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			<title>Effective interviewing: Tips from The Psychometrics Centre</title>
			<link>http://www.psychometrics.sps.cam.ac.uk/news.21.htm</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Employers, researchers and job seekers talk a lot about interviews: are they a pointless conversation, or a tool that matches the right person to the right job? Are they fair? How do you present yourself in the best possible light to get a job? How do you arrange interviews to attract the best recruits?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Psychometric Centre receives new ESRC training award</title>
			<link>http://www.psychometrics.sps.cam.ac.uk/news.37.htm</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC) has shown its continued support for the Psychometrics Centre at the University of Cambridge by repeating its award of a Researcher Development Initiative. The previous grant, which expired in September 2009, had enabled the Centre to develop its web-based resouces and to make a significant contribution to training in the the latest techniques of psychometric analysis. These activities are now assured of contuinued support for a further few years.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:13:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Prize for best school essay on a psychometric topic</title>
			<link>http://www.psychometrics.sps.cam.ac.uk/news.35.htm</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[It’s good news that psychology is becoming such a popular subject in schools.  To support this encouraging trend, we’re posting an essay by Ketan Ahuja, a pupil at St. Paul's School, London, which wins the University of Cambridge Psychometric Centre’s prize as the best school essay on a psychometric topic. We were impressed that, rather than focusing analytical theories or eye-catching applied areas, he concentrates on underlying issues, including statistical phenomena which many students find off-putting. There’s also a sense that Ketan is addressing a subject of some personal interest, a sure way of making theory and research come alive.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:25:22 +0100</pubDate>
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