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Built to wobble
University College London was this week to display a dazzling range of jellies created by world-renowned figures - in architecture, rather than cuisine.The Architectural Jelly Banquet, to be held on...
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Manchester Metropolitan University - Didsbury campus to close
Plans to shut a 20-acre campus in Didsbury presently housing teacher training courses have been announced by Manchester Metropolitan University, which will transfer 2,740 students to a new purpose-...
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Napier University - Sowing seeds of business success
A new centre committed to developing Scotland's next generation of business leaders has been launched by Napier University's Business School. The Edinburgh Institute of Leadership and Management...
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University of Wales Newport - Capital plans for city of culture
An ambition to make Newport the "cultural capital of Wales" via a new contemporary art gallery, a national documentary photography archive and a new £35 million campus, has been unveiled at a...
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University of Edinburgh - Green ideas take root in Africa
Farmers in African communities are being encouraged away from traditional "slash and burn" farming in a new approach of planting trees and preserving woodland. Researchers from the University of...
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Queen's University Belfast - Healthy ideas to tackle disease
The UK's first Centre of Excellence for Public Health focusing on nutrition and lifestyle has just opened at Queen's University Belfast. The £5 million centre is the first of five that will be...
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University of Reading - Islamic finance degree initiated
The ICMA Centre at the University of Reading has launched the UK's first collaborative MSc in investment banking and Islamic finance, to be taught jointly with INCEIF (International Centre for...
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University of Central Lancashire - Sports PR takes to the field
A degree in sports public relations will be offered from September at the University of Central Lancashire. Phil Townsend, course validator and director of communications for Manchester United...
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University of London - Bloomsbury group's teamwork
Six London universities are to launch a new project that will explore how students, teachers, administrators and researchers can use online collaborative tools to work together. The University of...
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University of Lincoln - Set-up loan may be forgiven
An £8.16 million loan used to help set up the University of Lincoln is to be written off. The Project for a University for Lincolnshire Company, a charity that was created to raise funds for the...
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University of Salford - Starry ideas to take flight
The UK's largest space rocket was to be unveiled to the public this week by a Salford academic who plans to send tourists into space by 2013. Steve Bennett, who heads the university's Space...
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Cranfield University - A berry sweet discovery
Scientists at Cranfield University have discovered that small strawberries are not just tastier, they also offer more health benefits than big ones. A study conducted by Cranfield's Plant Science...
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University of East Anglia - In God they trust
The influence of America's Christian Right will mean there will be little change in US foreign policy regardless of whether John McCain or Barack Obama is elected President. This is the view of Lee...
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University of Kent - An indirect path to learning
Work has started at the University of Kent on what is billed as the first labyrinth to be situated on an English university campus. The university has commissioned researcher and designer Jeff Saward...