Sheffield Hallam University - Automatic pilots
A new centre for robotics has been launched at Sheffield Hallam University. The Centre for Automation and Robotics Research, the only one of its kind in the region, aims to be a "hotbed" of robotics...
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University of Nottingham - Put the kettle on
Students are being encouraged to be good neighbours as part of a new campaign at the University of Nottingham. "Make time for tea" is a bid to boost community spirit by encouraging students living...
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Aston University - Speak up for diversity
The status of regional dialects is to be raised by two new research projects looking at the way people speak in the Black Country and Birmingham. The studies at Aston University will examine how...
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University of Dundee - Danger of no warning sign
A Scottish university failed to warn prospective employers about the behaviour of a student nurse who went on to kill four women, according to an independent study. Colin Norris, who trained at the...
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Edge Hill University - Congratulations for inclusivity
Celebrations for the 125th anniversary of the foundation of Edge Hill University focused on its ongoing commitment to widening access to higher education. The university marked its anniversary last...
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University of Northampton - Caller, I knew it was you
"Telephone telepathy" is to be investigated by a team at the University of Northampton. The researchers are looking for people who have been unexpectedly called by an acquaintance while they were...
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University of Liverpool - Hope for deadly virus control
Academics are seeking to limit cases of a stomach virus that causes more than half a million deaths a year worldwide. The University of Liverpool is involved in a public-private partnership that...
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Kingston University - Try harder to engage workers
Just a third of employees perceive their work as meaningful and have opportunities to voice their views. And unsurprisingly, this category of workers is the most "engaged". A two-year study at...
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University of Bath - Animation holds sway
Computer scientists at the University of Bath have developed a new way of making lifelike animations of trees using video footage of the real thing. The technique could be used by animators and games...
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The freeze is on
A team of geographers has discovered a group of previously undocumented glaciers in Albania. Researchers from the Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology Group at the University of Manchester...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesObama to reform student loansBarack Obama has promised to make higher education more affordable by reforming student loans. In his first State of the Union address, the US President said...
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Once a science superpower, Russia is now a fading light
Report highlights 'shocking' decline in output in traditional research strongholds. Phil Baty writes
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Grant winners
WELLCOME TRUST - FELLOWSHIPSAward winner: Frances WillenbrockInstitution: Cancer Research UKValue: £304,648Defining the signalling that leads to activation of lymphocyte integrinsAward winner: David...
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Scientific soup
Economist Andrew Oswald's appointment to a top science journal's board highlights a blurring of the hard and soft sciences
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Appointments
The president of the European Research Council is to step down to devote more time to his research at Imperial College London. Over the past three years, Fotis Kafatos, who also chairs the ERC's...