Queen's University Belfast - Success in sight
A dietary supplement that can slow the loss of sight among older people has been developed by a team at Queen's University Belfast. The antioxidant helps sufferers of age-related macular degeneration...
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University of Essex - Migration patterns
Researchers at the University of Essex are to collaborate on two major studies into migration after winning grants totalling £4.7 million. Ayse Güveli and Lucinda Platt, from the Institute for Social...
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The Robert Gordon University - Fat chance
A course in obesity science and management is to be launched at The Robert Gordon University. The masters degree aims to provide a multidisciplinary approach to the problem. It is intended for future...
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University of the Highlands and Islands - Principal appointed
A new principal has been named by the UHI Millennium Institute, the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands. James Fraser, the current deputy principal and secretary at UHI, will take...
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University of Glasgow - Treatment for abused children
Academics at the University of Glasgow have been awarded travelling fellowships as part of a project assessing a treatment programme for abused children who now live in foster homes. Helen Minnis and...
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University of Leeds - Best students' union
The National Union of Students has awarded the University of Leeds the title of the best students' union in Britain. At a recent ceremony in London, Leeds won the NUS Higher Education Union of the...
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University of York - Combined analysis
A new £1.6 million analytical research facility has opened at the University of York. The Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry, which has been funded with capital investment from regional...
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University College London/Birkbeck - Cosmic alliance
Space scientists descended on the capital for a conference hosted by two of London's universities. The 48th meeting of the Cassini Project Science Group, hosted by University College London and...
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Durham University - Power to the blobs
The power source of "cosmic blobs" has been identified by researchers at Durham University. The blobs - huge, brightly glowing reservoirs of hydrogen gas in the early Universe - were discovered ten...
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Glasgow Caledonian University - Virtual construction
A module on building virtual worlds - the first of its kind in the UK - is to be launched at Glasgow Caledonian University. It will teach the design and development of 3D internet "worlds" using...
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University of Leicester - Paper's out, Twitter's in
Academics at the University of Leicester took part in a paper-free seminar on the uses and abuses of social media via Twitter. Presenters at last week's event - including academics, politicians,...
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City University London - Easing the progression
A "progression agreement" signed by City University London and five London colleges aims to widen participation in higher education. It focuses on progression from access diploma courses and...
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Automatons for the future
Robots were the subject of a conference held at King's College London last week. The first International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots discussed topics such as domestic uses for...
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Original features
The University of Liverpool's refurbished engineering building sets out to transform the teaching of the subject through its Active Learning Laboratory.The development has already changed Liverpool's...
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Access widens as student-with-disability numbers more than double
Universities are improving participation rates and achievement levels among students with disabilities, a study suggests.An analysis of the enrolment and graduation of students with disabilities...