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UK student news
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May 2013
English speakers who are 18 or under use the word ‘like’ in conversation over five times as often as speakers who are over 70. More...
Growing Pains is a short comedy drama about a 19-year-old man who suffers from a stutter. Written and directed by Ryan Alborough, final year BA (Hons) Media Production student at the University of Winchester, the film follows the character Michael Myles as he overcomes his demons to face the next stage of his life. More...
The University of Salford, the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University are coming together to host Enterprise Futures 2013, a conference for postgraduate students which has been praised by Business Secretary Vince Cable. More...
The Egypt Centre, Swansea University, will be seeking out daemons, spells and spirits of the dead when it opens its doors for its Night at the Museum on Thursday 16 May. More...
A Loughborough University Design School student has won £250 and a work experience placement after being selected as Nimlok’s Talent of the Future winner for 2013. More...
A University of Salford study with charity the George House Trust has highlighted the North West of England’s growing population of older people with HIV and the lack of services for older HIV-positive gay men. More...
New research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and carried out by a psychologist at the University of Leicester reveals why some children are badly affected by negative family conflicts while other children survive without significant problems. More...
A new University of Leicester awards ceremony will celebrate the achievements of students – and will honour a standout student whose achievements are a model and inspiration for others. More...
Exposing skin to sunlight may help to reduce blood pressure, cut the risk of heart attack and stroke – and even prolong life, a study suggests. More...
The University of Leicester Botanic Garden are inviting members of the public to increase their appreciation and understanding of the plant diversity in Leicestershire and Rutland. More...
One of the country’s leading universities has reported record rises in applications to science degrees. More...
April 2013
If you’ve ever fancied taking part in hit TV show The Apprentice but didn’t want to face a certain Lord – then don’t worry Swansea University is offering students a chance to join their Apprentice programme and they have until the 7 May 2013 to apply. More...
UWE Bristol and the University of Bristol rowing teams will face off against each other in the 19th annual boat race on 27 April 2013, from 12–4pm. More...
Building work is continuing at the University of Winchester to create more high quality accommodation for its students. The latest development is located on Burma Road adjacent to the King Alfred Campus. More...
A disease affecting ash trees could destroy enough woodland to fill Wembley Stadium sixteen times over, a study suggests. More...
Students from Swansea University have been selected to participate in one of the most competitive national debate programmes in the world. More...
The University of Salford is to launch a playwriting Masters degree which, for the first time in the UK, will be run in formal partnership with some of the country’s leading theatres. More...
Swansea University has been awarded nine PhD studentships by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Wales Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) for 2013. More...
The University of Salford has signed an agreement to support research, course development and student exchanges with the newly established Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) School of the Built Environment, Amity University in India. More...
UWE Bristol has partnered up with the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and global real estate agent Jones Lang LaSalle to develop an MSc in Real Estate Investment and Finance. More...
Vet students will be better prepared to tackle a common condition in horses by practising on the first life-size equine model of its kind in the UK. More...
Fitness rooms, home cinemas and game zones are just some of the state-of-the-art facilities that will be available to Salford University students when they move into their new on-campus accommodation in September 2015. More...
Training grants worth £768,000 have been awarded to Swansea University to support young researchers in engineering and science, it has been announced by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). More...
March 2013
Swansea will be hosting the 2014 IPC European Athletics Championships, the first time that the event has been held anywhere in the UK. More...
The Fast Show and Cold Feet star John Thomson passed on advice and tips from a 20-year comedy and acting career to Salford performance students on 20 March at a special masterclass held at MediaCityUK. More...
Cancer patients could be treated more effectively in future with tiny, sensory implants that will monitor tumours in real time and in great detail. More...
The University of Winchester has announced that it will be awarding a further £10,000 in subject-specific scholarships to top level entrants applying for entry in 2013. More...
A magician is using his knowledge of magic theory and practice to investigate the brain’s powers of observation. More...
Aspiring Premier League stars can gain just as much from studying Wasim Akram as Gareth Bale, now that aeronautics researchers at the University of Salford have discovered that cricket-style reverse swerve is an important factor in how modern footballs behave in the air. More...
The School of Media and Film at the University of Winchester has released details of Winchester Film Festival 2013 – a nine-day programme of screenings featuring an array of cult, independent and classic films. More...
People at risk of depression could benefit from earlier medical care, a brain study suggests. More...
A University of Leicester geologist has led a team of seven scientists from six countries to propose a new means of ordering the Earth’s timescale – with the aim of resolving a dispute that has split the geological science community. More...
Common garden plants are to be used to clean polluted land, with the extracted poisons being used to produce car parts and aid medical research. More...
A postgraduate student from the University of Salford who works as a transplant co-ordinator was voted Best Nurse 2013 by British Malayali (a group for South Indians living in the UK). More...
New research led at the University of Leicester reveals that individuals at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes would benefit from being told to sit less and move around more often – rather than simply exercising regularly. The experts suggest that reducing sitting time by 90 minutes in total per day could lead to important health benefits. More...
February 2013
The ‘living dead’ are being invited to shuffle down to MediaCityUK on 7 March for an exclusive preview of a new BBC TV zombie drama. More...
Concepts in our minds – from Luke Skywalker to our grandmother – are represented by their own distinct group of neurons, according to new research involving a University of Leicester neuroscientist. More...
A series of high-profile events in India will seek to celebrate and build on the country’s relationship with the University of Edinburgh. More...
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has announced 50 new scholarships for postgraduate Indian students to study for a Master’s degree starting in 2013. More...
Nursing staff at the University of Abertay Dundee are appealing for more information about the owner of a mystery suitcase. More...
