First Impressions competition: 7 February 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a book about a small town who find their way of life threatened, with fatal consequences:"They shoot...
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Minimum English standard is set too low, tutors say
Study reports poor language skills can leave foreign students floundering. Melanie Newman writes.
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Research on physical activity
People who exercise appear to be biologically younger than their sedentary counterparts, research suggests.Physical activity has been shown to have a major impact on health: frequent exercisers...
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Nottingham Trent University - Huge bequest will boost research
A £7.65 million gift from the John and Lucille van Geest Foundation to Nottingham Trent University could be the largest donation to a post-1992 institution, according to the university. The donation...
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University of Leeds - Grant to help tie up string music
A £500,000 grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a project to gather, digitise and analyse a large collection of music published around 1840 until 1930 has been awarded to the...
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Glamorgan and Wales Institute, Cardiff - Small business survey awarded
The contract to undertake one of the UK's largest studies of small businesses has been awarded jointly to the Welsh Enterprise Institute at the University of Glamorgan Business School and Cardiff...
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University of Nottingham - Overseas numbers hit new high
The number of overseas students studying at the University of Nottingham's UK campus is at an "all-time high". There are about 7,500 international students from 141 nations - making up 24 per cent of...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Film first for elephant-shrew
Trevor Jones, a conservation zoologist, has captured on video for the first time a new species of elephant-shrew, a small furry mammal that eats mostly insects. The research fellow from Anglia Ruskin...
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Newcastle University - £13.4m mobile phone project
Computer scientists from Newcastle University are leading a £13.4 million project for the European Union to make technology ranging from mobile phones to satellites more robust and reliable. The...
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Imperial College London - Medical faculty staffs up
Thirty new professors will be appointed in the faculty of medicine at Imperial College London over the next three years. The drive forms a key part of the research strategy for the newly formed...
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University of Lincoln - Undergrads get research insight
A new scheme to give undergraduate students a taste of what research is all about has been launched by the University of Lincoln. The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Scheme (Uros) will give the...
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University of Sussex - Kew collaboration blooms
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is to collaborate in a new research partnership with the University of Sussex. Conservation of endangered plant species and the discovery of new medicinal uses for...
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Central Saint Martins - Debut for MA in innovation
In response to the Cox report, which identified innovation as crucial to business success, a new course has been launched to help create innovative managers. Students with work experience in business...
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University of Southampton - Sound facilities get Royal seal
New facilities for one of the University of Southampton's most famous research centres were officially opened by the Earl of Wessex last week. A £6 million facility for the Institute of Sound and...
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University of Cambridge - Academic-related staff on the rise
Numbers of academic-related staff at the University of Cambridge increased about 40 per cent during the period 2002 to 2007, while the number of lecturers remained unchanged. The university's council...