Welsh grant reduced to fund Assembly priorities
Welsh universities are facing a cut in recurrent funding of more than 3 per cent next year.In a letter to universities, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales confirms that recurrent grant...
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The archipelago of excellence
Joint research service launched to support work in 'islands' and challenge elite. Zoë Corbyn writes
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News in brief
Science funding'Not possible' to reverse cutsAdam Afriyie, the Conservative Shadow Science Minister, has sought to clarify his comments that major science budget cuts are "inevitable" whichever party...
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University of Bath - Silicon sick
A robot that can be programmed to exhibit the symptoms of a range of medical conditions is being used to help train pharmacists at the University of Bath. The SimMan 3G robot, named "Simon", is life-...
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The Robert Gordon University - Box clever
Some of the UK's best amateur boxers met at The Robert Gordon University earlier this month when the institution played host to the British and Irish Universities and Hospitals Boxing Association...
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Coventry University - Make a living in the country
Entrepreneurship academics are to help create businesses and jobs in rural South Africa. Coventry University has joined forces with the University of Stellenbosch Business School in South Africa to...
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University of Sheffield - Check if grass is always greener
Grasses from across the world are to be documented in a project led by scientists from the University of Sheffield in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The project, funded by the...
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University of Wales/Cardiff - Learn from the professionals
Unemployed graduates in Wales are being supported by a new scholarship scheme. The initiative at the University of Wales and Cardiff Business School will give graduates the opportunity to spend two...
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University of Salford - Bars of a different sort
Journalism students at the University of Salford are helping prisoners write and produce their own in-house magazine. Small teams of students have been travelling to HMP Styal, a women's prison near...
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University of Portsmouth - Animated audience
The 2010 British Animation Awards are to be held at the University of Portsmouth. It is due to screen about 60 films this month, with each showing containing a mix of short films, animated...
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University of Strathclyde - State of the Union
Academics in Scotland are investigating the future of regional development policies in Europe. Two studies at the University of Strathclyde's European Policies Research Centre, both funded by the...
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City University London - Crunch bunch
The world's first MA in financial journalism is to be launched in London this September. The course at City University London aims to tap into the growth of financial journalism, which has expanded...
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University of York - The meals on the bus ..
Lessons in how to eat well on the cheap were dished out to students at the University of York during a week-long visit by a "cooking bus". The vehicle, which transforms into a cookery classroom, was...
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University of Leeds - Web of despair
People who spend a lot of time browsing the internet are more likely to show depressive symptoms, according to the first large-scale study of its kind in the West. Psychologists at the University of...
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University of Plymouth - Dethrone the pirate kings
Following the spate of maritime kidnappings off the coast of east Africa, the University of Plymouth is to host a conference focusing on the growing problem of piracy. "Held to Ransom - Piracy in...