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Research to be curbed in favour of quality teaching »

Edinburgh University's Old College

Following damning criticism in the National Student Survey, attempts to improve the teaching experience at Edinburgh University have been announced, with plans to restrict the university's focus on research. Vice-Principal Professor Jeff Haywood told ...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Guy Robertson | Read more »

Antarctic landscape uncovered »

The underlying landforms of the East Antarctic are to be revealed in detail, thanks to a project being launched by Edinburgh researchers to map and monitor the rock beneath the worlds biggest ice sheet. The East Antarctic ice sheet spans around four m...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Cameron Robinson | Read more »

Students getting dumber, degrees getting easier, research getting weirder »

empty lecture

New research has found that academics are under pressure to award students higher marks, and that plagiarism is rife in universities. 34 per cent of academics questioned felt that 'dumbing down' reports are correct, while 82 per cent felt that lack of...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Rob Church-Taylor | Read more »

Northerners are dirtier, study finds »

Northeners are less likely to wash hands after using the toilet

A study into the nation’s hygiene conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has revealed that the further north you go, the more likely people are to have faecal bacteria on their hands. The study, conducted in conju...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Juliet Grant | Read more »

Reuters and ITN open their archives to students »

A new initiative launched this month, entitled Newsfilm Online, has made over 3,000 hours of news film from the last century available to students across the country. Collaborating with the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) and the J...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Rebecca Sibbett | Read more »

Stem-cell breakthrough in diabetes treatment »

Stem Cell Research

Thanks to revolutionary research into stem cells, scientists at Edinburgh University have revealed that they are a step closer to a cure for diabetes.They have developed stem cells which are able to reproduce and develop into the cell variety associate...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Rob Church-Taylor | Read more »

Scottish researchers get £4m windfall »

Grants worth a total of £3.87 million have been awarded to researchers by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) as part of a drive to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in Scotland.At a ceremony in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle, educat...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 by Simon Mundy | Read more »

Acclaimed physicist returns to where it all began for CERN launch »

The LHC, seen from above, straddles the Franco-Swiss border.

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Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Crowd-surfing at the Albert Hall? Unlikely »

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Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Lecturer | Read more »

Heriot-Watt psychological study measures link between music and personality »

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Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Edinburgh researchers create synthetic human chromosome »

DNA

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Biological Sciences have created a synthetic human chromosome, it was revealed last week. In research published in the journal Developmental Cell, the team, working with other resear...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Neil Bennet | Read more »

Uni leads climate-resistant crop research »

Plants

Crops resistant to the effects of impending climatic change could be developed following research led by the University of Edinburgh’s School of Biological Sciences. The £6 million five-year project funded by the Biotechnology and Bio...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Cameron Robinson | Read more »

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