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Appointments
The former controller of public policy at the BBC, David Levy, is to become the new director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at the University of Oxford. The RISJ is an...
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Academics and diversity in short supply on task forces
Criticism grows of composition of Whitehall and industry 'expert' groups. Hannah Fearn reports
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University of Bristol - Ensuring a less risky future
In a novel move to encourage research into the world's greatest risks, AXA Insurance Group has awarded funding for research into climate change to the University of Bristol. The newly created AXA...
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University of Portsmouth - Chinese puzzle proves compelling
A deserted island, a lost man, memories of a fatal crash and a book written by a dying explorer are the premise behind an award-winning computer game designed by Dan Pinchbeck, senior lecturer in...
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King's College London - Fangs for the reassurance
A new health psychology service for adults with "dental anxiety", the first of its kind in the UK, has been launched by King's College London. Tim Newton, leader of the new service, said: "Dental...
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Institute of Education - Music takes centre stage
Rock-style music lessons are boosting the popularity of GCSE music, according to a new study. Set up in 2003 by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to promote new ways of engaging 11- to 19-year-olds with...
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London Business School - Private equity, public spirit
A multimillion-pound donation will help create the world's leading institute for private equity education and research. Funded by the J. Coller Foundation, the Coller Institute of Private Equity, to...
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Queen Mary, University of London - Uncovering habits of the past
Nuns have long been neglected by historians but will be the focus of a new study funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. A team of researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, have...
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University of Birmingham - Uneasy glances over dinner
A British wading bird's risky feeding habits have been exposed by researchers at the University of Birmingham. The team from Birmingham's centre for ornithology found that golden plovers have large,...
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University of Coventry - Master the art of success
Can entrepreneurship be taught? The University of Coventry thinks so, and has launched a new MA in Global Entrepreneurship to prove it. The two-year course, to be offered from January 2009, will be...
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Edge Hill University - What you know: it's who you are
The way in which an individual's identity influences the process of learning is under scrutiny at a new centre at Edge Hill University. The Centre for Learners' Identity Studies, which opens this...
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Goldenbones
A sports science researcher at the University of Teesside, Iain Spears, hopes he can help prevent - or at least reduce the incidence of - that most fashionable of football injuries, the fractured...
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Academic calls for creation of Christian universities
Biblical values are needed to balance secular bias, claims lecturer. Melanie Newman reports
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Original features
A popular venue for weddings, King's College Chapel is at the heart of the medieval university in the cobbled streets of Old Aberdeen. It is topped by the Crown Tower, voted the nation's third most "...