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How Can a "Teaching & Research" Academic Scientist Survive in the Current Economic Climate By Ian H Frazer

From the Editor

PRIZES AND AWARDS @ HERDSA CONFERENCE 2006

Eight More HERDSA Fellowships Awarded

Prizes

Reflections on the HERDSA 2006 Conference

President's Report By Shelda Debowski

Light a Candle or Curse the Darkness? By Barbara Grant et al.

I.T. IN HIGHER EDUCATION COLUMN
Has Blackboard become Blackbeard? By Roger Atkinson

PhD Thesis Examination By Allyson Holbrook, Sid Bourke, Terence Lovat & Hedy Fairbairn

Dental Students' Perceptions of their Problembased Learning Environment By Vicki Skinner, Tracey Winning, Gerry Mullins & Grant Townsend

INTERNATIONAL COLUMN EXCHANGE
Teaching Assistants in the United States By Virleen Carlson

Higher Education in the Headlines By Peter Kandlbinder

New HERDSA Guides Launched

BOOK REVIEW