Go easy, couch potatoes
It is the research that couch potatoes have been waiting for - irregular bouts of strenuous exercise can seriously damage your health. Gareth Davison and Ciara Hughes of Ulster University's School of...
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Union puts boot into 'celebrity' culture
Phil Baty reports from the AUT's annual conference in Scarborough A football-style transfer market of "superstar" academics is damaging university research by creating a lower league of underpaid and...
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Splits spur call to merge
Phil Baty reports from the AUT's annual conference in Scarborough A single higher education super-union should be created through a merger between lecturers' union Natfhe and the Association of...
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Hunt for student friendly homes
Edinburgh University is seeking landladies and landlords willing to act as friendly parental figures to its students. It is hoping that responsible landladies and landlords will be prepared to act as...
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'As a landlady, You try to make sure they're all right'
Helen Douglas (pictured right with student Ruzanna) has been a landlady for Edinburgh University for 25 years and has no doubt why she does it: for the money. For the minimum rent established by the...
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Leeds bid to mollify residents
Leeds University is tackling problems arising from the explosion in the number of private rentals in the city by introducing higher education's first comprehensive housing strategy. It aims to tackle...
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Left wins top NUS post
The National Union of Students took a historic turn to the left this week as socialist Kat Fletcher broke 20 years of Labour Party dominance to become the union's president. In a ballot so close that...
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Brenda's loyalty lays her private life secrets open
Brenda is a large woman whose desire to lose weight is thwarted by her appetite. She has long hair, bad skin and is shortsighted. Her parents are still alive, she lives for holidays and has a long-...
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Next RAE may demote 5*s
Most university departments with top 5* research ratings will find themselves relegated to second-division status under plans for the next research assessment exercise, it has been revealed. The...
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Pay on completion
Architecture students who take a year of paid work experience in the middle of their training will not have to make early repayments of their tuition fees, the government has confirmed. Alan Johnson...
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Aberdeen bone project
Scientists in Aberdeen University's bone research group are leading a team of European experts in developing treatments for osteoporosis. The three-year E3 million (?2.1 million) Anabonos project,...
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Lusty to lead Welsh v-cs
James Lusty, vice-chancellor of the University of Wales College, Newport, has been elected chairman of 糖心Vlog Wales, the body that represents Welsh vice-chancellors. He will take up the...
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Lawsuits dismissed
Two lawsuits filed by disgruntled individuals unable to get their work in the arXiv e-print archive - the principal forum for physics research - have been dismissed in the US. Courts in Georgia and...
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AoC calls for fees limit
The Association of Colleges has backed moves to limit increases in top-up fees from 2010. John Brennan, AoC chief executive, said this week that college heads believed allowing universities to charge...
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Cash for Scots students
The Scottish Executive hopes to widen participation in further and higher education with a ?49 million programme that will give cash to young people who stay on at school or college. Jim Wallace,...