University of Sussex - Kew collaboration blooms
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is to collaborate in a new research partnership with the University of Sussex. Conservation of endangered plant species and the discovery of new medicinal uses for...
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Central Saint Martins - Debut for MA in innovation
In response to the Cox report, which identified innovation as crucial to business success, a new course has been launched to help create innovative managers. Students with work experience in business...
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University of Southampton - Sound facilities get Royal seal
New facilities for one of the University of Southampton's most famous research centres were officially opened by the Earl of Wessex last week. A £6 million facility for the Institute of Sound and...
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University of Cambridge - Academic-related staff on the rise
Numbers of academic-related staff at the University of Cambridge increased about 40 per cent during the period 2002 to 2007, while the number of lecturers remained unchanged. The university's council...
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Queen's Belfast and Salford - Terrorism MAs unveiled
A new postgraduate degree course aimed at giving students a deeper understanding of terrorism and international security in the modern world has been launched by Queen's University Belfast. In the MA...
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London Metropolitan University - Battle of Trafalgar (Square)
A university lecturer could see his design take centre stage in Trafalgar Square. The creation - an illuminated peace sign powered by the sun and wind - by Patrick Brill, a lecturer at London...
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Wellcome gives biomedical study a £1bn injection
Charity ploughs investment returns into research in genetics and global health, writes Zoe Corbyn.
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILPart of £14 million awarded by the AHRC in the latest round of its standard grant scheme. 43 awards are funded (Awards 1-18 published on 31 January).- Award winner...
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Flu fighter
Devastating pandemics remain a threat to public health. Sir Gordon Duff heads the vigilant scientists who protect us.
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Appointments
A research team from the University of Manchester has been shortlisted for the fifth biennial Saatchi and Saatchi Award for World-changing Ideas. Led by Brian Derby, head of the ink-jet printing of...
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Drawn back by his Welsh compass
As an honorary professor at Bangor, Philip Pullman is returning to the land of his childhood not so much to teach as to share, writes Tariq Tahir.
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Barbarous scratchings or universal system? The Chinese puzzle on paper
Roy Harris reflects on our attitude to an 'alien' language whose characteristics have so strongly influenced China's intellectual and pedagogic traditions.
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The cruellest con of all
We keep blaming ourselves for trying to achieve the impossible with widening participation, says Patrick Ainley.
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Academic exchanges under threat as scientists are refused entry visas
Middle Eastern visitors are 'blocked' by the Home Office. Melanie Newman reports.
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Bradford to silence its languages department
The University of Bradford is closing its MA programme in interpreting and translation in what is likely to be the final blow for its modern languages department.An e-petition protesting against the...