An indecent proposition?
Alan McKee asks if a social scientist can say "titwank" ("When it comes to pornography, vulgar humanities are happy to talk turkey", 12 November). As a humanities scholar, I can't really answer, but...
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University of Liverpool - A future for Africa's past
African students are to be helped to conserve their heritage under plans for a new UK university-led centre in Zambia. The University of Liverpool's School of Classics, Archaeology and Egyptology is...
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University of Nottingham - Worms in space
Four thousand microscopic worms were due to be sent into space this week as part of a project by physiologists at the University of Nottingham studying muscle loss. The Caenorhabditis elegans worms,...
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University of Manchester - Citizenship primers
School textbooks are used to mould loyal citizens, according to a new study. Matthias vom Hau, a researcher at the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, studied hundreds of...
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University of Kent - Conventional thinking
A centre for research on social conventions is to be launched at the University of Kent this week. The Centre for Research on Social Climate aims to explore how social convention informs and shapes...
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University of Bristol - Old CO2 soaks
Research has challenged a key assumption on which carbon emission targets are based ahead of next month's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The findings of the University of...
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University of Aberdeen - Don't hold the ketchup
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are on the lookout for tomato-loving volunteers to take part in a study to confirm whether the fruit can help to prevent heart disease. Mediterranean...
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University of Sussex - Carbon-based stage life
A professor of chemistry is taking to the stage to highlight the importance of carbon. A "virtual" lecture delivered by Malcolm Heggie, of the University of Sussex, will be at the centre of...
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Bournemouth University - Seaside tourism destination
A donation from an e-tourism pioneer has enabled Bournemouth University to open a new centre for the study of tourism. The John Kent Institute in Tourism was established with a donation from the...
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City University London - New media blitz Berlin
A project launched to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has captured seven days of live coverage of the occasion. The Berlin Project was set up by Marcus Gilroy-Ware,...
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Newcastle University - Northern highlights
The Great North Museum, a £26-million project that has taken three years to complete, has opened at Newcastle University. Exhibits include mummies from ancient Egypt, the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus...
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Nottingham Trent University - Quantitative pleasing
A specialist economics unit is being launched by Nottingham Trent University's Business School as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations. Nottingham Economics will provide consultancy advice on a...
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University of York - We're in local business
Up to £20 million of investment will be provided to local technological enterprises in and around York after a successful bid for European funding by the University of York in partnership with...
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University of Warwick - Global masters tour
A double masters programme in international studies launched by universities in Britain and Singapore aims to give students a global perspective. The University of Warwick has teamed up with Nanyang...
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The Robert Gordon University - Cash for skills
The European Social Fund has invested more than £400,000 in The Robert Gordon University to help it to provide professional training for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Aberdeenshire. The...