University of Durham - Scholarships help fight crunch
A cash pot of £200,000 has been put up by the University of Durham to help its graduates compete for jobs as recession hits the job market. The university is offering about 100 students £2,000...
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University of East Anglia - Tadpoles offer cancer hope
The common tadpole found in many a garden pond could be the key to developing new drugs to prevent skin cancer. Scientists at the University of East Anglia have found that the movement and growth of...
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Queen's University, Belfast - Kids' drug trials are needed
More children must take part in drugs trials to ensure new medicines are safe, a study at Queen's University Belfast claims. Research showed many people in Northern Ireland do not know that the...
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University of Central Lancashire - Cops not reaching BME groups
A study of how the police can best work with minority groups, including the Muslim community, has been produced by a team led by the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan). It has produced a report...
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University of Leicester - India's final frontier comes closer
Astronautical engineers from India are heading to the University of Leicester to work on their country's first national astronomy satellite. Key components of the satellite, which is named Astrosat,...
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University of Essex - Cash for Essex regeneration
Some £250 million is to be spent on the University of Essex's three campus sites over the next seven years. Thirty projects are involved, including a £25 million student centre in Colchester. At the...
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Curtain falls
Drama students at the University of Hull rehearse the play Not Yet. The play, written by Hull drama lecturer Sarah Jane Dickenson and performed by students at the university, has been chosen for an...
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Digital curator
Former academic Joanna Newman is leading the British Library's efforts to engage universities in a high-tech era
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Appointments
The University of York has appointed David Duncan as its registrar and secretary. Having previously taught history at the universities of Natal and Witwatersrand in South Africa, Dr Duncan also...
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Key to nature's medicine chest lies in the desert's heart
A PhD student at Strathclyde is studying Bedouin lore to develop new drugs. Olga Wojtas reports
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HEA boss says rethink the relationship with students
Overhauling curriculums and assessment calls for 'engaged partnerships'. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Original features
The University of Oxford's new biochemistry building, designed by Hawkins/Brown architects, aims to achieve a new ethos of interdisciplinary working and to challenge public perceptions of the...
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Office size shows who measures up
The evolution of academic work space, a key status symbol, is being investigated. John Gill reportsThey may not have the executive salaries, company cars or expense accounts of high-flyers in other...
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News in brief
Research fundingWellcome cuts budget by £30mThe UK's biggest research-funding charity, the Wellcome Trust, has announced that it will cut its budget by £30 million in the face of the economic...
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Protestant graduates from Northern Ireland are more likely than Catholics to secure a job commensurate with their degrees, research shows. They also stand less chance of being unemployed. A survey...