Thames Valley University - Eco double
A university has won two awards in recognition of its commitment to a greener future. Thames Valley University has achieved Carbon Trust Standard certification after taking action to tackle climate...
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Institute of Education - Please don't stop the music
Music education can have a positive impact on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people and must be preserved, even at a time of severe public-spending cutbacks....
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Popping out for a fish supper
Researchers using the latest sat-nav technology to track the flight paths of puffins hope to gain information that may prove essential to the birds' survival. The species' population around the Farne...
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Odds and quads
This national flag and official currency of the Republic of New Atlantis, founded by the brother of the novelist Ernest Hemingway, are owned by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at...
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Whatever shall we count on if we don't have the census?
Historians condemn government's plan to scrap national survey as 'crazy'. Matthew Reisz writes
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#loveHE
Tweet of the weekJust been to excellent production of Educating Rita, powerfully demonstrating the life-changing impact of education - @alexbolsTell us why you love the sector on Twitter @...
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A hashtag for the head: v-c tweets to keep in touch
De Montfort's new leader uses Twitter to engage with staff and students. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Blowing hot and cold
These flames are fighting to survive moments before being extinguished by freezing air.The picture was taken by Robert Gordon, Royal Society Newton International Fellow at the University of Cambridge...
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THE World University Rankings
An epic effort by our world university rankings data supplier, Thomson Reuters, to collect information from hundreds of universities around the world concluded successfully last week.The rankings...
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Grant winners
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: A. SellaInstitution: University College LondonValue: £114,442The E-word and other chemical storiesAward winner: D. MakrisInstitution:...
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Blog confidential: Disingenuous in the extreme
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online
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Appointments
Ohio State UniversityJennifer CrockerAn academic who studies relationships between undergraduates is to continue to gather evidence at first hand in a new teaching role at Ohio State University....
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News in Brief
CanadaCuts result in phone-free zonesBudget cuts at a Canadian university have become so severe that some academics have had their office phones removed. The University of Alberta has suffered...
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University may be given the keys to Citizendium
Outgoing founder of 'scholarly Wikipedia' ponders who will govern the project in future. John Gill writes
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Ireland pours record amount of cash into research
Ireland's prime minister, Brian Cowen, has announced the largest single investment of funding for research ever made in the country.It will amount to EUR360 million (£300 million) over five years,...