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Denmark's Selandia College and the University of Central Lancashire are collaborating in a European Union-funded project to create a virtual university in Pakistan.
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Too late for A-level victims, say universities Universities have warned ministers that they face unprecedented levels of disruption if they are forced to take in thousands of new students as a result...
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Sticky or fluid? The great dinosaur pee debate offers experts no relief
To pee or not to pee, that is the question set to spark controversy at a forthcoming meeting of the world's leading dinosaur experts. Research by Gale Bishop, director of the South Dakota school of...
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Poverty plea could delay 3.5% pay rise
Some universities will not be able to pay academics their promised 3.5 per cent pay rise in full, employers have warned. They are in such financial trouble they might have to put off paying the...
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EU commissioner calls for united cancer effort
A European cancer research area is needed to cut the fragmentation and duplication of effort among European Union member states, said research commissioner Philippe Busquin. A conference of European...
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Cohen quits Edinburgh to lead Queen Margaret
Social anthropologist Anthony Cohen, provost of law and social sciences at Edinburgh University, has been appointed principal of Queen Margaret University College. He will succeed Joan Stringer, who...
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DTI liaison aims to link research and industry
The Department of Trade and Industry has appointed a director of innovation to develop links between the research community and industry. David Hughes, currently special projects director at BAE...
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All students abroad to get one level of loan
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge this week scrapped differential levels of loan for students studying overseas in favour of a single rate. From next autumn, all those who study overseas as...
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Wolverhampton sells Dudley campus
The University of Wolverhampton has sold its Dudley campus as part of a cost-cutting and redevelopment plan. The site has been sold for an undisclosed sum to Dudley College, which is to become an...
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RAE adds £2 million to Hefce's costs
The research assessment exercise cost the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England £2 million in extra administration costs, according to accounts published last week. Running costs shot up by...
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It's freshers' week - how dare you lecture!
Students at the University of East Anglia were shocked this week to discover freshers' week was being hijacked by tutors who had the audacity to begin lectures on Monday morning. More than 1,000...
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Warwick spin-off wins enterprise award
A Warwick University spin-off has won the Enterprise Launch Pad award at this year's Cambridge Enterprise Conference. Warwick Effect Polymers won £5,000 and entrance to a "deal day" event where...
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Wilson to take up the Chelsea challenge
Roger Wilson, pro vice-chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, is to take over as head of Chelsea College of Arts and Design as it prepares for its move to a Thameside site next to the Tate...
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Study may find answer to patients' prayers
Practical theologians at Aberdeen University have won government support to study hospital patients' spiritual needs. John Swinton and Harriet Mowat of Aberdeen's School of Divinity and Religious...
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In need of a nurse? Look in the smoking area
Research at St Andrews University has revealed that 31 per cent of female Scottish nurses smoke, compared with 7 per cent of female teachers. Significantly more nurses smoke than other women in the...