University of Exeter - A personal interpretation
An exhibition covering the career of a former diplomatic interpreter is being held at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. From Arabia to Exeter: A Family's Story...
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Bucks New University - A win-win situation
Bucks New University is the only university to appear on the front of first-team football shirts following a partnership with Wycombe Wanderers Football Club. The agreement places the university as...
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Durham University - Clever fish in a small pond
Once simply known as the fish most likely to turn up in the net of pond-dippers, the stickleback is now known to have a "human" ability to learn. Research carried out at Durham University found that...
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University of Strathclyde - Protest against cutbacks
Staff and students at the University of Strathclyde were due to take part in a second protest on 23 June against management plans to axe jobs and cut departments. About 140 voluntary redundancies...
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University of Aberdeen - Fighting fungal infection
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have cracked the genetic code of a fungus responsible for potentially deadly infections in humans. It is hoped that understanding the genetic make-up of six...
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University of Manchester - Science correspondence released
An archive of 19th-century science has been acquired by the University of Manchester's John Rylands University Library after being stored in obscurity for more than 100 years. The collection of...
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Remains of the day
A team of forensic archaeologists, anthropologists and dentists get to work on an artificial mass grave at Holton Heath in Dorset, six weeks after the replica skeletons were buried.The 21 sets of...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesCall to oust university presidentA row has broken out in Nevada after Jim Rogers, the state's higher education chancellor, called for the dismissal of the president of the University of...
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Established powers must link up with 'Latin tiger'
Europe and the US could be sidelined if they fail to form research alliances with Brazil, writes Phil Baty
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Here's a way to take the whole world in your hand
With e-readers coming of age, Joe Rennison finds out what they could they do for researchers
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Grant winners
EUROPEAN COMMISSION SAFER INTERNET PROGRAMMEAward winner: Julia DavidsonInstitution: Kingston UniversityValue: EUR450,000 (£381,000)Internet abusers' online grooming and victim targeting: messages...
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Batman retires
Evening strolls led to Paul Racey's fascination with bats and a career studying their habits and reproduction
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Appointments
The University of Abertay Dundee has announced Lord Cullen of Whitekirk as its new chancellor. Lord Cullen will succeed the Earl of Airlie, who was the founding chancellor of Abertay when it won the...
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Academic mobility principle 'ignored' by some EU states
Members' failure to advertise community-wide is unfair to British scholars, writes Hannah Fearn
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Original features
Standing prominently above the Dearne Valley, the University Centre Doncaster's 126-acre campus includes land that was granted to local estate owner Roger de Bully by William the Conqueror.Located...