University of Portsmouth - Dig for victory
Staff and students are growing their own food on 50 gardening plots across a university campus. The project at the University of Portsmouth is linked to the city's Healthy Cities Initiative and is...
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University of Bath - Base camp for Olympic ascent
A university campus has been chosen to host the British Paralympic team's preparations in the build-up to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. ParalympicsGB's athletes, coaches and support staff will...
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The Open University - Worth his basalt
A volcanologist has been selected to join a team of internationally renowned scientists on a two-month expedition drilling into one of the oldest sea-floor areas in the planet. Mike Widdowson,...
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University of Salford - Practical applications
A university is piloting a physics degree that aims to make learning more relevant to real life and students more attractive to employers. The University of Salford is working with the Institute of...
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Kingston University - Out with the old, in with the new
Taxpayers' money should be used to stimulate innovation rather than bailing out dying industries, according to a Kingston University report for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. An...
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Institute of Education - Join the club
A centre of education research has been invited to join the 1994 Group of smaller research-intensive universities. The Institute of Education, University of London will formally join the group on 1...
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Imperial College London - Facilities management
Leading scientists and policy-makers have taken part in a symposium that will help to map out the future for large-scale research infrastructure in Europe. Major facilities such as Cern, the world's...
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Leeds Metropolitan University - Get up, start-up
A training scheme to help people hit by the recession has been launched by Leeds Metropolitan University. Leeds Met Business Start-up is offering free training and support to individuals looking to...
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Manchester/Southampton - A new hope
Researchers have discovered a new way of killing cancer cells that could lead to revolutionary treatments for the disease. Researchers at the universities of Manchester and Southampton teamed up to...
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University of Nottingham - Friendly environment
An award has identified the greenest campus in the country. The University of Nottingham has received a Green Flag Award, which recognises recreational areas and community spaces that demonstrate...
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Thanks for the memories
They say that once you have learnt to ride a bicycle you never forget - and now neuroscientists at the University of Aberdeen have discovered why. Research published this month has identified a nerve...
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Row over data security and bullying settled out of court
Grievance began with allegations of confidential files being accessed. Melanie Newman reports
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Original features
James Wyatt's Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford is a major monument of English neoclassicism. Inspired by the Tower of the Winds in Athens, with huge windows specially designed for telescopes, it was...
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Space agency needed to drive, if not fund, work, professor says
A stand-alone space agency should be set up in the UK whether or not there is significant new funding for such a project, a leading astrophysicist has said.The Government has launched a consultation...
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British Academy will raise its voice in the public world
We must 'bring the best of social science to the attention' of all, new president tells Matthew Reisz