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Research standardsMatters of integrityThe UK needs a new system for research integrity that builds on its existing strengths, a review states. A report published last week by the UK Research...
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University of Worcester - Higher power
Research degree-awarding powers have been awarded to a university by the Privy Council following an assessment by the Quality Assurance Agency. The decision means that the University of Worcester can...
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University of St Andrews - Typical males
Scientists have discovered that male fish take bigger risks when they are breeding. Research carried out at the University of St Andrews found that when male sticklebacks are in a reproductive state...
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University of East Anglia - To catch a polluter
A discovery by scientists could make it possible in future to identify the source of banned chlorofluorocarbons being released into the atmosphere. Using mass spectrometers, researchers from the...
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University of Greenwich - Shipshape and Greenwich fashion
Thousands of people have taken part in a mass fire drill at sea. The University of Greenwich's Fire Engineering Safety Group boarded the Royal Caribbean international cruise ship Jewel of the Seas to...
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UHI Millennium Institute - Local decision-makers
A government consultation has opened to identify whether residents and businesses in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland believe they need a local university in their area. The consultation marks...
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Liverpool/Lincoln - Find the crib-biting point
"Crib-biting" and "wind-sucking" are being investigated by researchers. Experts from the University of Liverpool and the University of Lincoln are looking for horse owners to take part in their study...
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University of Glamorgan - Stars in their transatlantic eyes
Pupils are being encouraged to become the space scientists of the future via a project linking them with American students to explore the galaxy. The University of Glamorgan is pairing up local...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Safety first
An East Anglian university has been recognised for its health and safety excellence. Anglia Ruskin University received a level 5 Quality Safety Audit (QSA) Award from the Royal Society for the...
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Birmingham City/Birmingham - Images of partnership
Work by photography students has gone on display at a university gallery, thanks to a new collaboration. Function, which runs until 9 January 2011, is the first of a four-year programme of...
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Royal Holloway, University of London - Promethean nursery
The spread of the earliest flowering plants may have been a result of the high incidence of fires in the distant past, scientists have hypothesised. Angiosperms evolved at the beginning of the...
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University of Leeds - Bauman of honour
An institute has been established dedicated to Zygmunt Bauman, renowned for his work on consumerism, ethics, sociology and political philosophy. The Bauman Institute at the University of Leeds was...
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University of Dundee - Team effort
A Scottish university has teamed up with the Institute of Sport and Exercise to help provide better sports facilities to students and staff. The Dundee University Sports Union has entered a...
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Survivor's tale
A Sudanese woman who was abducted and held as a slave is to tell her story at a conference in the UK. The autobiography of Mende Nazer, Slave (2008), inspired the recent Channel 4 and Slate Films...
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Odds and quads
This cast of Chang and Eng Bunker, the original "Siamese twins", can be found in the Mutter Museum in the US.