University of Westminster - Double feature
A campaign has been launched to revive a historic cinema on London's Regent Street with the help of a £1 million donation. In 1896, the cinema, then known as Marlborough Hall - part of the Regent...
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Thames Valley University - Teenage kick-start
A new centre aims to help teenage mothers overcome barriers to education. Thames Valley University's Centre at Reading Girls' School boasts a library, hair salon and beauty therapy training room,...
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Glyndwr University - Dismissal prompts strike ballot
Members of the University and College Union at Glyndwr University are being balloted on strike action in support of their branch chair, Hamish Murphy, who the union claimed was dismissed from his...
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Nottingham Trent University - Research lessons
The much-debated topic of "research-informed teaching" will be the focus of a symposium at Nottingham Trent University on 13 November. The symposium follows a survey of approximately 700 students,...
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University of Bradford - A fine partnership
Degree programmes have been launched in Pakistan by the University of Bradford. The university has teamed up with Namal College, founded three years ago in the Mianwali region by former cricketer...
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University of York - Curbing the carbon
Researchers at the University of York have calculated carbon-footprint data for individual neighbourhoods in the city and have found that areas in which the community apparently has a strong "green...
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Architecture for art's sake
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, part of the University of Oxford, is the oldest public museum in the country. When it opened in 1683, it brought together a collection that had already...
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V-c puts hand in pocket to revive philanthropic tradition
Birmingham head donates £40,000 of own cash to Circles of Influence project. John Morgan reports
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Citations belie claims that pure research is best
There is "no evidence" that blue-skies work is more likely to produce highly cited papers than that with targeted funding, a study says.The report published last week examined research papers arising...
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Overseas briefing
IndiaNamaste, Uncle SamThere are high hopes in India that leading American universities will set up partnerships with the Indian Institutes of Technology and other leading higher education bodies,...
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Once-wealthy Golden State system loses its lustre
California's staggering debt threatens the future of its mighty public universities. Jon Marcus reports
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Quiet, please
Libraries are being transformed into rowdy social spaces, with disastrous consequences, says Kevin Sharpe
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Days are numbered for ruthless go-getters in a post-meltdown world
Universities should learn from other cultures to inculcate respect and prudence, which companies will soon demand, argues Peter Brady
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The week in higher education
Papers including The Daily Telegraph and The Sun rushed to splash pictures of scantily clad University of Cambridge students across their pages last week. The snaps of a near-naked "size-12 stunner...
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Business firmly woven into the fabric of new framework
The Government's long-awaited strategy for the sector is out at last. Melanie Newman reports