It may take crisis to spur donations, analysis says
With UK public still slow to give, universities launch graduate fundraising training. John Gill reports
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Grand designs on hold until future of learning is clear
Uncertainty over education trends means architects can't plan campuses, writes Hannah Fearn
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Original features
Edge Hill University's Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning, which opened in June 2008, incorporates many ecofriendly features and is at the forefront of a drive to reduce the university's...
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Dissent over staff issues at King's
Offer of voluntary post in the face of redundancies results in union's anger. Melanie Newman reports
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Academics and policyScience chief criticises ministerThe Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, John Beddington, has criticised the use of homoeopathy within the National Health Service and rounded...
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University of East Anglia - Don't keep it in the family
The effects of inbreeding among flour beetles are being investigated in a three-year study at the University of East Anglia. It is hoped that the research will help to protect numerous endangered...
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Bucks New University - Two of the best
A second PhD student at Bucks New University has been elected to the World Network of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs. Bucks New University is now the only institution with more than one member....
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Heriot-Watt University - New principal named
The next vice-chancellor and principal of Heriot-Watt University has been named. Steve Chapman, vice-principal for planning, resources and research policy at the University of Edinburgh, will succeed...
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University of Bedfordshire - Appliance of science
A digital security and forensics lab has opened at the University of Bedfordshire. The new lab will offer students a simulated work environment preparing them for future careers, said Carsten Maple,...
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University of Dundee - Students set for Italian art job
Nine University of Dundee students are to act as invigilators for the Scottish exhibition at this year's Venice Biennale. The students will attend the showcase for contemporary visual arts in Italy,...
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University of Strathclyde - Research centre takes flight
Aerospace, energy, marine and automobile industries are to benefit from a new research centre focusing on manufacturing technologies. The £25 million Advanced Forming Research Centre is a joint...
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Coventry University - Archive gets spring in its step
The work of one of the UK's most prominent choreographers is to be stored for posterity in the country's first online dance archive. Researchers at the Centre for Media, Arts and Performance at...
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University of Liverpool - Six into three does go
Six faculties are to be condensed into three at the University of Liverpool. The university has said that the move will "maximise the effectiveness" of research and cut academics' administrative...
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University of Plymouth - No staff forced out in jobs review
A strategic review that cut 220 jobs without compulsory redundancies has been completed by the University of Plymouth. A review of professional support areas followed an earlier review of academic...
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University of Gloucestershire - Can you remember your age?
Five research centres focusing on subjects ranging from memory to ageing are to be launched next month at the University of Gloucestershire. They include a Centre for Media, Memory and Community;...