Appointments
A new pro vice-chancellor has been appointed at Nottingham Trent University. Ann Priest will be responsible for non-course-related student matters at the university, alongside her role as head of the...
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Setting a course for blue skies amid rough waters
The Russell Group's new head has the strength and nous to take it through tough times, John Gill says
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University of Salford - Sounds like a real gas
For comedians who devote their careers to crafting brilliant witticisms, it must be galling that for many people there is nothing funnier than a fart. Now a professor of acoustics at the University...
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University of Bristol - Asian-crisis suicides revealed
Suicide rates increased as a result of the Asian economic crisis in 1997-98, but only in some of the countries affected, according to a study by academics at the University of Bristol. The research,...
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Oxford Brookes University - Snowbound face holiday penalty
Staff at Oxford Brookes University who failed to make it into work as a result of the recent snow may lose annual leave. But the University and College Union said local police advised people not to...
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University of Hertfordshire - Unknown unknowns
Why are there things that we still cannot explain? A team of philosophers at the University of Hertfordshire is conducting a three-year research project to explore experiences that science currently...
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University of Bedfordshire - Tie-in offers dual degrees
Business students in India can now receive a British and Indian degree thanks to a deal struck by the University of Bedfordshire and the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University...
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Nottingham Trent University - Explorer's bountiful deposit
The correspondence of pioneering explorer and naturalist Sir Joseph Banks is to be housed in an archive at Nottingham Trent University. It includes personal accounts of Banks' expedition with Captain...
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Thames Valley University - Royal Paragon
The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, has opened Paragon House, an award-winning new building at Thames Valley University's Brentford campus that includes student accommodation and...
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Staffordshire University - VAT windfall funds training
A £500,000 windfall from the recent VAT cut will be spent by Staffordshire University on a scheme to help the unemployed and local firms. The university said the money would help to pay for training...
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Royal College of Art - Red-carpet ride for deadly duo
Graduates from a London art and design college enjoyed a place at the Oscars. Animation duo Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith, graduates of the Royal College of Art's animation department, were shortlisted...
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University of Reading - Natural-born killers
Pet cats could be responsible for killing up to 10,000 prey animals per sq km in urban areas, significantly affecting urban bird species. Researchers at the University of Reading are looking beyond...
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University of Plymouth - No compulsory redundancies
The University of Plymouth has said that no academics will face compulsory redundancy as part of its cost-cutting drive. The university is looking to shed 223 jobs - about 6.5 per cent of its...
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Northumbria University - Snow on TV news
Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow will speak at Northumbria University on how a rapidly changing world and new technologies are affecting the way television reports the news. Describing his lecture, Mr...
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University of Aberdeen - Hopes for vaccine for farmed fish
A vaccine to protect farmed salmon against viral and bacterial infections is being developed at the University of Aberdeen. "Understanding the key stages of fish and their immune systems is...