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Misconduct chargesExam-paper professor suspendedAn investigation at the University of Manchester into a professor accused of failing to rigorously mark exam papers has found that there is a case to...
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Use your brain, don't hold it in
Exercising self-control depletes students' mental power, says a new study. Hannah Fearn reports
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University of Glamorgan - Flying high
An aircraft hangar and plane are being bought by the University of Glamorgan as part of its plans for its Faculty of Advanced Technology. A £1.5m investment will see the construction of an Aircraft...
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University of Aberdeen - Masters of the oil industry
A new masters degree launched by the University of Aberdeen aims to tackle a skills gap in the Scottish oil and gas industry. The MSc in structural engineering has been specifically tailored to the...
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University of Warwick - Dental guidance
Dentists have been urged to check children for signs of neglect after new research showed a correlation between severe oral disease and wider abuse. Peter Sidebotham, from the University of Warwick's...
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University College London - The main attraction
A new method to increase the capacity of cells to repair injured tissue has been hailed a success by scientists at University College London. The technique uses microscopic magnetic particles tagged...
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Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea - Welsh partnerships
A new research institute for visual computing has been set up to strengthen research partnerships between computer science departments at Welsh universities. Visual computing includes the production...
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University of Liverpool - Life on Mars
A rare first edition of an influential science fiction novel set on Mars has been acquired by the Science Fiction Foundation Collection at the University of Liverpool. The book, Lieut. Gullivar Jones...
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Heriot-Watt University - Growing pains
Heriot-Watt University has appointed software management consultancy Rocela to help redesign its information technology system to cope with a planned expansion of research projects. The university's...
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Teesside University - On-side
Short business courses have been designed by Teesside University to help the staff of Middlesbrough Football Club's Enterprise Academy, which teaches gifted but socially excluded teenagers from Tees...
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Roehampton University - Listen up
Staff and students at Roehampton University have launched the first interactive audiovisual service to connect the poverty-stricken Saharawi refugees in south-western Algeria to the rest of the world...
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Birmingham City University - From strength to strength
An extra £3 million is to be invested in enhancing research at Birmingam City University. The funding, spread across three years, comes on top of an existing £10 million pledge being used to expand...
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Nottingham Trent University - Onward and upward
The landmark work of the 16th-century British travel editor, Richard Hakluyt, is to be republished as part of an ambitious project co-led by Nottingham Trent University. The medieval geographer, who...
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University of Sheffield - Brain cell breakthrough
A new lead for treatments of Parkinson's disease has been discovered by scientists at the University of Sheffield. A study identified a pathway inside nerve cells that could be stimulated to protect...
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University of Cardiff - Wrong diagnosis
The School of Medicine at the University of Cardiff has apologised after it wrongly told four students they had passed their final exams and qualified as doctors. The four, who had taken up hospital...