Department of Health - New hope after a stroke
Incontinence suffered by stroke patients will be studied in a new £1.2 million research project funded by the Department of Health. Participating institutions will include the universities of Central...
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University of Sheffield - Recycling goes to new level
Recycling initiatives are being revamped at the University of Sheffield with the installation of a machine that collects and processes used drinks containers for recycling. Each time a container is...
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Joining the marines
A paper by an undergraduate from the University of Bristol has been published in a prestigious scientific journal. The research, on the quality of the fossil record of whales, is by Felix Marx, a...
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Task force accused of failing to respond to funding woes
Scottish governing bodies say report ignores their views on long-term problems, reports Olga Wojtas
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Original features
At the heart of a World Heritage site on the south bank of the Thames, Sir Christopher Wren's seamen's hospital - later the Old Royal Naval College - now forms the campus of the University of...
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'Call to arms' for conservationists
Looming course closures and funding cuts blamed on low profile in policymaking, reports John Gill
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20 years ago
Six-figure salaries and disillusion with the Government's higher education policies are luring growing numbers of British university academics to work in the United States. A continuing flood of...
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News in brief
EmploymentGraduates ill prepared for workUK graduates are less well prepared for the workplace than their European counterparts, but their long-term employment prospects are comparable. That is the...
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Malaysian rankings flop 'shames' the nation
Opposition leader says 'ignominy' of losing out to regional rivals must be wake-up call, writes John Gill
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A sideways look at how to haul in the student catch
Crab fishing and university admissions work may sound like strange bedfellows, but for one senior administrator in the US there are countless similarities.Kent Barnds, vice-president of enrolment at...
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Overseas briefing
ChinaShuffled staff threaten progressThe development of China's higher education system is being hampered by a government-driven rotation of a small number of people around the sector's top jobs, a...
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Grant winners
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHThe NIHR's Health Technology Assessment programme is the largest single national research programme for the NHS. It produces independent research information...
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A chance for curious minds to shine bright
Oxford interviewers are in pursuit of potential - not privilege, says Kevin Sharpe, who seized his opportunity to show himself off to advantage
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UK on brink of low-waged high-skilled economy
Higher education's role will spark debate as the returns on knowledge fall, writes Rebecca Attwood
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India's wealthy students opt to study in Britain
Wealthy Indian students who fail to get into elite universities at home see the UK as an "easy alternative", a British Council report says.The study, published this week, says that, as a result of...