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Education - 02.04.2014
Manchester launches MOOCs this month
Manchester launches MOOCs this month

Education - History / Archeology - 02.04.2014
New schools project to explore the names of Scottish places
A new education resource is teaching school children from around Scotland the hidden history behind the names of their local communities.

Education - 01.04.2014
First Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy awarded to University of Glasgow
First Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy awarded to University of Glasgow

Education - 27.03.2014
Baroness Estelle Morris on the politics of education policy: why all the main parties sound the same

Education - 24.03.2014
New international centre established to address child language learning and delay
New international centre established to address child language learning and delay
Experts from Lancaster University and the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool have secured one of the largest grants ever awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - to carry out research which will transform understanding of how children learn to communicate. The £9 million cash injection over five years will see a new ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD) set up in the North West working with experts in the USA, Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Poland.

Health - Education - 19.03.2014
Education, finances affect risk of heart disease more for women than men
ANN ARBOR-Low levels of education and financial assets have long been linked to increased risks of cardiovascular disease. But a new University of Michigan study shows that the association is much greater for middle-aged and older women than it is for men of similar ages. "These findings suggest that health care professionals should consider exploring interventions aimed at reducing the risks of heart disease for this group of women," said Kristi Rahrig Jenkins, a U-M sociologist who co-authored the study published last month in Women & Health.

Education - 19.03.2014
Melbourne academic named to leadership of Asia-Pacific education group

Career - Education - 14.03.2014
Tony Benn: what made him special?
Professor Matthew Flinders comments on Tony Benn's remarkable gift for connecting with the public. Matthew Flinders is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield and Director of the University's Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics.

Education - Earth Sciences - 12.03.2014
Birmingham signs strategic alliance agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Education - 11.03.2014
Ethnic minorities ‘better qualified’
11 Mar 2014 New evidence from the 2011 Census shows that ethnic minorities in England and Wales have become increasingly better qualified than their White British counterparts.

Agronomy / Food Science - Education - 10.03.2014
Education 'protects' poor women from fattening effects of rising wealth
Education ’protects’ poor women from fattening effects of rising wealth
Obesity levels among women in lowand middle-income countries tend to rise in line with wealth as they purchase more energy-dense foods, but a new UCL study suggests that more educated consumers make better food choices that mitigate this effect. The study showed that in middle-income countries, obesity levels among women with secondary or higher education are 14-19% lower than less-educated women of similar wealth.

Mechanical Engineering - Education - 07.03.2014
Work to start on £60 million advanced manufacturing research facility at Ansty Park
The University of Birmingham and Rolls-Royce celebrated their joint collaboration to establish a High Temperature Research Centre (HTRC) when the University's Vice-Chancellor Professor David Eastwood

Education - Administration - 05.03.2014
PhD Programme with A*STAR Institutes, Singapore
PhD Programme with A*STAR Institutes, Singapore

Physics - Education - 03.03.2014
'Four!' heads up, wide use of more flexible metallic glass coming your way
’Four!’ heads up, wide use of more flexible metallic glass coming your way
Scientists are working toward even stronger and more elastic glass types which would fail in a ductile fashion instead of shattering.

Administration - Education - 03.03.2014
Plymouth University named among the world’s elite for impact of scientific research

Health - Education - 27.02.2014
NICE Fellowship for Associate Professor
Dr Veronica Maynard, Associate Professor in Postgraduate Clinical Education and Lead for Evidence Based Medicine at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PU PSMD), has been awarded a three-year NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) Fellowship.

Health - Education - 25.02.2014
Compassion aids well-being
Compassion aids well-being
Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education co-sponsored the Dalai Lama's visit to Silicon Valley for a talk on business, ethics and compassion.

Earth Sciences - Education - 24.02.2014
Manchester academics chair A level subject reviews

Education - Economics - 24.02.2014
QML welcomes Iraqi and Moroccan delegations

Astronomy / Space - Education - 17.02.2014
Ancient gas-rich galaxies found in cosmic crib
Squinting close to the beginning of time, Dominik Riechers, Cornell assistant professor of astronomy, has discovered an association of gas-rich galaxies near the infancy of cosmic time. It's an early epoch - some 12.7 billion years ago - telling a tale that revolves around an exceptionally dusty galaxy called AzTEC-3.

Education - Linguistics / Literature - 17.02.2014
Our success and culture are linked, Barça supremo will say
Our success and culture are linked, Barça supremo will say

Health - Education - 14.02.2014
Promotion for dental behavioural management expert

Education - Social Sciences - 14.02.2014
Migrant children: the litmus test of our education system
We live in a multilingual society. More than a million children attending British schools speak more than 360 languages between them in addition to English.

