Grant winners
The Wellcome TrustAwards made for new clinical and joint basic/clinical PhD programmes as part of a £40 million investment in postgraduate biomedical research training, and designed for clinicians...
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An arresting job
Sue Palmer is keen to work on improving police communications skills and to dispel the view that they are all 'thickies'.
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Appointments
The University of Teesside's Janice Webster has been named one of the UK's most enterprising academics. The accolade was awarded by UPBEAT, a project funded by the Higher Education Funding Council...
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Researchers' web use could make libraries redundant
Study says university collections are not meeting the needs of the Google generation, writes John Gill
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Rags to riches
Jack Kirby and Delovan Ghasoor, students at Goldsmiths, University of London, will next week take part in a 'recycled fashion show' to highlight environmental issues and raise money for charity...
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Create wealth as well as art, council chief urges sector
Philip Esler vows to set up a task force to make a solid 'empirical case' for the arts and humanities' substantial economic impact. Zoe Corbyn reports.
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For-profit college to offer two-year law degree
The UK's first for-profit private company to gain the power to award its own degrees, BPP College, is to offer a two-year law degree alongside a standard three-year course.BPP, which reflects growing...
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Salford returns project cash after damning audit
University agrees deal with DWP to hand back public money after report highlights flaws. John Gill reports.
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University of Edinburgh - Supercomputer Hector boots up
The largest and most advanced supercomputing facility in the UK was opened this week at the University of Edinburgh. Hector (High-End Computing Terascale Resources), which is four times faster than...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Searle starts anniversary events
An exhibition of work by the cartoonist Ronald Searle, creator of the fictional St Trinian's girls' school, will kick off a series of celebrations of Anglia Ruskin University's 150th anniversary. Mr...
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Reading, Henley College - Merger could form business giant
A merger is planned between the University of Reading and Henley Management College, which could result in the creation of one of Europe's largest business schools. Gordon Marshall, the university's...
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University of Hull - Log on for Domesday
The first complete electronic version of the Domesday Book has been produced by a University of Hull researcher. The electronic version of the 1086 survey of England, which was created by John Palmer...
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University of York - A refined sense of place
A £180,000 software laboratory for "spatial informatics" was launched by the University of York this week. It will be used by academics to map and visualise questions that have a spatial dimension,...
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King's College London - Scratching at a genetic problem
Researchers have discovered a gene abnormality that causes itchy skin. Itchy skin is one of the most common and least understood symptoms in dermatology. Until now, little had been known about itch...
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University of Nottingham - New centre for Malaysian branch
A research centre at the University of Nottingham that examines the effects of globalisation has opened a new branch at the university's campus near Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia. The Leverhulme Centre...