11.   As well as the traverse, the course included raft building, abseiling, climbing and orienteering.

12.   Honours and MPhys courses include cosmology, stellar astronomy and astronomical techniques.

13.   Third-year courses include material on business management and the management and utilisation of natural resources.

14.   The practical course includes work both in the laboratory and in the field.

15.   Subsidiary courses may include other earth science courses, or other subjects from the science programme.

16.   The half-day courses include two hours practical experience of firing and driving with full instruction on safety and how the engine works.

17.   The course includes coaching, training, an Ayresome Park tour, and a five-a-side competition.

18.   Courses include English for foreign managers who have re-located to the North-East.

19.   The course includes following topics -- thermodynamics, kinetics, solution chemistry, organic chemistry, transition metals and metal extraction.

20.   The course also includes assessment of practical work and investigation.