Research by the University of Salford, University of Manchester and prosthetics company Blatchford’s Endolite Technology Centre will help to enhance the mobility of people with above-knee amputations by improving the energy efficiency of prosthetic legs. More...
A discovery using stem cells from a patient with motor neurone disease could help research into treatments for the condition. More...
Is it possible for archaeologists to uncover human feelings and emotions as well as objects and artefacts? More...
Ever thought it would be great to work on the Bloodhound Supersonic Car or tag a whale or shark to track and analyse its behaviour? Swansea University is offering assisted scholarships which could mean that you realise your dream. More...
Three law students from UWE Bristol have just returned triumphant from Cambodia after winning the International Springboard-Kaplan English Speaking Championship 2013. More...
A significant milestone has been reached by the University of Edinburgh in its aim to offer free, online higher education courses to people around the world. More...
The University of Leicester has confirmed that it has discovered the remains of King Richard III. More...
January 2013
Around 12 million children under the age of five are hospitalised with chest infections such as pneumonia and bronchiolitis each year, a global study suggests. More...
UK/China GradLink is the latest initiative from UWE Bristol set to help the 75,000 Chinese students in the UK access graduate job opportunities in China. More...
A University of Leicester cancer expert will explain how a ‘cell suicide programme’ can be one of the most effective ways of dealing with lung cancer. More...
UWE Bristol’s Sophie Balch, Fanny Wacklin-Nilsson and Kathryn Evans-Prosser are the latest Graphic Design students to have their work recognised by London’s top industry professionals. More...
Scientists have shed light on why some people are more susceptible to gout than others. More...
With Swansea City riding high in the Premier League, the team’s success on the pitch is leading to lots of interest from prospective students around the world, said Swansea University, as a report published on 3 January shows the impact on the city. More...
December 2012
Fashion students from the University of Salford have collaborated with an up-and-coming online retailer to create a range of exclusive party dresses. More...
Triplets from Russia have completed a semester at the University of Edinburgh. More...
A University of Leicester student is a finalist in a worldwide competition to find the best answer to the question: Why does hot water freeze faster than cold water? More...
Swansea University scientists Dr Ilyas Khan and Dr Lewis Francis are at the forefront of worldwide research in trying to understand how to heal osteoarthritic joints. More...
Ambitious students from the University of Leicester are designing and building a racing car from scratch which they will pit against cars from around the world at Silverstone. More...
Scientists have gained fresh insights into how the salmonella bug makes us ill. More...
A small group of Scottish islands has been identified as having the highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world. More...
If you’ve ever wondered what could possibly link a bat’s navigation system to a set of bubbles dancing the eight-some reel and a pint of Guinness, the University of Abertay Dundee’s Christmas Lecture on ultrasound will reveal all. More...
Gorillas with an extravert personality live longer than their more introverted peers, a study suggests. More...
Scientists have discovered for the first time how humans – and other mammals – have evolved to have intelligence. More...
November 2012
The BA (Hons) Print Journalism course at Nottingham Trent University has been named as the country’s top performing undergraduate course by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). More...
The University of Salford has been awarded £170,000 to develop a unique nursing course for the care of acutely ill patients which will be taught across Europe. More...
Low fertility and sterility could be explained by fresh insights into the way cells divide during reproduction. More...
First year Sports students at the University of Winchester were able to hear first-hand about the athlete experience of coaching from England Rugby International Emma Croker. More...
The pressure was on when students from the University of Chester and beyond pitted their commercial wits against one another in a bid to jet off to Brazil. More...
Topshop’s Visual Director, Tim Whitmore, met with the University of Winchester’s first cohort of Fashion: Media and Marketing students in November to offer a valuable insight into visual merchandising at one of the UK’s leading retail stores. More...
DNA testing, environmental sampling and radiocarbon dating are some of the tests being undertaken to determine whether the skeleton found in Leicester was once Richard III – and there are also plans to do a facial reconstruction. More...
A sports and exercise psychologist from the University of Winchester will be flying to India this month to work with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on enhancing the performance of future international cricketers. More...
In a pilot study by the University of Salford and architects, Nightingale Associates, it was found that the classroom environment can affect a child’s academic progress over a year by as much as 25%. More...
The University of Leicester’s new Alec Jeffreys Forensic Science Institute is to be formally launched on 19 November 2012 at 5pm. More...
People around the world are being invited to help solve one of the universe’s enduring mysteries. More...
October 2012
A record number of students are benefiting from bursaries provided by the University of Edinburgh. More...
Could you turn a profit on £50 in 8 weeks? What if you had the advice of Wales’s most successful entrepreneur – and first billionaire – behind you? More...
The Head of the department that spearheaded the archaeological search for Richard III has called for restraint in discussions about the outcomes of the search and where the remains ought to be buried. More...
One of Salford’s most famous graduates, Peter Kay, returned to the University in October to launch its new dedicated comedy course for budding writers and performers. More...
Rolls-Royce has become the latest global organisation to sign up to Nottingham Business School’s new sponsored degree, which gives students the chance to study for a degree and work full-time, while receiving a salary and having the cost of their tuition fees paid. More...
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester who uncovered a grave thought to contain the skeleton of King Richard III have revealed that the remains came within inches of being destroyed by Victorian builders. More...
Journalism at the University of Winchester has scooped ‘Best TV Newsday’ and ‘Best TV News Report’ as well as two runner-up prizes in this year’s Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) Awards. More...
A new study led by the University of Leicester, in association with colleagues at Loughborough University, has discovered that sitting for long periods increases your risk of diabetes, heart disease and death. More...
The University of Leicester and De Montfort University (DMU) are collaborating to help their students find part-time work during their degrees. More...
Up-and-coming writers will have the opportunity to learn from one of the UK’s leading TV dramatists in a question and answer session at the University of Salford’s MediaCityUK building on Wednesday 10 October. More...
