Scientists add weight to anti-smoking campaign
Dimitris Kotzias, head of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre Environment Institute, is leading an initiative to investigate the quality of the air we breathe indoors, writes Martin Ince...
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Euro research boss defends central lab
As the debate rages over the future of research funding in British universities, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre has come under attack from those who believe its budget could be...
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New cloud study offers better flood warnings
Research announced this week by a group that includes scientists from the University of Birmingham could reduce the menace of floods to cities across Europe. Chris Kidd, senior lecturer in satellite...
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Resignations hit watchdog
The future of UK higher education's champion of integrity, accountability and academic freedom was in doubt this week after members of its governing committee resigned - in a row over integrity,...
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Specialist mediation aims to forestall court action
A specialist mediation service for university disputes to be launched next week intends to prise open the "unaccountable" world of academic decision-making, writes Phil Baty. The courts are in...
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Low grievance uptake averts need to extend Scots scheme
Scotland's pioneering student complaints system, launched for a trial period last year, has not overwhelmed the independent reviewer appointed to consider appeals. There were fears Colin MacAulay QC...
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TV 'fame' shows help Lipa recovery
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts has been swamped with applications for its dance, acting and music courses despite being dogged by financial and management problems in the past. According...
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Musicians and dancers join forces in South London merger plan
London-based Trinity College of Music and the Laban dance centre are to merge, giving students from the two disciplines the opportunity to collaborate. Under merger plans, the two institutions will...
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Learning might not be the key to peace
Education is not always helpful in alleviating the problems caused by conflict and sometimes even exacerbates the situation, an Ulster University expert has warned, writes Olga Wojtas. Alan Smith,...
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Lassies 1, Scots macho men 0
Football may be the ultimate symbol of Scottish machismo, but a Stirling University research student has uncovered evidence of women playing football as early as the 1600s. Jessica Macbeth, a PhD...
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Australia braced for national strike
The first national strike by higher education staff and students was expected to close or disrupt most of Australia's 40 universities this Thursday. Tens of thousands of members of the four staff...
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Copy wrongs
'Congratulations - you've just killed a book' is the slogan posted in Italy's universities in a bid to curb wholesale photocopying of books by students and academics, writes Paul Bompard. The...
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Physicist accused of selling secrets stands for election
The Russian physicist being tried for selling secrets to China is to put academic freedom in the political spotlight by standing for election to the state parliament on a protest ticket, writes Nick...
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Ministers forced to resign after daughter gains a place on elite course
Two senior members of the Portuguese government have resigned amid allegations that they abused their positions to secure a place at medical school for the foreign minister's daughter. Diana Martins...
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Disgruntled Princeton donor wants £300m back
Princeton University is fighting to keep an endowment worth more than $500 million (£300 million) after the donor demanded it be returned to his family's foundation. William Robertson, heir to a...