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Campus round-up
University of ManchesterShared remediesTwo pharmaceutical companies have teamed up with a university for collaborative research into inflammatory diseases. The University of Manchester,...
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Odds and quads
The linear écraseur chain - developed in Paris in 1850 for amputating limbs and tumours, and for castration - works by the gradual tightening of the chain loop, crushing tissue without causing...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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19 May 2011
Love over money - Will happiness and well-being become the economists’ measures of choice?
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Visa rules threaten overseas foundations, Study Group says
The UK’s £2.4 billion overseas student market could yet take a hit from government visa restrictions, according to a private firm that provides foundation courses.
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Tara Brabazon: Preservation orders
In a technological environment built on planned obsolescence, history matters, argues Tara Brabazon
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Cuts threaten innovation and export success of UK universities, report reveals
The international activities of UK universities have created a “highly knowledge-intensive export industry” and are a prime example of innovation in the public sector – but government funding cuts...
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Inside Higher Ed: Translating ‘grad student’ into English
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed
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Brazil the first stop for Midlands partners
A joint mission to Brazil is taking place this week, the first step of a groundbreaking partnership between the universities of Birmingham and Nottingham.The two institutions, which collectively have...
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Service point made as De Montfort announces support cuts
About 190 support-staff jobs are at risk at De Montfort University, prompting warnings that students will shun institutions seen as having “cheap and cheerful” support services.The university has...
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School of Pharmacy to merge with UCL
A controversial merger between two University of London colleges is to take place after the governing body of the School of Pharmacy approved a plan to become part of University College London from...
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Almost 100 admin posts to go at London Met
London Metropolitan University is to cut nearly 100 administration jobs and close two libraries in the latest blows at the institution.London Met staff yesterday received an email from Paul Bowler,...
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The Reason Why: The Miracle of Life on Earth
Lewis Dartnell considers the theory that complex life on our planet owes its existence to the Moon
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AfterWord: Conjuring the Literary Dead
Janet Todd discovers a few gems among some fictitious revelations from deceased authors