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This cast reveals the circulation within the heart of a greyhound. It was made by injecting coloured liquid acrylic into structures such as blood vessels and air-filled spaces and then allowing it to...

This cast reveals the circulation within the heart of a greyhound. It was made by injecting coloured liquid acrylic into structures such as blood vessels and air-filled spaces and then allowing it to...
BPPGraham GaddesThe new chief operating officer of private higher education provider BPP has revealed that it was the opportunity to "influence the future of education on a global basis" that...

He was driven to write an acclaimed debut novel in stolen hours, but lecturer, researcher and scholarly biographer Christopher Bigsby is content never to call himself a ‘real writer’

Felipe Fernández-Armesto recalls a golden age when learning was treasured

Peter Hill is awed by an exhibition of indigenous ߣߣÊÓÆµn art that combines the hypnotically beautiful with the deeply primal

Hefce says that record levels of spare cash prepare the academy for the new fees regime, but as new policies for allocating student places bed in, we might need to reassess its future financial...
There was some good news in last week's immigration announcements, as strange as it sounds. As well as keeping the overall work-related visa cap static - rather than reducing it owing to lower than...
One of the few bright spots for international education in the UK last year was the introduction of the extended student visitor visa (ESVV), now under review by the government.Although this visa, a...
A robust immigration system for the UK is to be welcomed, so long as it is proportionate.The University of Exeter supports the UK Border Agency's efforts to clamp down on abuse in the student visa...
I enjoyed "Creative vs accounting" (22 March). However, I think Amanda Goodall underestimates the importance of good management to institutional success. The thrust of her argument seems to be that...
The opening salvoes in the 2012-13 pay round for staff on the 51-point pay spine were launched last week with a derisory offer of 0.5 per cent made by the Universities and Colleges Employers...

I recently found myself chatting to Mike Duff, a string theorist at Imperial College London, at a physics dinner. As you might expect, Duff was concerned about the introduction of impact statements...
Of the 11 sub-themes in the mathematical sciences programme, mathematical physics was the only one ranked "excellent" in international standing by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...

Although he began his career as a non-medical scientific officer at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, Nigel Lindsey went on to become a leading advocate of innovative teaching in higher...

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