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Matt Rooney, an engineer and Science Media Fellow, on news-savvy ways to convey your research message
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Grant winners
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCILThe STFC's Science in Society Fellowships are aimed at academics with significant research experience who have demonstrated a track record in outreach or...
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Sporting spirit
The Olympics and sport in general give countries a way to engage with the world, says Grant Jarvie, a sports studies expert
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Appointments
Andrew Watkinson, a professor at the University of East Anglia who heads the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, has been appointed director of the Living with Environmental Change (LWEC)...
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Reading/Henley Management College - Merger means business
One of the largest business schools in Europe was officially created this week following the merger of Henley Management College with the University of Reading. The new Henley Business School at the...
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Coventry University - Cost of a broken promise
A temporary office worker has won £5,500 from Coventry University after bringing a case for unfair dismissal. Linda Adams worked as a temporary registry assistant at the university from June 2005 to...
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King's College London/Durham - Wellcome gift to humanities
Research linking medicine and the humanities is set to grow thanks to a funding boost. Money from the Wellcome Trust will support two new centres of excellence in the emerging field of medical...
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University of Greenwich - A match made in Malaysia
A partnership with a higher education provider in Malaysia will help increase the South-East Asian country's supply of skilled engineers. The University of Greenwich has won government cash under the...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Art a bridge over troubled waters
Artistic expression can help people suffering from mental illnesses to recover, according to research carried out by Anglia Ruskin University and the South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust....
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University of Strathclyde - Economics course highly valued
A postgraduate course created to develop professional economists of the future has become the first in Britain to be formally recommended by the Government Economic Service, the country's largest...
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University of Sunderland - Film student drawn to the top
Work by a masters student in animation will this week challenge some of the world's best modern animated films, including The Golden Compass, Transformers and Kung Fu Panda, at the SIGGRAPH 2008...
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University of Manchester - Obama 'following' Bush's lead
The foreign policy of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will be almost identical to that of George W. Bush, according to a leading American foreign policy analyst based at the...
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University of Central Lancashire - Den for green dragons opens
A programme in sustainable business at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels has been launched by Lancashire Business School, based at the University of Central Lancashire. The courses, to be...
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Goldsmiths, University of London - Link with private provider mooted
INTO, the private provider of English-language and pre-university courses, is in "early discussions" over a deal with Goldsmiths, University of London. In a statement on its website, Goldsmiths says...