University of Southampton - Helping the aged
Researchers are to examine the future supply and demand of health and social care for the UK's ageing population. Experts from four University of Southampton research centres - the Centre for...
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Queen Margaret University - Two-tongue test
An £80,000 grant from the Economic and Social Research Council is to fund a study of the use of language by bilingual people. The study at Queen Margaret University will look at differences in...
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Cardiff University - Capital development
Plans for a new campus development have been submitted by Cardiff University. As well as providing new research facilities, the Maindy Park development would provide space for public debates and...
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Heriot-Watt University - Quantum leap
Scientists have produced a quantum detector that outperforms all its predecessors. The state-of-the-art single-photon detector system has been pioneered by researchers at Heriot-Watt University on...
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University of Kent - Sporting chance
The University of Kent has signed an agreement with Medway Council to enhance sports facilities for its students and the wider community. Medway Park, an £11.1 million development, will formally open...
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University of York - New centre up for award
A new humanities and educational research centre has opened at the University of York. The £11 million, three-storey building, which houses a number of research units including the Institute for...
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Edinburgh/Royal Veterinary College - Better vetting
Student vets are set to be better prepared for placements thanks to a new online learning tool that resembles a driving theory test. It was designed by Catriona Bell at the University of Edinburgh,...
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Turning turtles
The journeys of two marine turtles around the world's oceans are being followed online in new research. Noelle and Darwinia are two adult female leatherback turtles that nest in Gabon, western...
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Odds and quads
Although unauthorised by English Heritage, this blue plaque marks the site of the infamous gig that marked the birth of UK punk rock.In 1975, the Sex Pistols were formed by singer Johnny Rotten,...
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What's intelligence got to do with modern management?
A new publication reveals how the world of cloak-and-dagger operatives is run. Matthew Reisz writes
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The bottom line is not enough: how business schools fail their students
Teaching focuses too narrowly on management techniques, says expert. Melanie Newman reports
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Wolverhampton unveils longer study modules
Students at the University of Wolverhampton are being promised the chance to become digitally literate "global citizens" ready for the job market under a revised curriculum.The university will...
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Overseas briefing
ItalyRooftop occupationItalian environmental scientists have spent weeks on a rooftop in Rome in protest at job cuts imposed by the Government. Some 200 workers at the Institute for Environmental...
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Three-year bachelors offers route to make savings
Four-year degrees threatened as US institutions look to save time and money. Jon Marcus reports
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Grant winners
ROYAL SOCIETYThe Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship scheme supports scientists and engineers at an early stage of their career and is designed to help researchers progress to permanent academic positions...