University of Birmingham - Romancing the stones
The world's largest virtual exploration is being led by archaeologists at Stonehenge. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, led by the University of Birmingham, will use the latest geophysical-...
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Nottingham Trent University - Eurobachelor boys and girls
The inaugural cohort of UK chemistry students sitting Eurobachelor degrees will graduate from Nottingham Trent University this summer. It became the first UK university to be permitted to award the...
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University of Worcester - Writing all wrong
A return to creative writing is needed in England's primary schools, according to a teaching handbook produced by two academics. Robyn Cox and Julie Maclusky, lecturers at the University of Worcester...
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University of Nottingham - Fuelling the future
Work has begun on the construction of a £6.5 million research facility for bioenergy and biofuels, brewing technology and food and drink processing. The Bioenergy Centre at the University of...
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Coventry University - Legal game's afoot
A law course is being launched to meet the challenge of the growing commercialisation of sport. Coventry University's Centre for the International Business of Sport will run a postgraduate...
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University of Surrey - Itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny test tubes
Scientists have created what is likely to be the world's smallest chemistry set using nanotubes with a diameter about 10,000 times smaller than a human hair. The researchers at the University of...
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University of East Anglia - High energy
A group of young Saudi Arabian women will be climbing high wires and traversing cliff tops as part of an international summer school. The school, run by the University of East Anglia, has been...
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University of Southampton - Rocking the boat
A university has joined forces with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in a bid to help cut the cost of building and maintaining its fleet of about 300 lifesaving vessels. The RNLI and the...
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University of Bristol - It pays to talk
The government has been warned to take the time to build a consensus on radical pension reform following a study into the effect of major changes in other countries. Researchers from the University...
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University of Essex - The art of acquisition
A centre for Latin American art has been boosted by the acquisition of eight artworks. The University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art gained the pieces through its partnership with the...
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In at the deep end
Scientists have collected samples of rare creatures and evidence of more than 10 possible new species following a trip that has "revolutionised" understanding of deep sea life in the Atlantic Ocean....
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Odds and quads
This 18ft red cedar totem pole was commissioned by the University of Plymouth's Centre for Sustainable Futures (CSF).The work reflects the city's connections with the Americas since the time of the...
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Scanners on: gift helps put collections in digital realm
Oxbridge libraries embark on joint digitisation initiatives with donor's aid. Matthew Reisz writes
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Sceptics start to see the other side of Second Life
Study finds virtual learning environments taking off despite dogged hostility. Hannah Fearn reports
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I was disturbed by an email that dropped into my in-box late last month.No, it was not another offer of cheap Viagra, or an announcement that I had won an overseas lottery. It was more unsettling...