Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent BBC Prof Tim Nutbeam said speed could improve the chances of survival and slow “methods weren’t reducing spinal movement – they were just slow” Fewer crash victims are being cut free from vehicles since a Devon doctor’s research led to changes in national guidance for trauma care. Prof...
Two people are dead after a rockfall struck several hikers in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. One has been identified by the University of Alberta as retired professor Jutta Hinrichs, who was found on Thursday. The second was recovered on Friday, according to Parks Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Another...
Jonathan Geddes BBC Scotland News PA Media Sir Geoff Palmer became Scotland’s first black professor in 1989 Scotland’s first black professor Sir Geoff Palmer has died, aged 85. Sir Geoff, chancellor and professor emeritus at Heriot-Watt University, moved to the UK from Jamaica as a teenager and became known as both an academic and a...
Yesterday, Harvard revoked the tenure of a well-known researcher named Francesca Gino who studies ethics and honesty. Ironically, she has been accused of fabricating data. This is the first time Harvard has stripped a professor of tenure in 80 years. Harvard University revoked the tenure of Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino after years of...