Bucks wins its title
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College is to become a university after the Privy Council approved its application this week. BCUC is now consulting on a new name. It has been able to award its...
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Dyslexia in academe
Dyslexia among academics is seldom talked about, but a new book, C ascade - Creativity Across Science, Art, Dyslexia, Education , hopes to change that. It draws together the experiences of dyslexic...
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Researchers' reunion
A 60-year study by academics at Newcastle University and medics into the health of local people was marked this week at a civic reception that brought together some of the original participants and...
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Glasgow collects £2m
Glasgow University cleaned up in the latest Arts and Humanities Research Council grants round, securing more than £2 million of funding. The university, which said it received more AHRC money in this...
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Green chemists gather
A chance meeting in Ethiopia four years ago between Martyn Poliakoff, who heads research into green chemistry at Nottingham University, and Nigist Asfaw, of Addis Ababa University, sparked a series...
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Pills provide brain boost for academics
Some academics use 'smart drugs' to sharpen their performance. Tony Tysome explores the issues Feeling under intense pressure to improve your performance at work? Fatigued by the growing demands of a...
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Students on a deadline turn to self-medication
Katy Palmer, an undergraduate English literature student at Leeds University, says drugs to boost performance are commonly used by undergraduates. "I don't know how many students are taking smart...
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Sporty kids do better
A study from Manchester Metropolitan University challenges the popular stereotype that sporty children are more physical than academic. A major ten-year study carried out by the university's...
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Great Wall balloon bid
You can sleep on it, walk it, even climb it. Now Janet Folkes from Nottingham University's School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering plans to fly over it. Dr Folkes, a scientist...
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Surrey archives online
Electronic publishing just got a whole lot easier for academics at Surrey University with the launch of its open-access online repository for academic papers. Surrey Scholarship OnLine (SSOL) allows...
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Brunel's human touch
The Human Centred Design Institute at Brunel University's School of Engineering was unveiled this week by Heinz Wolff, emeritus professor. The aim of the institute is to produce designs that are...
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Aberdeen - virtually
Real-world success has come to Aberdeen Business School for a course it delivers solely through Robert Gordon University's virtual campus. The business school, part of the university, is the first in...
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Clarification
We reported in a diary item on June 15, "Internet promotions", that Sheffield University had been slow to correct errors on its website that wrongly gave staff the title "Dr". Sheffield said that the...
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RAE focus reduces calibre of students
Royal Academy of Engineers says courses are outdated, underfunded and unattractive, Rebecca Attwood writes The focus on research rankings has left undergraduate engineering courses 20 years out of...
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Mad, bad or sad - what is a man to do?
The historic perception of women as mentally weaker than men has been turned on its head in modern times, a gathering of academics will hear this week. Traits defined as masculine are now more often...