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An anonymous employee of the University of Ulster has raised concerns about the institution giving priority to employing potentially redundant employees ("Ulster's ring-fenced posts come under fire...
An anonymous employee of the University of Ulster has raised concerns about the institution giving priority to employing potentially redundant employees ("Ulster's ring-fenced posts come under fire...
Sense About Science is annoyed with Times Higher Education for mentioning that Vivian Moses, who contributed to its booklet on GM, heads a biotech industry-funded lobby group. It says this is not a...
John Dunning, a renowned authority on international business, has died.He was born in Bedfordshire on 26 June 19, educated in Harrow and London and, after National Service in the Royal Navy,...
Viva PhD success - and let's fête the candidates a little, too, says Tim Birkhead
In an ideal world, tertiary educators would be able to teach innovative courses, updated every year by the latest research in their field. Students would read widely, be well adjusted and eager to...
The shift in focus away from the elite changes the research landscape and fulfils the funding council's promise for the RAE
Supplementing the diet of cows could deliver considerable benefits to human health without the need to reduce the intake of dairy products, University of Reading scientists have discovered. As part...
An £11.4 million global scholarship programme has been announced by the University of Wales. The Prince of Wales Innovation Scholarships programme, which will be run by the principality's federal...
More than £1 million has been awarded to Queen's University Belfast to help it build links with leading Chinese universities and institutions. Some £1.09 million has been bestowed on a team from the...
Two university heads have launched a partnership designed to promote the uptake of foreign languages in the UK's secondary schools. Brian Roper, vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, and...
Two London universities are helping to develop journalism skills in Asia. City University London's journalism department has won a British Council contract to assess journalism education and training...
Naomi Campbell has opened a £4 million breast cancer research unit. Set up by the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity and King's College London, and based at Guy's Hospital, the centre will be...
Scientists from the universities of Leicester and Nottingham Trent have devised a method of identifying levels of exposure to environmental arsenic - by testing toenail clippings. The researchers...
Small firms in London are bearing the brunt of the economic downturn and have been more badly affected than their counterparts in the North East, according to research by The Open University's...
Breastfeeding is an important public health issue but it is ignored or dismissed by many, a leading expert in the field has argued as part of a lecture series at the University of York. Mary Renfrew...