University of Kent - A date to remember
Is forgetting a necessary process that societies must undergo in order to progress? This is the question that will be addressed at a conference, Cultural Memory: Forgetting to Remember/Remembering to...
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University of Teesside - Scholarly family celebrates
A mother and her son have both achieved degrees from the University of Teesside in the same year and will graduate on the same day. Angela Russell, 47, will receive a BSc (hons) in promoting practice...
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Do these genes look big?
The world record for the largest model of DNA has been claimed by the University of Huddersfield. The record-breaking DNA model measures 21.5m - just short of the length of a cricket pitch - and...
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From deadly deposits, hope
A national cancer tissue bank is building reserves. Its head tells Zoe Corbyn it could spur advances
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Grant winners
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARDThe Technology Strategy Board, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council have joined forces to back three projects...
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Debate is an endangered species, says climate critic
One anthropologist thinks doomsday sceptics are being unfairly silenced. Melanie Newman reports
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On leave from the barmy army
After two weeks on holiday, with time to think, Gloria Monday considers whether she should leave the exhausting world of academia take the less-regimented option of life in the military
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Geography applications still strong, says society director
Royal Geographical Society head refutes claims of field's demise. Donna Bowater reports
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Shake-up urged in art teaching
Report from top academics suggests a greater role for business in courses, writes Zoe Corbyn
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20 years ago
Lists of howlers have been cascading in. A University of Marburg student's essay on local student life, sent in by Dr Alan Robertson of St Andrews University, (said): "Students in Marburg have little...
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News in brief
Universities UKDegree credit system publishedA single national higher education credit system - which ensures that students at different universities accumulate academic credit towards their degrees...
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Novel approach
Heriot-Watt's Greg Michaelson has traded writing computer science textbooks for a work of fiction, discovers Olga Wojtas
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Appointments
"Naked scientist" and Cambridge academic Chris Smith has won the Kohn Award from the Royal Society for his work in bringing science to a wider audience. Dr Smith is a clinical lecturer and specialist...
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Ditch the island mentality
British academics must stop being monoculturalists and embrace the influx of foreign students, says William Burns
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Vandalism of GM crop puts British academic freedom under threat
The trashing of Howard Atkinson's potato trial transcends the genetics debate and could have profound consequences for food security