University of Westminster - Guides to togetherness
Students with disabilities have been working with academics to develop a set of learning and teaching guides to help staff design inclusive curriculums. A three-year project at the University of...
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University of Reading - Lights, camera, planning
The University of Reading has submitted a planning application for a new purpose-built home for its department of film, theatre and television at the university's Whiteknights campus. Dedicated space...
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University of Leeds - Medieval mythbusters
More than 1,500 scholars from around the world were expected to descend on the University of Leeds this week for a myth-busting International Medieval Congress. The scholars were set to explore...
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Stage is set
Southampton Solent University has become the first university in the UK to run its own stage at Glade, an open-air electronic music festival. Students are involved in everything from performing to...
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Original features
The University of Essex's Ivor Crewe lecture hall in Colchester, which opened in 2006, was described as "looking like a dustbin" by the Prince of Wales last year.Only a few weeks later, it was...
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'Summer of despair' ahead for graduates and students
The Conservatives accuse the Government of failing Britain's youth, reports Rebecca Attwood
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Ayn Rand revival gathers pace in US universities, despite detractors
Academic interest in the preacher of radical free-market capitalism is growing, reports Jon Marcus
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HSE orders Liverpool Hope to improve on stress
Liverpool Hope University has been served with an improvement notice by the Health and Safety Executive for failing to properly assess the risk of stress to its staff.An HSE inspector visited the...
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'Remarkable' rise of the for-profit university
Risks made clear to Unesco as global private enrolment tops 30 per cent. Phil Baty reports
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Overseas briefing
United Arab EmiratesScholar blasts foreign 'gold rush'An academic has hit out at a "branch-campus gold rush" in the United Arab Emirates. Kevin Schoepp, assistant director of the Abu Dhabi campuses...
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Let's fly the greener skies
Big bucks are on offer for researchers who can help make aircraft more environmentally friendly, writes David Schley
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Grant winners
THE WELLCOME TRUSTThe Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships have been awarded to newly qualified postdoctoral researchers who show great promise. Each winner will receive £250,000 over four...
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She's worth it
An award for women in science will allow scientist Nathalie Seddon to juggle family life with globetrotting research interests
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Appointments
Two senior directors have been appointed at the Scottish Funding Council. Laurence Howells will take on the position of senior director of learning, research and knowledge exchange, and Martin...
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Research council blessing for Glasgow's IP giveaway
Local socio-economic benefits justify university's altruistic licensing policy. Zoë Corbyn reports