Glasgow Caledonian University - Stirling work
Embroidery created by a team at a Scottish institution will be a prominent feature of £12 million plans to restore Stirling Castle to its mid-16th-century splendour. The team led by Malcolm Lochhead...
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Lancaster/Liverpool/John Moores - M-Cat copycats
Substances touted as "legal substitutes" for mephedrone contain similar or related chemicals to the recently outlawed drug, according to research. Academics at Lancaster University, the University of...
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University for the Creative Arts - Swing out, sisters
A piece of art inspired by the rise of female pugilism is among the exhibits going on display to celebrate the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. The Olympia exhibition in Farnham, Surrey...
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Bucks New University - Ring-a-ding-ding the alarm, baby
Lecturers livened up a fire-safety warning for a conference by filming it as a Frank Sinatra-style video. The academics from Bucks New University emulated the famous crooner by donning dark suits and...
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Bath/Bristol/Southampton - Ark of tradition
The threat to historic buildings posed by catastrophic floods such as those that wreaked havoc in Cumbria last year is being investigated in a research project involving academics from three...
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University of East Anglia - Turning the poisonous tide
An "unfavourable and declining" habitat has sparked a £2 million project to improve water quality in a Norfolk river. The quality of water in the River Wensum, a site of special scientific interest,...
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Staffordshire University - Commitment to the law
Two Trinidadian students have shown great dedication in their quest to qualify as solicitors, giving up holidays over a combined 12 years to complete their studies. Francis Chattie, a policeman in...
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Coventry University - Racists' bad PR for PR
Research into voting habits during May's general election reveals a growing threat from far-right parties in the UK. The report by the Institute of Community Cohesion at Coventry University states...
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University of Hull - Big Brother is checking us out
Female school pupils are concerned about the voyeuristic use of CCTV surveillance by male operators, an academic study has found. Researchers from the University of Hull studied the impact of school...
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University of Nottingham - Driving eastwards
A British institution has moved to strengthen its presence in China with two new strategic partnerships. The University of Nottingham, which already has a campus at Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, has...
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Leicester/Nottingham - Local victuals for local people
Two academics are planning to spend a month living off food and drink produced within 1.5 miles of their home. Husband-and-wife team Richard Jones, lecturer in landscape history at the University of...
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Thames Valley University - Eco double
A university has won two awards in recognition of its commitment to a greener future. Thames Valley University has achieved Carbon Trust Standard certification after taking action to tackle climate...
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Institute of Education - Please don't stop the music
Music education can have a positive impact on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people and must be preserved, even at a time of severe public-spending cutbacks....
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Popping out for a fish supper
Researchers using the latest sat-nav technology to track the flight paths of puffins hope to gain information that may prove essential to the birds' survival. The species' population around the Farne...
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Odds and quads
This national flag and official currency of the Republic of New Atlantis, founded by the brother of the novelist Ernest Hemingway, are owned by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at...