Virtual dig to mine real solutions
It's a difficult task preparing rescuers to be sent deep underground after a mining disaster. But a Canadian university is pioneering a 3-D simulation that will make training that bit more realistic...
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What do you do when one size doesn't fit all?
An international initiative will help institutions get the IT services they need and save money, says Philip Pothen How many blades of the average Swiss army knife are never used? How many stations...
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Huge student 'no' to boycott
Sympathy over academic pay fails to translate into support for union methods, reports Jessica Shepherd Almost eight out of ten students oppose the boycott of exams and coursework called by the...
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Dust test sweeps away office retreats
Academics hiding among the bookshelves of their offices should beware of dust. University estates managers have enlisted a cunning ploy - the white-glove test - to help them in their drive to replace...
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'Some couldn't see the practical applications, but I was interested'
Phil Harper's technical and business acumen helped him win a £40,000 award for entrepreneurial researchers Life on the farm has helped Phil Harper, a research assistant at Sheffield University, win a...
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On the move...
* Brunel University School of Arts has appointed Richard Barrett and Christopher Fox research professors at the school's newly launched Centre for Contemporary Music Practice. Professor Fox has...
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Defend science, demand MPs
Today's cash-driven managerial ethos is being blamed for course cuts and the curbs on blue-skies thinking The Government must act to safeguard the future of vital science subjects in UK universities...
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Sausage factory culture puts the squeeze on ideas
The rights of academics to question conventional thinking and to pursue often controversial and unfashionable ideas are under threat from the "sausage-factory mentality" that is taking over...
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Date-hungry veggies with a beef say nuts to website
A campaign by vegetarians organised through an obscure dating website has led Newcastle University to withdraw a series of essays published on its own website, prompting an unlikely row over free...
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Next week
THE NEW PAY OFFER What will it mean for you? PLUS The truth about academic salaries AND Has the internet become conscious, asks Terry Sejnowski
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Unaligned allies
A new grouping of university heads called for the retention of the 2008 research assessment exercise in its first statement this week. The Alliance of Non-aligned Universities, which represents...
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Funding feedback
Sir David Cooksey this week opened his consultation on the structure of the single ring-fenced health research fund announced in the Budget. Comments are invited by July 28 on the possible merger of...
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Hopeful signs
The world's first academic website to use British Sign Language was launched this week as part of Deaf Awareness Week. The site, www.bris.ac.uk/deaf, was developed by staff and students at Bristol...
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Correction
In our April 21 issue we implied that Lucy Johnstone is a lecturer at Bristol University. She is, in fact, a lecturer at Plymouth University, based in Bristol.
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Tories may go for growth
The Conservatives are to launch a review of higher education policy in a bid to better engage with academics and with the ever-growing student body. The review will be wide-ranging and will cover...