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The Responsibility in Gambling Trust has extended the deadline for applications to its PhD funding programme until May 18. The trust, an independent charity set up to tackle problem gambling,...
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Brainstorming time
Researchers have for the first time identified a part of the brain that coordinates the annual biological clock that affects how we deal with seasonal change. The research, from Edinburgh University...
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Homeless hear music
Anglia Ruskin University's Cambridge Music Therapy Clinic has been awarded funds to run a music therapy project for the homeless in Cambridge. In partnership with the homeless people's charity...
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Find of the forest
An international research team including a Cardiff expert has identified some of the Earth's earliest forest trees, dating back 385 million years. Christopher Berry, of Cardiff's School of Earth,...
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Constructive idea
Researchers at Teesside University are spearheading a revolution that could save the construction industry millions of pounds. They are developing software to harness the power of computer games...
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Library benefactor
Queen's University Belfast has announced that business leader and philanthropist Sir Anthony O'Reilly is to give his name to the university's new £45 million library, due to open in 2009, to mark Sir...
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Fashionable exhibits
Having used vintage garments as a source of inspiration, fashion students from the School of Design at Leeds University will exhibit a series of innovative garments made from technologically advanced...
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Class sizes spark fears over quality
Academics are feeling the impact of increasing workloads and a customer-comes-first attitude towards students too numerous to put names to As student numbers swell, tutorial groups become...
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Ill-equipped staff forced to fill in for absent colleagues
Academics are expected to take lectures in subjects in which they have little or no knowledge, as customer-led culture prevails. Phil Baty reports "I have sometimes gone into seminars crossing my...
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New openings in law
Stuart Bell, an authority on environmental law, is to be the founding head of the York Law School. Professor Bell, professor of environmental law at Nottingham Law School, based at Nottingham Trent...
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It's turtle tradition
Sea turtles swim hundreds of miles to feed at exactly the same sites after laying their eggs, a research team led by Annette Broderick of Exeter University's School of Biosciences has discovered. The...
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New take on 24
A Southampton Solent University lecturer has written the UK's first book analysing the smash hit TV series 24 . Stephen Peacock, senior lecturer in film and television studies, has edited Reading 24...
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Forward planning
Full planning permission has been awarded to Canterbury Christ Church University for two major buildings - a state-of-the-art sports centre and a flagship library and learning centre. The £4 million...
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North and South unite
Universities in the North and South of Ireland have signed up to a collaborative research partnership. The presidents of Queen's University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin and University College...
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Testing the turf
Lincoln University has held a turf-cutting event to celebrate the start of the second construction phase of a £3.5 million extension of the university's Holbeach Technology Park. Holbeach campus is a...