University of Oxford - French toast
A university foundation aiming to publish the complete works of the French philosopher Voltaire has received an award from the Academie Francaise. The Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford...
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Here comes your Holiday Special!
This is the time of year when academics take full advantage of their two-week statutory holiday allowance and seek out pastures new. And this year, The Poppletonian will be going with some of them.In...
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Be different, be (s)quids in
Teaching graduates how to think will help them get jobs, says Tim Birkhead
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From where I sit - Wish list for the new term
As Australia goes to a federal election on 21 August, there is a scrabble by politicians to cadge votes by chirruping buzzwords and making lavish promises.But neither the prime minister Julia Gillard...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence - A geneticist in the House
Cambridge academic and Lib Dem MP Julian Huppert is a champion for science in the new Parliament. Paul Jump reports
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Leader: The way to infinitives and beyond
Why is it always only the young, who are still learning, who are taken to task over poor spelling and grammar?"When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split," the writer...
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Imperial College London - Return of the Silurian blob
An ancient creature of the deep has been revealed by scientists at Imperial College London. They have developed a 3D model of the only known fossilised specimen of a creature, called Drakozoon, which...
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Harper Adams University College - Food for thought
Four postgraduate scholarships, worth £1,000 each, have been launched by Harper Adams University College. They are open to graduates hoping to study estate and land management, farm and agri-business...
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The Open University - Be there, or be somewhere else
A conference held entirely in the virtual world of Second Life will look at issues including teaching and learning in the computer age. An Open University expert on education in Second Life, Anna...
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University of Reading - Penguin paradigm
The role Penguin paperbacks played in revolutionising publishing is the subject of research to mark 75 years since the first books in the format were released. Nicola Wilson, a postdoctoral research...
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Aberystwyth University - Welsh on the move
Welsh-speaking academics have developed a new application to help people learn the language while on the move. An app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch designed by computer scientists Chris Price...
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University of Liverpool - Joint first
The first students to graduate from a UK university's joint-venture campus in China have picked up their degrees. A ceremony was held in China for graduates of Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University,...
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Kingston/St George's - Suitable case for treatment
More than 100 nurses have been interviewed for a book on the history of modern nursing. Nurses' Voices is an oral history of the profession, based on 1,000 hours of recorded interviews with nurses...
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University of Bedfordshire - 13th-century bonanza
Secrets from the 13th century have been revealed at an archaeological dig on a site owned by a university. The landowner Fulk de Breaute built a settlement nearly 800 years ago on land that is now...