Goldsmiths, University of London - Sushi and slap
The first student branch of the Women's Institute (WI) has been established at Goldsmiths, University of London. Students wanted an alternative to existing college societies and decided to contact...
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De Montfort University - Picturing the past
Documents and photographs charting the development of photography from a gentlemanly pursuit to a mass popular pastime have been donated jointly to the British Library and De Montfort University. The...
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Stocks and stares
Public attitudes to once-common forms of punishment, such as putting criminals in the stocks, have been assessed in a hands-on study at Bucks New University.Richard Barter, a 19-year-old police...
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Students and tutors ready to embrace the Twitter bug
John Gill investigates the communication phenomenon that is infiltrating academe
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Original features
Situated on an 8,000sq m site in southeast London, Laban - part of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance - is the largest purpose-built contemporary dance centre in the world. It was...
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UCU joins call for boycott of immigration regulations
New rules requiring academics to monitor international students and report absences to immigration authorities may be boycotted at a London college.The Goldsmiths College, University of London branch...
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Regional research funding disparity causes anger
Welsh institutions claim disadvantage over grant allocation increases, writes Zoe Corbyn
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Overseas briefing
United StatesAppeal against jock rapAn American university is appealing against sanctions imposed after some of its star athletes were given test answers in advance to help them pass courses. The...
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Row flares up over Turkey's 'censorship' of Darwin
Government denies threat to academic freedom as editor is sacked over evolution piece, writes John Gill
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Call for help after records lost in Cologne collapse
When a six-storey building in Cologne collapsed into a new subway tunnel being drilled beneath its foundations earlier this month, the story made headlines worldwide.For the press, the main interest...
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Research management must walk before it runs
The profession must take small steps to build its standing, a study has found. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILThirteen projects have been awarded more than £300,000 of financial support under the Science and Heritage Research Clusters Scheme, which is jointly funded by the...
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A positive hear! hear!
Amid the gloom at the MPs' inquiry, Bob Burgess is cheered by support for a scheme to record student achievement
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Our learned foreign friends no longer seem to be welcome here
Our new immigration rules will have to be revised if we do not want to endanger our collaborative research culture, warns Mathias Brust
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Universities must step in to reverse atrophy of A-level physics standards
Higher education bodies should reconnect with examining boards to boost scientific literacy and ensure undergraduates are better prepared, says Alan Wilson