A simple blood test could one day be a more accurate way to test for the early signs of breast cancer than using mammograms to spot a lump say researchers, as Breast Cancer Awareness Month gets underway. More...
September 2012
People from ethnic minority groups in Scotland have lower cancer rates than White Scots, new research suggests. More...
The University of Salford is to work with the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities on a project which will find new ways to trace and communicate with the owners of 930 empty homes across the region. More...
Heads will be turning 360 degrees on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 October when the much anticipated 360 Beach and Watersports Centre, located at the heart of Swansea Bay, opens its doors to the public. More...
Silence in the classroom can enrich children’s educational experience and improve behaviour and exam results, the University of Stirling’s Dr Helen Lees has reported. More...
Two graduates from the University of Salford’s School of Art & Design will see their fashion designs and photography in clothing stores nationwide after scooping both first prizes in a prestigious fashion industry competition. More...
The University of Salford has formed a new partnership with basketball team Manchester Magic to create more opportunities for young players and improve performance. More...
Virtuoso violinist Nicola Benedetti is backing a scholarship that will help a student further her study of Italian literature. More...
Pathologists, radiologists, coroners and radiographers will receive introductory training in a revolutionary new form of autopsy practice. The forensic pathologists and radiologists at the University of Leicester in collaboration with the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust are international experts in this new field. More...
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester who are leading the search for the lost grave of King Richard III have announced that they have made a new advance in their quest. More...
August 2012
The University of Salford is looking for volunteers to help them excavate historic Chadderton Hall as part of Greater Manchester’s biggest ever archaeological project. More...
Researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a new form of digital microscope which can create an image 100 times faster than regular equipment – without losing image quality. More...
More famous for trying to wipe out humanity (in science fiction at least), robots can in fact improve our quality of life considerably, according to a University of Salford researcher who’s been taking them on visits to old people’s homes. More...
The three BAFTA-nominated winners of Dare to be Digital were revealed on Sunday 12 August at the climax of Abertay University’s international student game design competition. More...
New government funding for part-time study may lead to a surge of older students returning to the classroom, according to the Director of the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) at the University of Cambridge. More...
To minimise the chance of being recognised and thus attacked by the birds they are trying to parasitize, female cuckoos have evolved different guises. The new research, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, was published on 3 August in the journal Science. More...
Most of us think of charcoal only when we’re lighting a barbecue, but research at Swansea looking at its potential for tackling climate change has been boosted by an award of £1,000 from the Welsh Livery Guild. More...
July 2012
The Olympic Torch made its way through Brunel University on Tuesday 24 July, carried by DJ and producer Mark Ronson and singer Katy B. More...
A Swansea University College of Engineering team have designed and delivered a new revolutionary car which won praise at an international design competition. More...
Discovery, a charity based at Swansea University, has been commended for its Wales-Africa partnership links by the Wales Council for Voluntary Action. More...
A new game for the iPhone and iPad called SingSmash is taking an innovative approach to familiarising people with music theory – by sneaking it in the backdoor. More...
British designer Stella McCartney has announced that she is to set up a scholarship at the internationally renowned Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. More...
Scientists have shown how a case of rare breeding between different species of butterfly has helped some acquire the protective wing patterns of others. More...
A lecturer at the University of Chester has been asked to assist with an interesting project, analysing of a set of Arabic leather ‘folios’ which were recently presented to the Museum of Liverpool. More...
The first week of July saw leading figures such as Sir Jackie Stewart, Nick Fry, Steve Parrish and Ciaron Pilbeam join the inaugural History of Motorsport Technology Conference at Cranfield University. More...
The red-billed chough stands proud on the Cornish coat of arms but the species became extinct in the Duchy in 1947, denuding Cornwall of one of its most charismatic birds and cultural symbols. More...
A mechanism regulating our sensation of cold has been identified. More...
June 2012
Now that David Beckham won’t be appearing at the London 2012 Olympics, other members of Team GB wanting to brush up on their free-kicks can rest easy. More...
Infections caused by certain parasites can compromise the immune system, leaving it less well equipped to deal with other diseases, a study shows. More...
A charity operating Britain’s longest-running pollen database is investing over £340,000 into vital asthma and allergy research at the University of Leicester. More...
The rate of stillbirths in England is twice as high among the least well off as it is among the most affluent, shows research led by the University of Leicester and published in the online journal BMJ Open. More...
New pioneering research by Swansea University could help to preserve the world’s most beautiful and fragile coral reefs from extinction due to ocean acidification. More...
Ten Nottingham Trent University students will be jetting off to Beijing this summer to learn Mandarin Chinese and experience the local culture after being awarded this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Mandarin Scholarships. More...
Gifted University of Leicester students from Spain and Latin America have celebrated after receiving scholarships for their postgraduate studies. More...
May 2012
Emergency responses to natural disasters could be coordinated more quickly and save lives thanks to new software developed at the University of Abertay Dundee. More...
In the current climate of financial instability, many businesses are facing a challenge to recruit the best possible graduates for their field, while keeping a limit on their own resources. More...
Genes play a greater role in forming character traits – such as self-control, decision making or sociability – than was previously thought, new research suggests. More...
Evidence that your genes may determine how well your brain stores memories, and the implications that this has for teaching and learning, will be examined at the University of Leicester’s annual Sluckin lecture on 17 May 2012. More...
Researchers in the University of Leicester’s Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology have identified a cellular mechanism that could underlie the development of tinnitus following exposure to loud noises. The discovery could lead to novel tinnitus treatments, and investigations into potential drugs to prevent tinnitus are currently underway. More...
The University of Salford has extended its range of courses to include postgraduate nursing and healthcare management programmes specifically designed for international students. More...
