University of Manchester - Seeds of change
Plants that respond better to changes in the environment - giving greater crop yields under conditions of global warming - could be developed following a study into weeds that grow in pavement cracks...
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Kingston University - Bringing the academy to the public
Books on topics ranging from human rights to memoirs are to be published by a new commercial publishing arm launched by Kingston University. Kingston University Press will aim to publish mainstream...
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King's College London - Games up for cheaters
Cheating athletes are to be targeted by an anti-doping laboratory run by King's College London during the Olympic Games in 2012. King's has joined forces with GlaxoSmithKline to enable the university...
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University of Cambridge - A doubtful accolade
Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, has been voted the worst former student of the University of Cambridge in a poll by a student newspaper. The right-wing MEP topped the survey...
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The Open University - Degree of bonding
A new foundation degree has been launched to enable welders to gain a higher education qualification and enhance their career prospects. The Open University and The Welding Institute degree scheme...
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Newcastle University - Fitting treatment
Tests on human brain tissue removed from people with epilepsy have raised hopes of new treatments for sufferers of the condition. Scientists at Newcastle University have recorded spontaneous...
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University of Sheffield - Give peace a past
A new Centre for Peace History has opened at the University of Sheffield. It will bring together interdisciplinary expertise on peace and conflict resolution. Holger Nehring, one of its directors and...
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University of Strathclyde - Campus facelift
Governors at the University of Strathclyde have approved a £350 million redevelopment plan for the provision of new campus facilities over the next 15 years. The proposed development includes four "...
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University of Bath - Pinnacle of performance
A team of engineers from the University of Bath has received the BP Helios Progressive Award for a collaborative project to improve the efficiency of diesel cars. The team, which also included...
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Age of woman
Researchers from two universities are to work together on a project that aims to transform the way society views older women. The team from the universities of Derby and Sheffield will conduct...
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Appointments
The warden of Goldsmiths, University of London has been named the next vice-chancellor of the University of London. Geoffrey Crossick, a specialist in the social and urban history of Europe in the...
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Edinburgh/Lancaster Universities - A story of two halves
Some children with dyslexia suffer from a lack of communication between the two halves of their brains, according to researchers at the universities of Edinburgh and Lancaster. Psychologists from the...
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Southampton/Solent - Cutting back on prayers
Southampton's two universities could lose their chaplains in a £1.6 million cost-cutting drive by church leaders. The chaplains at the University of Southampton and Southampton Solent University are...
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Cardiff University - Part-time push
Bucking the sector trend for course closures, Cardiff University has launched a programme of part-time courses in the humanities. The range of 150 courses is to be delivered by the institution's...
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Edinburgh Napier University - Search and destroy
A group of "cyber sleuths" are to be trained by Edinburgh Napier University to track down computer hackers that cost the British economy billions of pounds each year. The university's School of...