The event will include plenary sessions, parallel workshops, roundtable discussions on academic exchange and visits to media organisations in London.

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It is expected that this event would not only help build partnerships between institutions in Africa, the UK and Ireland, but also provide opportunities for collaborative research and academic exchange.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Africa-UK Journalism Education Exchange Network to be launched this month

But it is not clear - judging from an exchange of academic views on Radio Scotland and taken up by Radio 4's 'More or Less' last week - that an independent Scotland would have had to accept the full bill for bank activities beyond its borders.

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U.S. citizens are not allowed to travel to Cuba for mere tourism, though they can obtain licenses for academic, religious, journalistic or cultural exchange trips.

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The standard line from the academic literature is that central bank intervention in foreign exchange works only when it's in line with the fundamentals - and even then, only when lots of central banks work together.

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Over the course of WSIS I've realised that the most effective exchange of ideas doesn't necessarily take place in lofty academic sessions.

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Yet, curiously, several academic studies have concluded that the Big Mac index is surprisingly accurate in tracking exchange rates over the longer term.

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