The University of Aberdeen is participating in a Brazilian Government scholarship scheme to give students from the country the opportunity to study at institutions across the globe. More...
Nottingham Trent University and Chongqing University in China have agreed a new partnership for collaborative research and staff and student visits. More...
April 2012
Two students studying at Nottingham Trent University have been shortlisted in the BILBAO International Art & Fashion competition. More...
Thousands of pre-school children in Africa could benefit from access to treatment for an endemic disease, after tests showed infants to be at high risk of infection. More...
New research by scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests that chronic cocaine abuse accelerates the process of brain ageing. More...
The University of Leicester is launching a unique postgraduate course taught through distance learning by world-leading forensic scientists across three continents. More...
The University of Stirling’s School of Education has signed a collaborative agreement with the Maharashtra Academy of Engineering and Educational Research (MAEER), part of Pune University, in India. More...
In a dog-eat-dog world of ruthless competition and ‘survival of the fittest’, new research from the University of Leicester reveals that individuals are genetically programmed to work together and cooperate with those who most resemble themselves. More...
The University of Edinburgh has signed a research agreement with Peking University, building on the already strong links that exist between the two institutions. More...
More than 200 new postgraduate research opportunities are being offered by the University of Abertay Dundee in response both to increasing demand and to tackle a growing range of urgent research requirements. More...
International students will get an insight into British culture – and a chance to improve their English language skills – thanks to a new scheme set up by the University of Leicester’s Student Welfare Service. More...
Craters made by asteroid impacts may be the best place to look for signs of life on other planets, a study suggests. More...
A major investment from public and private sector organisations is helping scientists to develop completely new ways of tackling the biggest killer of honey bees worldwide – the bloodsucking Varroa destructor mite. More...
A short film made by BA Film Production student filmmakers from the University of Winchester has been nominated for this year’s best documentary at the British Student Film Festival. More...
An online game which tests Londoners’ ability to recognise parts of the capital has been devised by researchers as the first step in a project to create a ‘memory map’ of the city. More...
Grammy and Brit award winners to perform exclusive DJ set on 10 May. More...
March 2012
A simple test to spot MRSA in wounds could identify the superbug quickly and help prevent infection from spreading. More...
A team of eight students from Nottingham Trent University has been chosen to design the decoration for a boat that will be taking part in one of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee flagship events. More...
Up to 100 new academic positions are on offer at the University of Aberdeen, as a key investment in its ambition to be ranked among the world’s intellectual powerhouses. More...
A distinguished Professorship of German at the University of Cambridge has been endowed in perpetuity thanks to a generous £2m benefaction from The Schroder Foundation, the charitable trust of the Schroder family. More...
A breakthrough using cutting-edge stem cell research could speed up the discovery of new treatments for motor neurone disease (MND). More...
Astronomers have put forward a new theory about why black holes become so hugely massive – claiming some of them have no ‘table manners’, and tip their ‘food’ directly into their mouths, eating more than one course simultaneously. More...
The University of Aberdeen has announced a new scholarship scheme that will provide opportunities for students from Africa and South Asia. More...
A one metre high interactive skull produced by Nottingham Trent University students will be showcased at the UK’s leading consumer technology event – The Gadget Show Live – in April. More...
A new Cambridge-led study has examined the past 60 years of incidence data on psychotic disorders in England in the hope that the data can reveal clues about the possible social factors which appear to underpin such conditions. More...
Student sleuths from around the world hoping to enter the field of forensic science are set to take part in the University of Leicester’s CSI-style summer school. More...
Six budding student scriptwriters from the University of Salford have won the chance to see their work performed at a special showcase on Wednesday 21 March thanks to a joint project from the University and the BBC celebrating the opening of MediaCityUK. More...
Aberdeen researchers have discovered how a controversial but effective treatment in psychiatry acts on the brain in people who are severely depressed. More...
Swansea University’s Centre for NanoHealth has extended its global link to a new partner, from the Chinese city of Suzhou, home to the Nano Science and Technology Park. More...
An ancient Incan toothache remedy – for centuries handed down among an indigenous people in the rainforests of Peru – could be on the cusp of revolutionising worldwide dental practice. More...
An inspirational scientist and Fellow of the Royal Society, who became the first scientist from the Muslim world to win the prestigious UNESCO Science Prize in its 35 year history, is to visit the University of Leicester. More...
Students from the University of Chester will be diving in at the deep end, as they raise money to help them embark on a unique trip. More...
The University of Salford is running a ‘flash fiction’ writing competition with the chance to win a Kindle as part of its World Book Night activities. More...
How realistic is the forensic science shown in TV police shows like CSI? More...
The University of Aberdeen is working with Scottish entrepreneur Dr Derek Douglas CBE to spin out a company to work on the development of new drugs for the treatment of breast cancer, heart failure, diabetes and chronic pain. More...
Scientists have made fresh discoveries about the processes that govern plants’ internal body clocks and help them adjust to changing seasons, triggering the arrival of flowers in spring. More...
Science and fiction have proved a winning combination for a University of Leicester biochemist who has received a prestigious award for his latest novel – a tale of the dangers of mind control. More...
Cranfield University, the UK’s only wholly postgraduate university specialising in science, technology, engineering and management, is preparing for its first Summer School focusing on its expertise in environment and water. More...
Students taking English at the University of Leicester will gain a unique opportunity to acquire hands-on experience of the publishing industry. More...
A third year student at Nottingham Trent University has been awarded a bursary following a proposal to help educate primary school children about knitting. More...
The University of Winchester in partnership with CultureNet Winchester will be hosting ‘One World Family Day’ on Saturday 10 March 2012, to celebrate local minority ethnic and international communities in the region. More...
