Coventry University - Cost of a broken promise
A temporary office worker has won £5,500 from Coventry University after bringing a case for unfair dismissal. Linda Adams worked as a temporary registry assistant at the university from June 2005 to...
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King's College London/Durham - Wellcome gift to humanities
Research linking medicine and the humanities is set to grow thanks to a funding boost. Money from the Wellcome Trust will support two new centres of excellence in the emerging field of medical...
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University of Greenwich - A match made in Malaysia
A partnership with a higher education provider in Malaysia will help increase the South-East Asian country's supply of skilled engineers. The University of Greenwich has won government cash under the...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Art a bridge over troubled waters
Artistic expression can help people suffering from mental illnesses to recover, according to research carried out by Anglia Ruskin University and the South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust....
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University of Strathclyde - Economics course highly valued
A postgraduate course created to develop professional economists of the future has become the first in Britain to be formally recommended by the Government Economic Service, the country's largest...
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University of Sunderland - Film student drawn to the top
Work by a masters student in animation will this week challenge some of the world's best modern animated films, including The Golden Compass, Transformers and Kung Fu Panda, at the SIGGRAPH 2008...
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University of Manchester - Obama 'following' Bush's lead
The foreign policy of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will be almost identical to that of George W. Bush, according to a leading American foreign policy analyst based at the...
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University of Central Lancashire - Den for green dragons opens
A programme in sustainable business at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels has been launched by Lancashire Business School, based at the University of Central Lancashire. The courses, to be...
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Goldsmiths, University of London - Link with private provider mooted
INTO, the private provider of English-language and pre-university courses, is in "early discussions" over a deal with Goldsmiths, University of London. In a statement on its website, Goldsmiths says...
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School of Oriental and African Studies - Open door for refugee scholars
Female refugee academics will be offered mentoring and the chance to develop their skills via a new project at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Three or four female academic refugees will...
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Kingston University - Jokes from far beyond the Fringe
An academic whose mind is usually focused on the distant realms of outer space has found himself an unexpected niche as an adviser on extraterrestrial humour. Chris Welch, a principal lecturer from...
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UHI Millennium Institute - Degree award milestone reached
Another milestone in the journey towards a university for Scotland's Highlands and islands has been passed, with UHI Millennium Institute empowered to award its own taught degrees from this month....
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Lancaster University - New health school seeks recruits
A new School of Health and Medicine has been opened by Lancaster University, with academic divisions in medicine, health research and biomedical and life sciences. The university said the school was...
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University of Nottingham - Birds are bird-watchers, too
The "automatic imitation" effect, whereby humans imitate friends, relatives or a colleague without even realising it, is also present in budgerigars, research from the University of Nottingham...
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University of Cambridge - Unmeasured response to FOI
A Freedom of Information request for information on the height "or estimate thereof" of every building "owned by any college associated with" the University of Cambridge, "and any other building...