University of Salford - Starry ideas to take flight
The UK's largest space rocket was to be unveiled to the public this week by a Salford academic who plans to send tourists into space by 2013. Steve Bennett, who heads the university's Space...
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Cranfield University - A berry sweet discovery
Scientists at Cranfield University have discovered that small strawberries are not just tastier, they also offer more health benefits than big ones. A study conducted by Cranfield's Plant Science...
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University of East Anglia - In God they trust
The influence of America's Christian Right will mean there will be little change in US foreign policy regardless of whether John McCain or Barack Obama is elected President. This is the view of Lee...
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University of Kent - An indirect path to learning
Work has started at the University of Kent on what is billed as the first labyrinth to be situated on an English university campus. The university has commissioned researcher and designer Jeff Saward...
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Look past the usual suspects to foster global exchange
V-c says focus on China and India ignores other collaboration opportunities. John Gill reports
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UK considers curtailing leave of visiting scholars
Overseas academic visitors to the UK may be granted leave to remain in the country for only three months under proposals being considered by immigration authorities.Visiting scholars, who may be on...
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Influx from Asia drives up profits
Australia's earnings from foreign students soar as sector widens catchment sphere. John Gill reports
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Overseas briefing
CanadaMedical researchers to take oathDoctors have the Hippocratic oath, but until now scientists have not had a moral code to which they swear allegiance. That is about to change at the University...
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Write in small snack-size nuggets to avoid choking
Working in small bursts can be more productive than binge-writing, an expert tells Olga Wojtas
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Critics miss the marks
Carping about universities often overlooks the positive and the constant efforts we make to improve, says Rick Trainor
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Treat researchers as a renewable resource with transferable skills
Putting staff on insecure fixed-term contracts is a false economy that harms research, says Sean Wallis. Let's recycle their expertise instead
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Allow me to rephrase, and boost my tally of articles
Scholars are passing off old work as new to drive up publications counts. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Hard A levels merit extra points, researchers say
Students should get more university entry points for taking tougher A-level subjects, researchers suggested this week.Academics at Durham University analysed data from nearly 1 million school pupils...
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Generosity earns a severe scolding
Academic faces censure for giving his time to run extracurricular revision class. John Gill reports
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The week in higher education
- As an outspoken critic of higher education's dependence on the state, the vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham covered familiar ground with his warning that the tradition of universities...