Young people in Nottingham will be given a master-class in designing computer game logos as part of a National Art & Design Saturday Club hosted by Nottingham Trent University. More...
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have confirmed that a 505 million-year-old creature, found only in the Burgess Shale fossil beds in Canada’s Yoho National Park, is the most primitive known vertebrate and therefore the ancestor of all descendant vertebrates, including humans. More...
A new study has found that women who stay seated for long periods of time every day are more prone to developing type 2 diabetes, but that a similar link wasn’t found in men. More...
A research paper which demonstrates that babies born even just a few weeks early have worse health outcomes compared to full term babies has been published on bmj.com. More...
The University of Birmingham has launched its new Birmingham Foundation Academy for high performing international students to enter the British university environment one year before the start of their undergraduate degree programme. More...
A unique project about the historical warship the Mary Rose which is providing information about life in medieval times is benefitting from 21st Century technology. More...
Researchers at the University of Leicester are to carry out a study into how food and eating habits can help to shape children’s social skills. More...
February 2012
Stress levels of unemployed people are linked more to their surroundings than their age, gender, disposable income, and degree of deprivation, a study shows. More...
Nottingham Business School is to hold its first International Professors’ Week with visiting academics from its partner institutions across Europe. More...
A new partnership will see NATS and the University of Winchester working together to explore the opportunity to develop the first undergraduate degree for trainee air traffic controllers in the UK. More...
The offspring of women who were given micronutrient supplements (minerals needed in small quantities, such as iron, iodine and vitamin A) before they became pregnant had gene modifications at birth as well as when they were tested at nine months. More...
Free public lectures at University of Leicester on Tuesday 13 March. More...
Stroke patients could be helped to get to hospital quickly thanks to a new smartphone app. More...
University of Leicester students will travel to Keele in March to compete in Muggle Quidditch – the real life version of the fictional sport featured in JK Rowling’s famous Harry Potter novels. More...
Fashion commentator and body image activist – Caryn Franklin – has visited Nottingham Trent University to discuss the importance of using a diverse range of models in fashion communication. More...
An archive of computer games websites may seem an unusual subject for collection by the British Library – but with the help of Bath Spa University gaming expert Professor James Newman, a major project is underway to capture a comprehensive view of computer game development. More...
New research from the University of Stirling’s Baby and Toddler Lab suggests parents adapt their voices when they are joking and babies expect to see jokes when they hear these voices paired with laughter. More...
Fresh insights into how our cells multiply could help scientists develop drugs to treat cancer. More...
A common heart disease which kills thousands each year may be passed genetically from father to son, according to a study led by the University of Leicester. More...
Cambridge Science Festival is hoping to break new boundaries in celebration of London 2012 as it asks ‘How fast can Usain Bolt run?’ and takes ‘A mathematical look at the Olympics’. More...
New solar cells could increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by over 25%, according to scientists from the University of Cambridge. More...
The University of Winchester hosts a special Hampshire Writers’ Society event on Valentine’s Day (14 February), which will be officially opened by the Mayor of Winchester, Councillor Barry Lipscomb. More...
A group of University of Leicester researchers has received a £1.9m grant to undertake one of the largest scale diabetes prevention programmes in the UK. More...
From Beryl Bainbridge to Anthony Burgess and William Wordsworth to Jeanette Winterson, the North West of England has been home to some of the country’s greatest novelists, screenwriters and poets. More...
January 2012
Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics. More...
A student-led scheme that provides seasonal vegetables to students and staff at the University of Chester has grown to be a huge success. More...
An outstanding student from Zambia celebrated the award of her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Swansea University in January. More...
A UK-wide competition to design new games for Samsung’s mobile phone app store has been won by a team from the University of Abertay Dundee. More...
Nottingham Trent University is to show off the city’s culture, heritage and creative industries to a group of American scholars this summer after being chosen to host a prestigious Fulbright summer school. More...
Nottingham Trent University will be taking to the world stage when it co-hosts a conference in lean construction later this year. More...
The University of Stirling has been praised for its beautiful and natural surroundings by AllAboutCareers.com, a social careers information website, who rated the institution second most scenic in the UK. More...
The University of Leicester is putting on a series of astronomy lectures to tie in with the BBC’s Stargazing LIVE events happening across the UK. More...
A scientist involved with the largest telescope ever built will explain the benefits of the project in a lecture at the University of Leicester on 24 January. More...
The University of Salford’s Graduate Gateway scheme will be running again at the beginning of February, providing intensive skills coaching to boost employment prospects to any North-West-based graduates. More...
An unpublished Rupert Brooke poem will sit alongside some of Cambridge University Library’s greatest treasures when a free exhibition of highlights from its priceless collections opens to the public on 18 January. More...
A book on Anglo-Saxon warfare, researched and written by a History lecturer from the University of Winchester, has been selected by Choice review as one of its Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011. More...
Students at Swansea University have been recognised by a national organisation aiming to make university campuses healthier, happier places for students. The students will work alongside 24 other universities during 2012 to promote mental health around campus through events and campaigns. More...
The European research project Transitions to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrow, short TRUST, will develop tools, technologies, management options and guidelines to enable water utilities to face the challenges of the future, such as climate change, population growth and migration, increasing urbanisation and ageing infrastructure. More...
A new DVD to help men deal with the impact of postnatal depression has been produced by Swansea University College of Human and Health Sciences and the Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health. More...
A social media marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO) course run by Salford Business School has now come to the University of Salford’s new state-of-the-art facility at MediaCityUK. More...
A creative writing lecturer from the University of Winchester has heard that his short film, Love at First Sight starring John Hurt and Phyllida Law, has made this year’s shortlist for an Oscar as well as the longlist for a British Academy Film Award. More...
