University of York - New centre up for award
A new humanities and educational research centre has opened at the University of York. The £11 million, three-storey building, which houses a number of research units including the Institute for...
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Edinburgh/Royal Veterinary College - Better vetting
Student vets are set to be better prepared for placements thanks to a new online learning tool that resembles a driving theory test. It was designed by Catriona Bell at the University of Edinburgh,...
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Turning turtles
The journeys of two marine turtles around the world's oceans are being followed online in new research. Noelle and Darwinia are two adult female leatherback turtles that nest in Gabon, western...
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Odds and quads
Although unauthorised by English Heritage, this blue plaque marks the site of the infamous gig that marked the birth of UK punk rock.In 1975, the Sex Pistols were formed by singer Johnny Rotten,...
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What's intelligence got to do with modern management?
A new publication reveals how the world of cloak-and-dagger operatives is run. Matthew Reisz writes
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The bottom line is not enough: how business schools fail their students
Teaching focuses too narrowly on management techniques, says expert. Melanie Newman reports
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Wolverhampton unveils longer study modules
Students at the University of Wolverhampton are being promised the chance to become digitally literate "global citizens" ready for the job market under a revised curriculum.The university will...
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Overseas briefing
ItalyRooftop occupationItalian environmental scientists have spent weeks on a rooftop in Rome in protest at job cuts imposed by the Government. Some 200 workers at the Institute for Environmental...
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Three-year bachelors offers route to make savings
Four-year degrees threatened as US institutions look to save time and money. Jon Marcus reports
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Grant winners
ROYAL SOCIETYThe Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship scheme supports scientists and engineers at an early stage of their career and is designed to help researchers progress to permanent academic positions...
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The alchemist
Angela Murray has pioneered a method to turn base dust into precious metals, and has formed a spin-off to exploit it
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Appointments
The vice-chancellor of Bangor University is to retire in October 2010. Merfyn Jones became the university's sixth vice-chancellor in 2004, and has also been head of the School of History and Welsh...
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Go for gold, silver or bronze
Let's learn from the Olympics and allow departments to pick the areas that feed into rankings, argues Richard Rose
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La Triviata: public discourse is trapped in a downward spiral
Dumbing down threatens our culture, yet a managerialised academy can do nothing to arrest the decline, warns Kevin Sharpe
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Small research stars deploy RAE gains to shine brighter
The pockets of excellence picked out last year are putting their windfalls to good use, Zoe Corbyn finds