Labour-spotting device
A new device that predicts the onset of labour has been developed and trialled at Leeds University. The invention measures electrical signals in the womb to determine the date of childbirth up to two...
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Tyre-less efforts
Engineers at Swansea University are investigating ways of recycling tyres to reduce the amount of rubber wasted. Nearly 50 million tyres are disposed of in the UK each year. Since July 2006 it has...
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Crude recipe for a 'chicken-run' sector?
Performance targets are spreading despite the criticism that they destroy freedom of inquiry, Phil Baty writes. "A university is not a corporation making razor blades for a price in a particular...
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US treads wary path on Israel
Unlike the UK, America rarely hears calls for an academic boycott of Israel. A desire to keep lines of communication open, or something more sinister? Jon Marcus reports. It didn't seem particularly...
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World Encompassed
Dubai ruler invests $10bn in education The ruler of Dubai has donated $10 billion (£5 billion) to improve his nation's education system. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum will set up a charitable...
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Why they now only fight for the right to party
Material wealth is effectively stifling the urge for mass political protest among students, argues Gerard DeGroot "Our butter stinketh!" militant Harvard undergraduates complained in the autumn of...
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Gary Day
A guide to walking designed for the staff of Leicester University leaves nothing to chance My heart gave a little lift when I saw the title of a brochure from Leicester University. So, it had finally...
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Slipping out of alignment
The University Alliance, launched just four months ago, has not got off to the best of starts. The grouping of universities that have not found a home with the Russell or 1994 groups or the CMU's...
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Oil for the wheels of change
When it comes to watching the pennies and saving the planet, the University of Wales, Newport, appears to be leading the way in higher education. It announced this week that it is using waste chip...
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The art of electronic moaning
We've all experienced it - that crushing embarrassment felt just after you've hit "send" on an e-mail and realised that you've replied to an audience way beyond the intended recipient. Hannah Topping...
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Criminal idea spelled success
Do you wish your PhD thesis had a wider audience? With a little tweaking it might. A former Strathclyde University postgraduate has just revealed in the university magazine that she became despondent...
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Learn to leave that evil twin behind
Want to be happier and more successful? Then change your personality, says Carol Dweck, and defy the genetic lottery James Springer and James Lewis were identical twins separated shortly after birth...
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Now then, what am I meant to be doing here?
In the first of a series on new ideas for higher education, Stephen Rowland argues for a renewed pursuit of knowledge A love of knowledge, the most valuable resource of the UK's universities, is...
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When in danger, watch the news
With a gunman on the loose at his place of work, Kevin Fong and colleagues had to make some quick, difficult decisions Hi Dee," starts the voicemail message to my wife, "I found a handbag I liked in...
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Hourly work but daily challenges
Part-time status does not mean second class, so make sure you know what is expected of you and that you have access to equipment, resources and appropriate training. Harriet Swain explains Can't use...