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Queen Mary, University of LondonCondition of the heartAll babies should be screened for heart defects at birth, an academic has said. A simple non-invasive test called pulse oximetry could detect...
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17 May 2012
Time and space - Periods of reflection: the essence of learning
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Dismissal threat for metrics letter
Biologist risks 鈥榞ross misconduct鈥 over comments on Queen Mary restructuring. John Morgan writes
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Salford plan to axe Italian gets tongue-lashing
Students and academics have condemned the University of Salford鈥檚 plans to shut down its Italian department, warning of damage to British graduate skills in a globalised economy.
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Abertay appoints new principal
The University of Abertay Dundee has appointed a new vice-chancellor and principal almost a year after the previous head of the institution left amid a row over his retirement.
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Campus Review: Redundancies reduced at Sydney
By Jennifer Bennett for Campus Review
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Campaign launched to challenge EPSRC 'diktats'
The head of a new protest group campaigning for reform of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has called for its chief executive, David Delpy, to take action or step down
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Thinktank attacks 'perverse incentive' on overseas students
Including students in net migration statistics creates a 鈥減erverse incentive鈥 for the government to drive down foreign student numbers even though this does relatively little to cut long-term...
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Inside Higher Ed: Playing Politics With Poli Sci
By Doug Lederman for Inside Higher Ed
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Side effects? Nobody said anything about side effects鈥
Researchers into complementary and alternative medicine are disregarding 鈥渂asic rules of publication ethics鈥 by routinely failing to report the potentially serious side effects of treatments, an...
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It鈥檚 good to talk: poll points to wise counsel
Almost 60 per cent of graduates who received counselling at university say it played a vital role in supporting their academic work, a poll has found.
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Matchmakers invited to share 拢100 million research partnership pot
Universities will be able to bid for up to 拢35 million in matched public funding for major research capital projects as part of a new programme, the government has announced.
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Aberdeen decides against alternative medicine chair
A university has decided against a controversial proposal to establish a chair in a brand of alternative medicine that advocates mistletoe as a cure for cancer.
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UK is 10th among best global environments for universities
The UK has been placed 10th in a ranking of the world鈥檚 best higher education systems, with the US topping the list.