On Tuesday 10 January, researchers at the University of Cambridge launched what could be the world’s biggest ever memory experiment. More...
Children with autism as young as 18 months could be helped to improve their socialising skills thanks to a new iPad app. More...
New research highlights the possibility of reversing ageing in the central nervous system for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The study was published on 6 January, in the journal Cell Stem Cell. More...
Dental students at the University of Dundee have become the first in the UK to be trained to carry out surgical dental treatment on specially embalmed bodies. More...
Work on making objects disappear from vision by the University of Salford’s Professor Allan Boardman has been named the third biggest physics breakthrough in 2011. More...
December 2011
A fundamental problem that has puzzled generations of scientists has finally been solved after more than 70 years. More...
At the heart of any country’s progress lies the well-being of its people. How to accurately and effectively determine well-being is the subject of a recent study at the University of Cambridge. More...
With the graduate job market becoming increasingly competitive, the University of Leicester has launched a new initiative with NEXT to enhance employability skills of its students. More...
Swansea University has been presented with a Good Farm Animal Welfare Award for its efforts to help improve the welfare of millions of farm animals. More...
Swansea University Students’ Union reached the final of the UK’s National Union of Students Internationalisation Awards in recognition of its work on International student campaigning and communication. More...
A student from the University of Winchester is in training for the London 2012 Paralympic Games after achieving the qualifying times for next year’s Paralympic swimming trials. More...
The University of Dundee and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have entered into a joint research project to tackle Huntington’s disease, an inherited brain disorder. More...
Barclays is set to triple the number of sponsored students it takes from Nottingham Business School over the next two years, giving more students the chance to gain both a degree and work-experience, earn a salary and pay less tuition fees. More...
Isaac Newton’s own annotated copy of his Principia Mathematica is among his notebooks and manuscripts being made available online by Cambridge University Library. More...
Margaret Thatcher famously managed on four hours of sleep a night while Albert Einstein needed 11 – now a study suggests why. More...
The University of Manchester’s President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, has hosted a celebration evening for 12 new students studying at Manchester on the acclaimed Equity and Merit Scholarship Programme. More...
A state-of-the-art Swansea centre doing pioneering medical research took a major step-forward with the official opening of new facilities by the First Minister Carwyn Jones today. More...
RNCM alumnus Steven Jackson is one of eight winners of Abbey Road Studios’ Anthem Competition, with his composition So Alive, So Clear. More...
Our parents have a huge impact on how we grow up, but at his professorial inaugural lecture a University of Leicester psychologist will examine how we separate the influence of genetics from that of the family environment in childhood development. More...
A protein linked to the immune system could play a key role in helping scientists understand how vCJD spreads throughout the body. More...
November 2011
Twenty years’ worth of studies into the rates of parasitic infection among pregnant women have found that women in the West are far more likely than their Chinese counterparts to carry organisms which have been linked to miscarriages and infant physical and mental damage. More...
Companies could cut emissions and save millions of pounds by replacing business travel with virtual meetings – but the allure of time out of the office stops people using such technology, a study suggests. More...
An international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in the fight against malaria, paving the way for the development of new drugs to treat the deadly disease. More...
The £100,000 TIGA Games Contest will be launched on Friday 25 November, 2011, offering four £25,000 prizes to games developers to build a prototype and use it to secure further development funding. More...
A computing researcher, who recently graduated with a PhD from the University of Dundee, has been awarded £10,000 to promote software she developed to help improve the care of people with dementia. More...
The Aston University Engineering Academy is holding an ‘Engineer Your Future’ day on Saturday 26 November at Aston University. Aimed at Year 9 students, this ‘Engineer Your Future’ day will promote Engineering and Science as ‘cool’ subjects to study and encourage the UK’s next generation of engineers. More...
Fresh discoveries about a disease commonly found in chickens could improve our understanding of some types of cancers in people. More...
A new study has found that protein and not sugar activates the cells responsible for keeping us awake and burning calories. The research, published in the 17 November issue of the scientific journal Neuron, has implications for understanding obesity and sleep disorders. More...
A range of wearable smart technology watches is being developed by Nottingham Trent University as part of a project for media company i2i Media Ltd. More...
Genetic mutations that cause schizophrenia could be linked to systems in the brain responsible for learning and memory, a study suggests. More...
The University of Winchester has been given the green light by Winchester City planners to build a state-of-the-art £5.6m Learning and Teaching Building. The development will include eight new lecture rooms and extensive landscaping, creating an impressive central piazza at the heart of the King Alfred Campus. More...
Works by Yoko Ono, Turner Prize nominees Karla Black and Nathan Coley, and painter LS Lowry feature in a new exhibition that questions the nature of beauty. More...
Ancient rocks embedded in the West Antarctic ice sheet could help scientists improve predictions of rising sea levels. More...
Scientists at the University of Dundee are making rapid progress towards a potential new treatment for malaria. Dundee’s Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) initiated a project in partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) around 18 months ago and has already identified a compound that is curative in a mouse model of malaria at very low doses, when given orally. More...
Swansea University postgraduate student Janet Hoskin’s pioneering project has beaten off hundreds of competitors to win the UK National Lottery Award for the Best Education Project. More...
A major exercise in ‘linguistic archaeology’ has set out to complete a comprehensive survey of Cambridge University Library’s South Asian manuscript collection, which includes the oldest dated and illustrated Sanskrit manuscript known worldwide. More...
The University of Stirling has forged a partnership with new professional body, the Association of Environmental and Ecological Clerks of Works (AEECoW), to provide environmental training to the construction industry. More...
Two researchers in the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics at the University of Dundee have been named among the winners of this year’s Philip Leverhulme Prizes, awarded by the Leverhulme Trust. More...