Education - 13.02.2014
University celebrates 5 years of Gaelic residency scheme
The University of Glasgow will this week mark the 5th anniversary of its unique Gaelic language residency scheme, Taigh na Gàidhlig (Lit.

Education - Social Sciences - 12.02.2014
IOE and UCL to consult on proposed merger
The Institute of Education (IOE) and UCL today announced that they are to begin consultation on a proposed merger.

Education - 07.02.2014
Use humans in your UW research? More info on the new IRB forms you need
University of Washington The UW Human Subjects Division has updated and streamlined many of its policies.

Education - Pedagogy - 04.02.2014
Education inequality ’deepening’ in Australia?

Social Sciences - Education - 03.02.2014
Understanding the "new migration age"
Today, we commence a month-long focus on research on migration. To begin, Professor Madeleine Arnot and Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe, Co-Convenors of the new Cambridge Migration Research Network, discuss the Network's rationale and aims, and our preoccupation with the impact of migrant populations.

Education - Career - 03.02.2014
University tops Good Teacher Guide
University tops Good Teacher Guide

Education - Psychology - 03.02.2014
Study challenges claims of single-sex schooling benefits
As many American public school districts adopt single-sex classrooms and even entire schools, a new study finds scant evidence that they offer educational or social benefits. The study was the largest and most thorough effort to examine the issue to date, says Janet Hyde , a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Education - Event - 02.02.2014
Plymouth University co-hosts first global modern universities summit

Education - Administration - 01.02.2014
Education key to reducing violent knife crime
Knife Crime Interventions: 'what works?' PDF Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research Education based interventions are more effective than any other initiative in tackling the scourge of knife crime.

Education - Social Sciences - 29.01.2014
Stanford's Gardner Center partners with California schools on new reform plan
Stanford’s Gardner Center partners with California schools on new reform plan
Researchers at the Gardner Center will help design a system for eight large urban school districts that examines social and emotional learning, as well as academic performance.

Research Management - Education - 28.01.2014
Queen Mary named one of world’s ‘most international’ universities

Education - 23.01.2014
New Director of Ashmolean Museum appointed

Economics - Education - 09.01.2014
Professor Nikolaos Tzokas appointed as Plymouth University’s new Dean of Business

Education - Religions - 06.01.2014
New vice-principal of internationalisation appointed

Social Sciences - Education - 23.12.2013
Sussex Social Work celebrates year of unprecedented league table success
Sussex Social Work celebrates year of unprecedented league table success
Sussex Social Work celebrates year of unprecedented league table success The Department of Social Work and Social Care at the University of Sussex rounded off 2013 by celebrating their unprecedented success in multiple league tables this year.

Education - Administration - 18.12.2013
The Robert Owen Centre to help tackle the educational attainment gap
Related content Research profile: Professor Chris Chapman Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change School of Education College of Social Sciences The Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change at the

Education - 11.12.2013
Plymouth hosts delegation from Japan in wake of G8 dementia conference
A delegation from Japan is visiting Plymouth on Thursday 12 December to see the city's pioneering work in dementia care.

Education - Event - 11.12.2013
Going higher to pioneer global sensibility and champion diversity

Education - Administration - 11.12.2013
Principal appointed for new University of Birmingham School

Administration - Education - 09.12.2013
Funding initiative set to remove barriers to postgraduate study

Administration - Education - 06.12.2013
New funding to remove barriers to postgraduate study

Economics - Education - 05.12.2013
Graduate entrepreneur unveils the business card of the future

Education - 04.12.2013
Cultivating new leaders in the humanities
Cultivating new leaders in the humanities
Oxford University's Head of Humanities has outlined the need for more leaders across the humanities in a research paper published today (4 December).

Pedagogy - Education - 02.12.2013
Tourette Syndrome in secondary schools: the real picture
Secondary school can be a stressful enough time for any teenager, but for those living with Tourette Syndrome (TS) their neurological condition can present a whole new set of challenges.

Education - Pedagogy - 02.12.2013
From molars to canines: Discover dentistry with revolutionary digital course
From molars to canines: Discover dentistry with revolutionary digital course

Career - Education - 29.11.2013
Manchester scoops top Community prize at THE awards
Manchester scoops top Community prize at THE awards

Education - 29.11.2013
Course for Kazakhs is joined by Ministry delegates
Course for Kazakhs is joined by Ministry delegates