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  1. Killing 'jokes'

    It is hardly surprising that the University of Nottingham's complaints procedures have absolved one professor of offending a gay colleague in an email containing a flaccid joke about "faggots" ("...

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  2. Prophetic outlook

    PricewaterhouseCoopers reports on university finances in Weathering the storm: Coping with the financial challenge in the higher education sector ("As the good times rolled, a quarter of universities...

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  3. Free at lunch

    I would agree with Ron Johnston that lunches with colleagues, networking at conferences and discussion and collaboration with other researchers can help provoke eureka moments ("Small places matter...

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  4. Symbols crashing

    As the online version of the article about Ken Pounds ("Eternal explorer", 28 January) gave his name as Ken£ for most of Thursday, I look forward to future articles about the poet Robert `s, the...

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  5. Grit and miss

    I was a pale and anxious steward at Millwall Football Club in the glory days of the late 1980s, and I'm sure there were a couple of extra syllables in their supporters' defiant chant ("The news...

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  6. University of Sheffield - Them bones find a home

    A collection of human skeletal remains is to get a new home at the University of Sheffield, thanks to £25,000 worth of donations from an alumni campaign. The new "Juvenile Developmental Osteology...

  7. UHI Millennium Institute - Gaelic funding sparks row

    The prospective University of the Highlands and Islands has become embroiled in a row over funding for its Gaelic language courses. Bord na Gaidhlig, the agency that allocates cash to support Gaelic...

  8. Lancaster University - Forging links with Pakistan

    A dual degree is to be launched in Pakistan following a new partnership between Lancaster University and Comsats Institute of Information Technology. It is the first such deal to be struck between a...

  9. School of Communication Arts - 'Mad Men' for a new era

    A school to train the next generation of advertising professionals is to be accredited by the University of the Arts London. The School of Communication Arts will be run by industry experts and will...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...