‘Massification’ takes toll on professoriate standards
Academics lack qualifications because of spiralling global demand, Unesco warns. Phil Baty reports
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Arts University College Bournemouth - It's all in the name
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth has changed its name after it was awarded university college status and degree-awarding powers last year. It has adopted the title of The Arts University College at...
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University of Leicester - No 'lived in' feel for bridge
The mismanagement and financial problems that caused the downfall of London's last "living bridge" have been outlined in a new study. The University of Leicester research examines the history of...
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Nottingham Trent University - School's in for summer
Budding designers are being offered the opportunity to develop their skills at a summer school run by Nottingham Trent University's School of Art and Design. Young fashion designers, film-makers and...
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Bristol/Sheffield/West of England - Roborat on the prowl
A robotic rat that can seek out and identify objects using its whiskers has been developed by a group of scientists from three universities. The "ratbot" was developed by the Bristol Robotics Lab, a...
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Swansea University - Book find puts conscience clear
A unique copy of a 17th-century Welsh book that has not been seen in Wales since the 19th century has been identified by an academic from Swansea University. Geraint Evans, a lecturer in the School...
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Canterbury Christ Church University - Nursing foreign talent
A memorandum of agreement has been signed between Canterbury Christ Church University and the International College of Health Sciences in Malaysia. The university's association with the Kuala Lumpur-...
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University of Salford - Jobs for the boys ... and girls
It may have the reputation of being a job for the boys, but a project at the University of Salford aims to increase female interest in engineering. More than 100 girls from schools around the UK and...
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University of the Arts London - The black and white of fashion
A lecturer at the London College of Fashion at the University of the Arts London has completed a documentary about the famous Italian fashion house, Missoni. Maggie Norden, director of communications...
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The Open University - I spy with my little eye
The Open University has launched a social networking website for natural history fans. Jonathan Silvertown, professor of ecology, said iSpot was aimed at anyone who had ever seen a bird, insect or...
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Thames Valley University - Prospectus on iPhone
A London university is claiming to be the first in England to have developed its own iPhone prospectus. The free download, iUni, features Thames Valley University's entire portfolio of courses, as...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Key medical centre planned
Research and training in keyhole surgery is to receive a significant boost from plans for a new centre in Colchester. The project is a joint partnership between Anglia Ruskin University and...
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Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh - DNA link found to schizophrenia
Researchers from the universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh have discovered that three common genetic variants could predispose certain people to schizophrenia. Working in collaboration with...
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University of Hull - At the forefront of development
A degree course is being launched at the University of Hull for students interested in working in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the developing world. The BSc in global health and disease...
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St George's, University of London - Nosing ahead
Researchers at St George's, University of London have been awarded £4.3 million by the Wellcome Trust for the development of a new class of drugs that aims to target the root cause, instead of the...