The genes which contribute to the most frequently occurring life threatening form of skin cancer have been identified for the first time by a research collaboration between the University of Dundee and scientists at Harvard and University of California, San Francisco. More...
Life Sciences students from the University of Dundee who have achieved excellence in their academic studies will have their success marked at a prize-giving ceremony. More...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and its agencies are responsible for managing an extremely diverse range of environmental risks – from flooding to poor water quality, from pesticides to biodiversity loss, and from animal diseases to climate change. More...
House fire fatalities in the UK could be reduced thanks to a project that aims to pool expertise from a range of professions to improve building design. More...
Drugs used to treat blood pressure could offer benefits to patients with a leaking heart valve, new research at the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside has revealed. More...
An iconic Lowry painting will come to life in Manchester and Salford on Saturday 12 November 2011, thanks to members of the public and some stunning digital technology brought together to celebrate the opening of the University of Salford’s new MediaCityUK building. More...
A new generation of lighter, stronger plastics could be produced using an intricate chemical process devised by scientists. More...
Professor Pete Downes, Principal of the University of Dundee, will lead a delegation travelling to India to increase research collaboration, academic exchanges and recruitment. More...
A newly qualified BA (Hons) Business Management and Marketing graduate from the University of Winchester has been chosen over hundreds of hopeful applicants to work as a marketing intern at the Head Office of Porsche Cars GB in Reading. More...
The University of Leicester has been involved in an international study that has announced the discovery of a new solar system. More...
Talented writers from Swansea University will be inspiring budding authors to put ‘pen to paper’ with the launch of the Celebrating Swansea University Authors project. More...
Innovative nursing programmes developed by the University of Derby are improving the care of patients as far away as Bermuda and Canada, as well as in the UK. More...
Medical scientists have for the first time identified a gene responsible for a fatal abdominal condition that afflicts tens of thousands of people across the world. More...
When linguists talk about unconscious or implicit language learning, they don’t mean learning while you sleep. Rather, they are talking about one of the most intriguing of all mental phenomena: the ability to learn the complex and subtle regularities that underlie a language without even realising. More...
An impressive list of the greatest authorities on English slang worldwide will be gathering at the University of Leicester in September 2012 for a workshop examining the research and influences of slang. More...
New research has looked at whether social media could be used to track an event or phenomenon, such as flu outbreaks and rainfall rates. More...
October 2011
Near-death experiences are not paranormal but triggered by a change in normal brain function, according to researchers. More...
Fat doughnut-shaped dust shrouds that obscure about half of supermassive black holes could be the result of high speed crashes between planets and asteroids, according to a new theory from an international team of astronomers. More...
Brain cells alter their genetic make-up during a person’s lifetime, scientists have found in a discovery that could shed light on neurological diseases. More...
A new approach to vaccinating cattle could help farmers worldwide, research suggests. More...
Our environment is changing – global warming, population growth and lifestyle changes will all impact the future of the environment. In a bid to better understand and anticipate plausible futures and associated environmental impacts, Defra and ten partners from across UK government have invested £1.8m in a new Centre for Environmental Risks and Futures (CERF) at Cranfield University. More...
There really is gold in those hills – enough for a king’s ransom. Scotgold Resources Ltd has just been given planning permission to open Scotland’s first gold mine since gold was mined 500 years ago at Leadhills to make the Scottish crown jewels. Now the University of Leicester is involved in the search for the next natural treasure trove. More...
A new malaria vaccine could be the first to tackle different forms of the disease and help those most vulnerable to infection, a study suggests. More...
New research which uses evidence from dream reports to investigate how during sleep the brain consolidates memories – or makes them permanent – was published by leading US science journal PLoS ONE on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. More...
The University of Winchester is holding a Pitstop Refuelling Weekend from 28–30 October to help authors, at any stage of their career, to write, re-draft and prepare their submissions for publication. More...
‘Red Sprites’, once dismissed by airline pilots as UFOs, will feature in a talk by Canadian-born multimedia artist and film-maker Peter McLeish at the next meeting of the Leicester Physics Centre on Monday 31 October at 6.30pm in Lecture Theatre 1, Ken Edwards Building on the main University of Leicester campus. More...
Researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh and Dundee have shed new light on the way that the brain protects itself from harm when ‘running on empty’. More...
The University of Salford and BBC Writersroom North are launching a talent search on Tuesday 18 October to celebrate the opening of their new sites at MediaCityUK. More...
A University of Dundee spin-out company has received commercial development funding and further business investment to help develop technology for the relief of hearing loss. More...
A British university is breaking new ground in international collaboration by working with a Kurdistan University to set up an English Language centre for students. It will be located in Erbil (Hewler), the capital city of the Federal Region of Kurdistan – Iraq. More...
Swansea University increased its international links this week when it hosted the visit of the Ambassador for Turkey to the campus. More...
An interactive study of life in a Dundee tower block scheduled for demolition has won a major film prize in Poland. More...
Certain types of birds may track army ant swarms using sophisticated memory and the ability to plan for the future. More...
The emoticons used on Twitter are a language in themselves and are taking on new and often surprising meanings of their own, according to new research. More...
Geologists are warning of shortages and bottlenecks of some metals due to an insatiable demand for consumer products. More...
A night of fun, festivities and fundraising will take place at the University of Dundee’s Bonar Hall on Friday 14 October. More...
A method which more than halves the temperature at which high-quality graphene can be produced has been pioneered by researchers. More...
Sand and mud banks form important barriers around our coastline. Researchers at Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences are to lead a major research project to assess how these fine materials are moved by water currents around our coastline, and how this movement could change as the result of climate change. More...
