Roehampton University - Snapshot healing
The world's first international research project on phototherapy - therapy involving photographs - is being launched by Roehampton University. The project, funded by the European Commission-backed...
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Royal Holloway, University of London - Vet link formalised
The Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Royal Holloway, University of London, formalising the collaboration between the two organisations. Adam Tickell...
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Teesside University - Research quintet
Five new research institutes have been launched at Teesside University. Graham Henderson, its vice-chancellor, promised that the additions would provide a "clearer focus" for research development at...
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University of Nottingham - Ancient remedies, up to date
A strategic partnership to further research into traditional Chinese medicine has been signed by the University of Nottingham and Tasly Group, one of China's largest pharmaceutical companies and a...
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University of Sheffield - Moats of trust
Political experts at the University of Sheffield will do their bit to restore the public's confidence in politicians. Sheffield's department of politics has been awarded a £100,000 research grant to...
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University of Manchester - Chemical engineering boost
Plans have been announced for a £30 million chemical engineering facility at the University of Manchester. It will serve the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, and will...
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University of Essex - Recession's victims
Ethnic minorities, young adults and the poorly qualified are most likely to be out of work as a result of the recession, according to work at the University of Essex. Richard Berthoud, a researcher...
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Mighty wind
Clare Wood and Ben Evans, research officers at the Civil and Computational Engineering Research Centre at Swansea University, experience the power of an industrial wind tunnel, used to test a...
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Overseas briefing
ߣߣÊÓƵPut a stop to 'exploitation'Private education provision should be overseen by an independent national regulator to put a stop to the "exploitation" of foreign students, critics in ߣߣÊÓƵ...
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Appointments
Rositsa Bateson has been named pro vice-chancellor (recruitment and student experience) at the University of Abertay Dundee. Dr Bateson, who is currently vice-president of student services at the...
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Original features
The University of Edinburgh's Waddington Building, which officially opened last week to house its Centre for Systems Biology, offers a flexible environment for experimental and theoretical...
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Worthy traveller: publication that reshaped the landscape turns silver
Wasafiri, a magazine that opened up literary studies to fresh voices, is 25. Matthew Reisz reports
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'Support' for CNZS but no U-turn on its closure
The college at the centre of an escalating row over plans to close its Centre for New Zealand Studies (CNZS) has pledged to continue supporting its work in some form - but stopped short of reversing...
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Aberystwyth University - Extended learning
Work starts this week on the construction of a £1.3 million extension to the department of sport and exercise science at Aberystwyth University. The project will add eight teaching and research...
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University of Salford - Virtual tool for gypsy settlements
Computer-game technology is being used to help local authorities find and develop sites for gypsy and traveller communities. The University of Salford's Virtual Environments Technology Solutions and...