University of Nottingham - Beyond home brew
A fully functioning microbrewery is to be built on a university campus. The £2 million facility at the University of Nottingham will be used for teaching and research in brewing science. The...
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Aberystwyth University - The meaning of plant life
An international team of scientists has concluded a four-year effort to agree on a "plant DNA barcode". The code will provide the foundation for use of DNA technologies to identify plants. Academics...
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University of Greenwich - Revelations amid the revelry
Sleep deprivation, dirt and a craving for unhealthy food are some of the things one expects to experience at a music festival. But visitors to the Secret Garden Party in Cambridgeshire last month...
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University of Liverpool - Healthy interest in Africa
Scientists from the UK are to work with universities in Africa to strengthen research into science and health on the continent. The University of Liverpool and its Liverpool School of Tropical...
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University of Plymouth - Scholarship ahoy
A new centre will allow members of the Royal Navy to take advanced academic degrees and pursue research. The Centre of Excellence in Naval Oceanographic Research and Education, at the University of...
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University of Cambridge - Languages for youngsters
Experts at the University of Cambridge's Language Centre are giving their support to a national programme aimed at motivating young people to study languages. The centre is a partner in the Open...
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Original features
The University of Gloucestershire's Centre for Active Learning in Cheltenham was designed to embrace a philosophy of collaboration between students and staff.A consultation process in 2003-04 led to...
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How much? Textbook writer stung by permission fees
Professor faced multiple charges for material vital to undergraduate texts, writes Melanie Newman
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Ideological rift divides managers and managed
Frontline academics must find common ground with generals, says paper. Hannah Fearn reports
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Tech-transfer staff match top professors on pay
Directors of university knowledge-transfer offices earn as much as leading professors, a study has revealed.Researchers at Kingston University have carried out the first survey of pay and incentives...
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The week in higher education
Barack Obama displayed his everyman touch when he moved to defuse an escalating race row by inviting a black professor and a white police officer for a beer at the White House. Henry Louis Gates Jr,...
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Management of London Met acted 'blindly', audit says
University denies claim in BDO report that decisions were made recklessly. Melanie Newman reports
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Social work degrees difficult to fail, MPs told
Degrees in social work are viewed as being "difficult to fail" - a reputation that is unacceptable, a select committee of MPs has said.The Children, Schools and Families Committee said that witnesses...
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Seminal research is pulled for plagiarism
The introduction to a high-profile paper was largely lifted from a 2007 article. Zoe Corbyn reports
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PC language police crackdown on staff
Many universities are falling foul of do's and don'ts in their own guidelines. Melanie Newman reports