University of Surrey - A new angle on art
Work is under way to create a three-dimensional "Wikipedia" of art at the University of Surrey. Researchers are paving the way for works to be recorded in a 3D format that will enable people to view...
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University of Aberdeen - Virtual visit
Prospective students were able to experience what life is like at the University of Aberdeen without leaving their homes by taking part in the institution's first virtual open day. On 25 October,...
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Keele University - Pharmacy school's facelift
After a £2.2 million improvement project, Keele University has officially reopened its School of Pharmacy. Sir Alasdair Breckenridge, chair of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency...
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Birmingham City University - Doubling up on doctorates
A university is aiming to double the number of its doctoral students and deliver an investment plan worth £10 million. Birmingham City University wants to fund more than 30 PhD studentships over the...
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School of Oriental and African Studies - Back on the good foot
An academic has paved the way for the reassembly of an important Buddhist statue after finding its legs in a Cambodian forest. The largest intact piece of the eight-headed, 3m-high sandstone statue,...
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Kingston University - You want me to do what?
More than one third of secretaries have been asked by their bosses to perform tasks that go beyond the call of duty, including sewing up trouser seams, buying a toilet brush and booking a back wax,...
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University of Westminster - Double feature
A campaign has been launched to revive a historic cinema on London's Regent Street with the help of a £1 million donation. In 1896, the cinema, then known as Marlborough Hall - part of the Regent...
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Thames Valley University - Teenage kick-start
A new centre aims to help teenage mothers overcome barriers to education. Thames Valley University's Centre at Reading Girls' School boasts a library, hair salon and beauty therapy training room,...
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Glyndwr University - Dismissal prompts strike ballot
Members of the University and College Union at Glyndwr University are being balloted on strike action in support of their branch chair, Hamish Murphy, who the union claimed was dismissed from his...
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Nottingham Trent University - Research lessons
The much-debated topic of "research-informed teaching" will be the focus of a symposium at Nottingham Trent University on 13 November. The symposium follows a survey of approximately 700 students,...
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University of Bradford - A fine partnership
Degree programmes have been launched in Pakistan by the University of Bradford. The university has teamed up with Namal College, founded three years ago in the Mianwali region by former cricketer...
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University of York - Curbing the carbon
Researchers at the University of York have calculated carbon-footprint data for individual neighbourhoods in the city and have found that areas in which the community apparently has a strong "green...
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Architecture for art's sake
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, part of the University of Oxford, is the oldest public museum in the country. When it opened in 1683, it brought together a collection that had already...
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V-c puts hand in pocket to revive philanthropic tradition
Birmingham head donates £40,000 of own cash to Circles of Influence project. John Morgan reports
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Citations belie claims that pure research is best
There is "no evidence" that blue-skies work is more likely to produce highly cited papers than that with targeted funding, a study says.The report published last week examined research papers arising...