Coventry University - Global reach
Coventry University has said it wants to become the UK's first "international" university after announcing the creation of a team that will give students increased opportunities to study worldwide....
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University of Central Lancashire - Little reminders to switch off
Black helium balloons, staple-less staplers and wind-up mobile phone chargers met staff at the University of Central Lancashire when they turned up for work earlier this month. The props were left at...
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University of Salford - Data mining under the spotlight
The University of Salford will host a conference on data mining, the controversial online monitoring technique. The UK Symposium on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining 2009, to be held at the Lowry,...
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Bangor University - Millions for postgraduate growth
A five-year programme of postgraduate expansion is being launched by Bangor University, with £5 million to be invested in up to 125 research studentships and related bursaries. Merfyn Jones, vice-...
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Swansea Metropolitan University - What lies beneath
Academics at Swansea Metropolitan University are developing the world's first underwater system for monitoring coastal erosion. Until now, the data used to understand this phenomenon have largely...
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Goldsmiths, University of London - Flip-flopping all over the world
The lifetime of a pair of flip-flops was the subject of a study by a professor of sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Caroline Knowles held an exhibition at the university detailing the...
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Don't let the tail wag the dog
MIT's tech-transfer expert tells UK not to abandon blue skies and students. Hannah Fearn reports
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILThe AHRC research grants schemes are intended to support well-defined research projects to enable individuals to collaborate with, and bring benefits to, other...
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Energy boost
Tony Owen is to lead University College London's first outpost Down Under - an institution that might help save our world
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Appointments
The London School of Economics has appointed Thandika Mkandawire to a new chair in African development. Professor Mkandawire is currently director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social...
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AUA Conference: V-c casts doubt on humanities funding
Reluctance to engage with Government's practical agenda could prove costly. John Gill reports
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AUA Conference: AUA finds that going forward, we should take the jargon offline
The absurdities of the jargon and "management-speak" in higher education were exposed in a light-hearted session at the Association of University Administrators (AUA) annual conference.Words such as...
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AUA Conference: REF will not concentrate research cash, says Hefce
Senior official rejects claim that RAE successor's use of metrics will benefit elite, writes John Gill
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Labs face crisis due to shortage of technicians
Warnings a decade ago about the impact of cutbacks went unheeded, writes Hannah Fearn
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Original features
The Chapel of St Salvator at the University of St Andrews is a superb example of Scottish Gothic architecture. It was built in 1450 as part of Bishop James Kennedy's College of the Holy Saviour....