University of Nottingham - Zero-carbon relevance
A 1930s-style house built in 2008 as part of a University of Nottingham research project is undergoing the first of three energy-efficiency upgrades. The plan is to convert the energy-inefficient...
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The Robert Gordon University - Further and higher collaboration
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by The Robert Gordon University and Dundee College, committing both institutions to help college students gain access to higher education. The agreement...
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University of East Anglia - Author, author
James Scudamore, whose novel Heliopolis has been longlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize, is returning to the University of East Anglia as a creative writing fellow. Mr Scudamore is a graduate of...
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Heriot-Watt University - Sea key to greener drugs
New technology designed to analyse large numbers of marine microbes could lead to more efficient and greener ways to manufacture drugs to treat patients with diseases such as epilepsy, diabetes and...
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University of Kent - East meets West
A European-funded scheme is to help the University of Kent strengthen its links with Chinese partners. The institution is taking part in the Linking Sino-European Universities through Mobility...
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Kingston University - White, no wrinkles
Next time you are making a cuppa, it might be wise to opt for white tea if you want to reduce your risk of wrinkles, rheumatoid arthritis and even cancer. Researchers from Kingston University teamed...
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University of Surrey - Real-world impact
A £10 million programme has been launched by the University of Surrey and the National Physical Laboratory to translate the results of research into real-world impact. The collaboration is supported...
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University of Reading - Mite be a clue ..
Mites may be able to provide vital clues to help crack serious crimes but are being overlooked by forensic scientists. According to Alejandra Perotti, an expert in forensic acarology at the...
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Keele University - Giant planet's strange spin
A planet that is about twice the size of Jupiter has been discovered by a postgraduate student at Keele University. David Anderson found the planet, named WASP-17, some 1,000 light-years from Earth,...
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St George's, University of London - Medical model's place in the sun
A Portuguese university is using a UK institution's graduate-medicine scheme as a model for its own courses. In 2000, St George's, University of London was the first university in the UK to introduce...
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University of Northampton - Malaysian partnership
A partnership agreement has been signed between the University of Northampton and a private university college in Malaysia. Under the agreement, Northampton's School of Applied Sciences will teach...
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University of Leeds - Arthritic agenda
An academic has called for arthritis and related conditions to receive greater political recognition. Paul Emery, Arthritis Research Campaign professor of rheumatology and head of musculoskeletal...
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Boot camp
Students from Bournemouth University are getting in shape for a month-long trip to Africa to coach underprivileged children. Twenty students have been recruited from the universities of Bournemouth,...
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Original features
Although there has been a library at The Queen's College, Oxford since its foundation in the 1340s, its present Upper Library - considered by many to be one of the most beautiful rooms in the city -...
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Cambridge dons confront 'furtive' board over merger
FoI brings plans for library and Language Centre out into the open. Melanie Newman reports