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University of Northampton - History jobs under threat
Jobs cuts are being sought within the history division at the University of Northampton. Three full-time posts are to be cut, out of a total of 11 in the division, in a move described as "ruthless"...
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University College for the Creative Arts - New £75m campus planned
Plans for a new £75 million campus in Kent have been unveiled by the University College for the Creative Arts. The university college currently offers 80 graduate and postgraduate arts courses across...
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Leeds Metropolitan University - V-c moots name change
Simon Lee, vice-chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University, has suggested that the institution change its name to include the word "Carnegie". Professor Lee believes introducing the name, which is...
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University of Edinburgh - Aviation veteran honoured
One of the greatest pilots in aviation history is to get an honorary degree from his alma mater. Eric Brown, born in 1919, learnt to fly as a student at the University of Edinburgh and was on an...
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Edge Hill University - £1.8m for primary school training
A £1.8 million government contract has been awarded to Edge Hill University to run a national training programme for primary school teachers. The money from the Department for Children, Schools and...
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Bangor University - Solar leaf gets chance to shine
A group of chemists is beginning a feasibility study into a "super-leaf" that could be used as an innovative and cost-effective solar technology. Peter Holliman is leading the Bangor University team...
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Staffordshire University - Screen scheme with prize lustre
An agreement has been struck that will allow Staffordshire University to run "Bafta-branded" lectures, workshops, masterclasses and seminars. The deal between the university and the British Academy...
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University of Cumbria - A place to check out the birds
They spend ages in isolation, looking for things never seen before while their relatives wonder why they do it. That may sound like a description of many academics, but these solitary souls are the...
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University of St Andrews - Auld Acts given new byte
Fuel shortages, arguments over tolls to cross the Firth of Forth, binge drinking, the credit crunch and the sensitive subject of MPs' expenses - Scottish politicians were debating them all in the...
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University of Reading - Food from farm to fork to fitness
Multimillion-pound animal science and nutrition research facilities at the Centre for Dairy Research have opened at the University of Reading. The centre is one of only three in the European Union to...
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University of Stirling - A sporting chance to excel
The £600,000 hub of a national network of excellence supporting elite student athletes will be based at the University of Stirling, the Scottish Funding Council has announced. It will help create...
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Bolton/Manchester School of Sound Recording - A musical spectacle
A degree in music video production will be a first for the UK. The BSc course, currently in the process of being validated, is to be launched by the University of Bolton and the Manchester School of...
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Ulster/Queen's Belfast - Mixed couples are better off
Couples in mixed Protestant-Catholic relationships in Northern Ireland tend to be more educated and to have higher incomes than those in traditional relationships, according to research from the...
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University of Dundee - A Dandy place for comic meeting
The birthplace of Dennis the Menace and Minnie the Minx will host the second international comic conference next month. Dundee's history is inextricably linked with the DC Thomson empire that...