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Oct 12, 2012

New study to combat the most common form of liver cancer

Scientists at the University of Southampton are to investigate the best way to use natural killer cells (NK) to target the most common form of liver c...
Oct 11, 2012

York law students lend a helping hand abroad

University of York law students are offering free legal advice to local communities in the United States, Canada, India, El Salvador and South Africa....
Oct 10, 2012

Brain gain is a hot issue in a continent still learning to learn

Written by Professor John Hearn, Chief executive of the Worldwide Universities Network and Chairman of the Australia Africa Universities Network. Or...
Oct 05, 2012

Superheroes needed to tackle public health challenges

Public health ‘superheroes’ are needed to help tackle the growing challenges posed by obesity, alcohol, smoking and other public health threats, a...
Oct 03, 2012

University of Southampton improves across the board as National Student Survey results are released

The University of Southampton has improved in all 22 areas of the latest National Student Survey (NSS) results, published today (Thursday 27 Septembe...
Sep 25, 2012

Secrets in small blood vessels could reveal the risks of heart disease and diabetes

Researchers at the University of Southampton together with colleagues at King’s College London have embarked on a unique study that will shed new l...
Sep 17, 2012

New Global Initiative to Accelerate the Development of Academic Talent

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Sep 05, 2012

UCT hosts international higher education conference

WUN member, the University of Cape Town hosted the 16thAnnual International  Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) Conference from 29 August...
Aug 30, 2012

Children’s body fatness linked to decisions made in the womb

New born human infants have the largest brains among primates, but also the highest proportion of body fat. Before birth, if the supply of nutrients ...