Anglia University News

Cambridge has beaten Oxford to first place in a new university league table.

It's taken the top spot in the latest annual Complete University Guide for the third year running.

Oxford climbed back up to second after dropping down to third place behind the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) last year.

The University of Northampton is the ‘highest climber’ in the rankings. It has jumped 39 places to number 62 in the UK.

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The University of East Anglia in Norwich is to get more than four hundred thousand pounds to encourage students to study for PhD's.

The cash has been given by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

It will be used to pay for 6 students to study for doctorates in chemistry, computing, maths and environmental sciences.

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Scientists at the University of Hertfordshire have discovered a planet with conditions which could support life.

The planet is in the Tau Ceti system, just 12 light years away. It's one of five thought to be circling Tau Ceti, a sar visible to the naked eye and almost identical to our Sun.

Astronomers estimate the Tau Ceti planets to be 2 to 6 times more massive than Earth. One of them, with five times the Earth's mass, lies in the star's 'habitable zone'.

Also known as the 'Goldilocks zone', this is the orbital region that is neither too hot nor too cold to allow liquid surface water and, potentially, life.

Details of the discovery are to appear in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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More and more students are now travelling abroad to study at university to avoid this year's drastic rise in tuition fees.

By heading to the continent youngsters can gain the same qualifications but at a fraction of the price.

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Teenagers who fall just short of their predicted A-level grades next week are set to face a scramble for the last remaining top university places.

Many leading universities have already declared they are full, and will not be entering clearing this summer, while others expect to have just a handful of places available, a survey by the Press Association suggests

The University of Cambridge will not be taking part in clearing.

The University of East Anglia said it would have a limited number of places available, but added it was currently seeking "well-qualified applicants" through adjustment.

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Scientists in Essex have, and they're trying to capture the "Essex swagger" in a study that could help hospital patients get back on their feet.

Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford have created the UK's first 'gait analysis laboratory'. Malcolm Robertson reports.

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A Cambridge academic has won a prestigious award for pioneering new methods of learning.

Dr Simon Learmount, Director of the Cambridge Executive MBA programme at the Judge Business School, has won the 2012 Cambridge Pilkington Teaching Prize.

Dr Learmount was recognised for his contributions to developing the MBA and Executive MBA programmes, as well as his teaching of Management Practice and Corporate Governance at the business school.

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A new postgraduate scholarship worth £5,000 has been launched at the University of East Anglia in Norwich.

The Onoto Creative Writing Scholarship will enable a student to study for the MA in Creative Writing at UEA.

The scholarship is open to all applicants to the Prose Fiction and Poetry strands of the MA, whose writing demonstrates a commitment to environmental themes.

The first scholarship will be awarded in September 2013.

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