From where I sit: If the robes fit...
Just when you think that things will get serious, suddenly they become absurd.On 1 April, the Right to Education Act in India was implemented, which makes school education a fundamental right for all...
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Research intelligence: Smart(phone) moves
Zoë Corbyn reports from Washington DC on journal publishers' plans to get a piece of the mobile action
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Leader: More than money is at stake
Exploiting foreign students may briefly bolster balance sheets, but such disrespectful treatment will cause long-term damage
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Easy money? That's rich
Topping the salary table is not all it's made out to be, says Malcolm Gillies
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Norwich calling
Memorabilia collected by the co-founder of punk rock band the Clash has gone on display at a Norwich institution. The personal archive of Mick Jones includes guitars, stage clothes and posters, as...
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Sheffield Hallam University - Students get inside scoop
A group of 30 journalism students will attend the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games to work as press volunteers. The students from Sheffield Hallam University will join about 30,000 volunteers oiling the...
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University of Nottingham - 'Lambrini ladies' losing out
The votes of up to 4 million "Lambrini ladies" are being written off by politicians, according to research. Steven Fielding, director of the University of Nottingham's Centre for British Politics, is...
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St George's/Oxford/Southampton - Alzheimer's and the word
Neurologists are investigating how Alzheimer's disease affects the written language of sufferers. A team at St George's, University of London, working with colleagues at the universities of Oxford...
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Birmingham City/Lancaster/Salford - All that jazz
The changing face of jazz and its role in European culture is to be analysed in a research project. The study will involve Birmingham City University, Lancaster University and the University of...
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University of Sussex - Higher consciousness
The unnerving experience of deja vu is to be examined by a centre for "consciousness science", hailed as the first to apply cross-disciplinary knowledge to the subject. As well as addressing the...
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Cardiff University - Mixed-race people looking good
People of mixed race are considered more attractive than those from a single racial lineage, according to a study. Michael Lewis, a researcher at Cardiff University's School of Psychology, collected...
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University of Glamorgan - Casting light and nets
Engineers in Wales are bringing light to a community in rural Zambia as part of a United Nations project to help people living without electricity. A team led by Demetri Djialli, head of knowledge...
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Queen's University Belfast - Tearing down political walls
A centre for research in political psychology has opened in Northern Ireland. The centre at Queen's University Belfast will undertake research, teaching and community projects focusing on...
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University of Strathclyde - How's that for impact?
Manufacturers and engineering companies have joined forces with academics to establish a research centre in Glasgow. Boeing, Mettis Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, Scottish Enterprise and US-based Titanium...