Take some time out to watch the pigs
Forget canoeing down the Amazon, because pig watching could be the next draw for the eco-tourist. Researchers from Germany claim that grazing pigs attract spectators and benefit the environment. They...
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Applicants opt for old over new
Students are spurning new universities in favour of old, according to the latest applications data. Some institutions saw applications fall by 10 per cent or more by the June 30 deadline. Of these,...
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Majority of refs face player abuse
While football supporters across the country look forward to the start of the new season, it seems many of the men in black will be viewing the prospect with trepidation. Researchers have found that...
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Students favour more tax to end fees and bring back grants
Students would be willing to pay more income tax if it meant an end to tuition fees and the return of maintenance grants, according to a survey. The Virgin Student Insight Poll found that 58 per cent...
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Rise in sub-degree places
Half of the extra students expected next year will be recruited to sub-degree taster courses based on television programmes, writes Alison Goddard. The courses, which are sub-degree and part-time for...
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Lords look for revamp of animal research
A shake-up in the way animal research is regulated has been recommended by a House of Lords report. The select committee report on animals in scientific procedures, published on Wednesday after a...
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Killer leapfrogs globe
The French love of frogs' legs is helping to spread a killer disease that threatens to wipe out amphibians around the world, according to new research. The international trade in frogs has been...
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AoC hits out at post-16 strategy
College leaders have found gaping holes in the government's new strategy for post-16 learning. The Association of Colleges is particularly worried by the lack of discussion about what colleges are...
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Rare sheep project expands as foot-and-mouth fears linger
Scientists are to continue with a project to save rare sheep from foot-and-mouth disease because they feel the government has not acted to remove the threat of a repeat of the epidemic, writes Steve...
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Appealing UK nets £1.5bn
British universities recruited a record 141,000 overseas students this year, which added about £1.5 billion in tuition fees to their coffers. Total numbers were up by nearly 17,000, or 12 per cent,...
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North reaps games' reward
More than 500 of the world's fittest sporting minds met in Manchester this week in the run-up to the 17th Commonwealth Games. The 12th Commonwealth International Sport Conference, the biggest of its...
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'Hacker fakes the grade by mimicking her tutors'
A student at the University of Delaware has been charged with hacking into the university's computers three times to improve her grades. Darielle Insler allegedly used faculty passwords she obtained...
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Puffer fish expands knowledge of human genes The puffer fish has begun to answer questions about how humans are made and why they do what they do, according to a team of scientists from Britain, the...
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Update: 12:30
UCL provost resigns Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith has resigned as provost of University College London after just three years. He has played a significant role in drawing the government's attention to...
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Differential pay is given green light
Universities have been given the go-ahead to introduce differential pay for academics. The change was announced in the government's national science strategy, Investing in Innovation, which was...