University of Hull: The relative value of a day out
Families feel an increasing need to participate in "highly visible" public activities such as group days out to show unity, a conference will hear next week. Displaying Families will look at how...
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Queen Mary, University of London: Small matters get a closer look
A new multimillion-pound microscope unit was launched this week by Queen Mary, University of London. The university said that the NanoVision Centre "brings together the latest imaging technologies to...
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Imperial College London: Malaria parasites are persistent
Even mosquitoes with drastically reduced numbers of malaria parasites inside them are capable of infecting people, according to a new study. Researchers previously thought that reducing the number of...
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University of Cambridge: Drug labels lead to wrong doses
Doctors treating life-threatening emergencies may be giving incorrect adrenaline doses because of confusing labelling, a University of Cambridge study has found. In a test using mannequins, 12 of 14...
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University of Gloucestershire: Healey honoured for top teaching
Mick Healey, director of the University of Gloucestershire's Centre for Active Learning, has picked up an award for promoting excellent teaching. He has won the Journal of Geography in Higher...
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University of Portsmouth: Shedding light on dark matter
Astronomers at the University of Portsmouth are to work with the University of Cape Town on a project to help understand the nature of "dark energy", which is causing the universe to expand more...
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University of Kent: Making illness a laughing matter
A stand-up comedian who is also a lecturer at the University of Kent has launched a one-man comedy show on diabetes as part of a "practice-as-research" project. Oliver Double, a senior lecturer in...
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University of Abertay Dundee: Turkish programmers to pay visit
A new generation of Turkish computer games programmers are to be trained with help from the University of Abertay Dundee. An agreement has been signed linking a two-year masters degree at Izmir...
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University of Strathclyde: PhD researchers meet industry
Businesses are to be given an opportunity to see the latest engineering research being carried out at the University of Strathclyde. The university's faculty of engineering, Scotland's largest, will...
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University of Aberdeen: Heaven's role on earth discussed
Leading theologians were due to gather at the University of Aberdeen this week to debate divine providence - the idea that everything that occurs in both nature and history takes place under God's...
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University Centre Folkstone: Reason to stay in Kent
A centre billed as the "UK's newest university" opened this week. University Centre Folkestone, a collaboration between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Greenwich, is...
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Birmingham City University: Students mock rebranding
Hundreds of students have joined forces online to mock a university's new name. The group on social networking site Facebook is titled: "We hate the name Birmingham City University." The institution...
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University of Liverpool: Chimps keen on cultural exchange
Chimpanzees exhibit socially learnt cultural behaviour previously thought to be unique to humans, scientists at the University of Liverpool have found. In the past, behavioural differences between...
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The one in-a-trillion shot at glory
Scientists from Manchester Metropolitan University have identified what they say are the 23 genetic variants that enhance athletic performance.The research, published in The Journal of Physiology,...
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Fees 'do not buy' a guaranteed degree
Draft 'contract' aims to spell out students' academic obligations, says Melanie Newman