Off Piste: Fabulous baker's joys
Therese Huston's lifelong passion for baking has provided happiness and sustenance on many levels
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When B is better than A
Less money and control, more stress - will anyone flourish? asks Tim Birkhead
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From where I sit: Lost boys need direction
Australia is desperate to protect its tertiary education market and reaffirm the country's position as a safe place for international students after a growing number of attacks on Indian students...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence: Advances on retractions
Voluntary guidelines unveiled to help journal editors decide when to withdraw work. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Leader: Reiki riles while Rome burns
The wellbeing of individuals matters, but what matters more is the wellbeing of a sector facing swingeing cuts
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University of Leicester - Space is golden
Fifty years of space research is being celebrated at the University of Leicester, with tributes to Ken Pounds, one of the professors who established the discipline at the institution. Among the...
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University of Sheffield - Somali outreach
An outreach project has been launched by the University of Sheffield to raise the educational aspirations of the city's Somali community. Run with partners including the Sheffield Somali Community...
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University of Birmingham - HIV guidelines questioned
Discrepancies in World Health Organisation guidelines for treating children with HIV/Aids have been identified by scientists at the University of Birmingham. Counts of a cell called CD4 T are used to...
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University of Aberdeen - Artefacts opened up online
A project to open up Scotland's important museum collections to an international online audience has been launched by the University of Aberdeen. Scottish universities hold more than 1.8 million...
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Heriot-Watt University - Snow excuse for falling behind
A Scottish university's online-study programme has helped snowed-in residents of Highland villages to continue studying for their Higher and Advanced Higher examinations. Heriot-Watt University's...
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Queen Mary, University of London - The Woolworths triangle
The locations of the now-defunct Woolworths chain of stores have been found to form "precise geometric patterns" by a researcher at Queen Mary, University of London. Matt Parker, of the School of...
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Queen's University Belfast - Time to care
A part-time social work degree is to be introduced at Queen's University Belfast. The five-year bachelor of social work will see students attend classes for two and a half days a week. "People with...
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Institute of Education - Bring the noise
Parents can rest easy - the thumping music coming from their children's bedrooms does not impede their ability to study, research at the Institute of Education, University of London has found. From...
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King's College London - New way to the heart
An MRI scan has been successfully used in place of X-ray imaging in an operation to widen a heart valve. The technique involves using a new fibreglass guide wire to direct a catheter through a blood...