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The trouble with lifting quotes ("Funding council grant repayments will also hit Kingston and Portsmouth", 5 February) from a story in a local paper, itself based on an earlier story produced by...
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Traditional qualities
I was naturally pleased that my use of non-traditional research and dissemination methods saw me branded a maverick in your article "Seriously fresh" (5 February). But I would like to clarify that I...
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University of Nottingham - Lonely hearts no longer sad
The lonely hearts column was long viewed as the last resort of the desperate, but in the internet age it has become an increasingly acceptable route to finding love. Now the story of how we stopped...
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University of Aberdeen - Wii study a question of balance
The latest computer-game console is being used in a study of balance in older people at the University of Aberdeen. The research, being carried out in conjunction with NHS Grampian, will use the...
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Aston University - Power plants powered by plants
The problem of energy poverty in rural India and the UK's appetite for renewable energy will be tackled by an Aston University team. Aston is partnering the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, on...
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Imperial College London - Careers service enters the Matrix
A careers service has been awarded with a national quality standard for its information, advice and guidance on learning and work. Imperial College London's Careers Advisory Service (CAS) was praised...
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University of Bedfordshire - Know thyself the key to standards
Schools inspectorate Ofsted is considering how to change the way it assesses teacher-training colleges after input from the University of Bedfordshire. The university was picked to test a new...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Law duo take on all comers
The reigning champions of the Law Society's annual Client Interviewing Competition are to host the 2009 event this month. Anglia Ruskin University will field two students from its legal practice...
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University of Edinburgh - Can't keep our eyes off Obama
Barack Obama really does have a hypnotic personality, researchers have found. Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh monitored people's reactions during the US President's inauguration by...
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University of Liverpool - Software saves cash and planet
A piece of software designed to save universities money by shutting down unused computers in 24-hour libraries is helping the environment too. The PowerDown software was developed by a team at the...
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University of Durham - Scholarships help fight crunch
A cash pot of £200,000 has been put up by the University of Durham to help its graduates compete for jobs as recession hits the job market. The university is offering about 100 students £2,000...
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University of East Anglia - Tadpoles offer cancer hope
The common tadpole found in many a garden pond could be the key to developing new drugs to prevent skin cancer. Scientists at the University of East Anglia have found that the movement and growth of...
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Queen's University, Belfast - Kids' drug trials are needed
More children must take part in drugs trials to ensure new medicines are safe, a study at Queen's University Belfast claims. Research showed many people in Northern Ireland do not know that the...
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University of Central Lancashire - Cops not reaching BME groups
A study of how the police can best work with minority groups, including the Muslim community, has been produced by a team led by the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan). It has produced a report...
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University of Leicester - India's final frontier comes closer
Astronautical engineers from India are heading to the University of Leicester to work on their country's first national astronomy satellite. Key components of the satellite, which is named Astrosat,...