Style and Format. The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers/Style Manual Committee, Council of Biology Editors (1994 Edition)- Ref. YUWC 2. Writing Scientific Papers in English. An ELSE-Ciba Foundation Guide for Authors/Maeve O’Connor and F. Peter Woodford (1976 Edition)- Ref. YUWC 3. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper/Robert A. Day (1989 Edition) - Ref. YUWC 4. Science and Technical Writing. A Manual of Style/Philip Rubens (1994 Edition) - Ref. YUWC The above works are housed in the Reference Department, where they may be consulted.


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