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By Alice Evans
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image captionFriends Nathan (left) and James were often in trouble with police before they signed up to do their bronze award
What does the Duke of Edinburgh s Award mean to you? For many it will conjure memories of hauling a badly-packed rucksack across rainy British countryside in the hope of adding some sparkle to their CV. Yet for some of the millions of young people who have taken on the self-improvement challenge, it has brought truly life-changing opportunities.
Without the award, James says he d probably be in jail . At the age of 15, James and his friend Nathan, then 16, had had more run-ins with the police than they care to remember. As bored mates growing up in Darlington, north-east England, they felt they had nothing else to do but to cause mischief.
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The FINANCIAL Nine new partnerships bring together world-class expertise from a range of UK businesses and academia to develop technologies of the future and create new jobs, UK Research and Innovation notes.
The transformative technology they aim to develop includes ‘objects’ made up of soundwaves that could replace touchscreens in car and personalised media platforms, which adapt to the preferences of viewers.
Transformative technology
Many of the partnerships will also help to achieve the UK’s net zero target. Examples include creating renewable new materials from sources including carbon capture for use in household products such as laundry detergents.
Two of the scientists behind Britain s AstraZeneca jab could both make £26million today as the tech firm that developed it hits the US stock market.
Oxford professors Sarah Gilbert and Adrian Hill both own 5.2 per cent of Vaccitech, which will later float on America s Nasdaq exchange.
The pair are alongside other scientists and investors who put money and expertise into the company after it was founded in 2016.
Companies House papers audited by MailOnline show Profs Gilbert and Hill each hold 2,500 ordinary shares in the firm, out of a total 47,827.
Experts have suggested it is targeting a value of some £509 million, meaning if this is realised, the two scientists stakes will be each worth £26.4million.
Finalists can now Apply for the ‘Online Celebration’
The University of Southampton has announced that students will need to apply for the online graduation, currently being officially referred to for the ‘Online Celebration’.
The announcement said that all eligible students should have received an email on the 25th March, and students who believe they are eligible should check their junk folders. If you believe you are eligible, but have not received an email, you should contact the university at graduation@soton.ac.uk.
The ‘Celebration’ will consist of each attendee’s photo being displayed in turn, and their name announced. There will also be speeches from Heads of School, academics and senior union officers. Attendance of the Celebration is purely optional, and graduating students will be invited to an in-person graduation ceremony irrespective of whether they attended the online event,
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