War in England 1642-1649
This is a very good book for all those who already know their English Civil War pretty well. It is not a narrative account of the wars (we have more than enough very good ones already), although it...
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Principles of Snow HydrologyBy David R. DeWalle, professor emeritus of forest hydrology, Pennsylvania State University. Cambridge University Press, £75.00. ISBN 9780521823623This...
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Top institutions in physics by impact
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998–29 February 2008
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Queen Margaret University - The greenest of greenfield sites
The Queen last week opened Scotland's first new campus in 40 years. Queen Margaret University has moved from a number of separate locations in Edinburgh to a single, £100 million site that is...
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University of Nottingham - Winning look at video stars
A project to showcase the work of its academics through short online videos has won the University of Nottingham an International Business Award 2008. "Test Tube", produced by Nottingham Science City...
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University of Essex - Human rights anniversary feted
Experts from across the globe gathered last week at the University of Essex to mark the 25th anniversary of the institution's Human Rights Centre. Essex was the first UK university to offer a...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Ticket to Bollywood
A team of Anglia Ruskin academics has travelled to India to pair up with animation training company Frameboxx. The organisation, which trains animators based in India for the work required by...
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University of Northampton - Family values pay dividends
Students whose parents are staff at the University of Northampton will receive £250 a year if they join the university as undergraduates in the next academic year. Registrar Jane Bunce said the...
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University of East Anglia - Paris match for South Seas art
An exhibition of Polynesian art, first shown as part of a University of East Anglia research programme, is to be recreated in Paris. The project, run by Steven Hooper at UEA, aimed to investigate the...
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Scottish Agricultural College - Formal status conferred
Formal status as a designated higher education institute, financed by the Scottish Funding Council, has been attained by the Scottish Agricultural College. The SAC was the last remaining "central...
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University of Warwick - Licence for hybrid embryos
A third British university has been granted a licence to work on human-animal hybrid embryos for research. The licence, granted to the University of Warwick by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology...
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Nottingham Trent University - Noted pen friend remembered
About 700 personal letters by the American poet and short-story writer Laura (Riding) Jackson have been donated to Nottingham Trent University. The donation was made by a research fellow at the...
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University of Teesside - Reclaiming British steel's history
A £1.6 million project to explore, conserve and catalogue more than 600 feet of material relating to the steel industry in the Teesside area, between the University of Teesside and Teesside Archives...
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University of Sunderland - They say it's champion, pet
A new map of the North East of England reveals a host of hitherto unrecorded boundaries that will variously be hailed as "ace", "champion", "choz", "cushty", "daza" or "mint". Michael Pearce of the...
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University of Stirling - Charter plans draw union's fire
A Scottish university is pressing ahead with plans that the University and College Union Scotland fears could undermine academics' employment rights. The University of Stirling court has agreed to...