Liverpool/Sheffield - Bytes and battles
An electronic archive of manuscripts chronicling the Hundred Years War has been created by academics at two institutions. The archive, which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and...
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University of Strathclyde - Superbug kryptonite
A Scottish research company is designing a new generation of antibiotics using academic expertise to combat drug-resistant bacteria such as the hospital "superbug" methicillin-resistant...
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UHI Millennium Institute - Fat is a scientific issue
A research unit looking at the impact of fat on the development of disease is to be established at the UHI Millennium Institute. The centre at the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands...
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University of St Andrews - Quid pro quo
A £50 million project will establish a direct link between the University of St Andrews and a local secondary school. A new building for Madras College will be constructed on university land, and in...
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University of East London - Go East
A group of disadvantaged young people from East London have produced an award-winning interactive guide to the area. It uses photographs, video footage and online comment to present the most exciting...
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Essex/Royal Holloway - Dishonourable members
Attitudes towards politicians and their levels of honesty and integrity have changed surprisingly little despite the high-profile MPs' expenses scandal. That is the finding of a study by researchers...
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Odds and quads
Dom Sylvester Houedard (1924-92), often known as DSH, served with British military intelligence in Asia before becoming a Benedictine monk at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire.While running the...
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Haiti research trip provokes academic-rights aftershock
Row erupts over US college's rejection of master's work done after travel ban. John Gill reports
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New discipline calls for an end to second-class male
Male studies will help fight 'pervasive misandry' in society, say scholars. Matthew Reisz reports
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THE World University Rankings
According to Janez Potocnik, former European Commissioner for science and research, world university rankings are now used by politicians "as a measurement of their nation's economic strength and...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesPay up and play the gameCalifornia's hard-up state universities are diverting funds meant for classrooms and students to cover land deals and construction projects, according to reports...
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Ailing sector hopes for financial transplant
Healthcare reforms could offer shot in the arm to the academy's balance sheet. Jon Marcus reports
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILDigital Equipment and Database Enhancement for Impact schemeAward winner: G.P. EarlInstitution: University of SouthamptonValue: £232,575Reflectance-transformation...
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Blog confidential: Course oblivion
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online
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Appointments
University of CambridgeShankar BalasubramanianLife could have turned out very differently for Shankar Balasubramanian. The University of Cambridge chemist has carved out a prestigious career in the...