Professor John Cummings, Emeritus Professor of Experimental Gastroenterology at the University of Dundee, will receive £80,000 after winning one of the most prestigious prizes in the field of nutrition research. More...
Technology developed at the University of Cambridge to detect peripheral visual field loss in young children will enable the earlier detection of brain tumours, potentially saving sight and lives. More...
The Wellcome Trust has granted a Swansea University led research team almost one million pounds for a project which will explore the history of disability and industrialisation. More...
Medicines which increase levels of the brain chemical dopamine may hold the key to helping those addicted to cocaine and amphetamines kick the habit, researchers from the University of Cambridge have found. More...
The University of Manchester welcomes the £50m investment announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne into graphene, the world’s thinnest, strongest and most conductive material. More...
On Tuesday 4 October, the University of Salford threw open the doors of its new MediaCityUK facility to hundreds of students as teaching started for the first time. More...
Neuroscientists investigating the ‘brain code’ claim to have made a significant step forwards in understanding how the brain deals with stress – and mitigates its impact. More...
A structural variation in a part of the brain may explain why some people are better than others at distinguishing real events from those they might have imagined or been told about, researchers have found. More...
September 2011
Experts from Swansea University’s College of Engineering and Department of Computer Science have been working with the Welsh Rugby Union to use novel technology for match analysis. More...
Students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be charged £6,750 per year to take courses at the University of Stirling from 2012, resulting in the total cost of a four-year degree course being £27,000. More...
A University of Wolverhampton degree for people hoping to pursue a career in the fire and rescue services has received top accreditation from an international organisation. More...
The Winchester Business School at the University of Winchester is launching two exciting new network services, to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) innovate and expand their business. More...
The world’s population is expected to hit 7 billion in October – growing to seven times the estimated one billion population of the early 1800s. As part of the University of Cambridge’s Festival of Ideas, some of Europe’s leading minds will come together to discuss whether our ever-expanding population is sustainable. More...
New research on public perceptions about cancer reveals that 50-year-old ideas still hold sway while many current lifestyle messages are not getting through. More...
The University of Dundee is to develop a range of specially designed three-year honours degree programmes which will be offered to Rest-of-UK (RUK) and Scottish students. More...
The prize-winning Nigerian poet, short story writer and novelist, Ben Okri, OBE, FRSL, is to give the first Annual Creative Writing Lecture at the University of Leicester on Wednesday 19 October at 6pm. More...
Scientists have for the first time discovered sixteen new sections of the genetic code that relate to lung health – opening up the possibility for better prevention as well as treatment for lung diseases. More...
Leicester’s two universities have spearheaded an internship scheme that will provide up to 34 graduate internships for local SMEs. More...
Three acclaimed figures from the UK art scene are to collaborate with ordinary Dundonians on a major new performance and exhibition commissioned by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. More...
Staff and students from the University of Salford have returned from Uganda where they helped a children’s charity reach over 2,000 people for HIV and AIDS testing. More...
Fresh insight into how viruses such as SARS and flu can jump from one species to another may help scientists predict the emergence of diseases in future. More...
‘Is your computer smarter than you are?’ That’s the question that will be asked during the next Café Science event on Monday 26 September. More...
The University of Winchester is coordinating a radical new initiative, the Expansive Education Network (eedNET) which hundreds of teachers across the UK have already signed up to. More...
Swansea University postgraduate student Janet Hoskin has reached the final of the National Lottery Awards with her pioneering project which helps children with a serious and progressive muscle wasting condition. More...
A free public lecture at the University of Leicester is to discuss how the white matter of the brain could be the key to understanding and treating brain disorders – not grey matter as previously thought. More...
Two University of Salford studies of over 250 homeless people and those who work with them have contributed to a major new report into the complex causes of homelessness in the UK and proposes solutions to the problem. More...
Aston Business School has been ranked 31st in the world according to figures published on 19 September 2011 by the Financial Times 2011 Masters in Management ranking. More...
Scottish expertise in diabetes care and education is being used to deliver a major new education programme for health services in Kuwait. More...
Researchers at the University of Dundee have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how human cells decode genes important for cell growth and multiplication. More...
Research at the University of Leicester is using pioneering technology to study volcanic ash so that better advice will be available to the aircraft industry as to whether it is safe to fly following an explosive volcanic eruption. More...
Research at the University of Salford is on track to solve the age-old problem of leaves on the line delaying trains. More...
Six talented graduates from the Bath School of Art and Design at Bath Spa University have been selected to exhibit at Tent London – the ground-breaking design show described as the ‘most diverse and must-see event of the London Design Festival.’ More...
Children can now build their own working game using a simple-to-use tool built by the University of Abertay Dundee for BAFTA Young Game Designers, in association with Electronic Arts and with support from NESTA. More...
The University of Leicester has been shortlisted for three Times Higher Education Awards for 2011, which celebrate the excellence within UK higher education institutions. More...
Capturing CO2 from power stations and storing it deep underground carries no significant threat to human health, despite recently voiced fears that it might, a study has shown. More...
Fluctuations of serotonin levels in the brain, which often occur when someone hasn’t eaten or is stressed, affects brain regions that enable people to regulate anger, new research from the University of Cambridge has shown. More...
Amy Capes, a PhD student in the Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery at the University of Dundee, has won the Medical Research Council’s 2011 Max Perutz Science Writing Award for her article Putting Sleeping Sickness on the Radar. More...
The official countdown to September 2012, which will see the first major university sponsored University Technical College (UTC) in the country – the Aston University Engineering Academy – open its doors to students, started today at an event held at Birmingham Science Park Aston to mark the occasion. More...
A University of Salford Product Design student has seen his coursework successfully turned into a sales success after his work experience company placed it at John Lewis stores. More...
Archaeologists from the University of Winchester are holding an Open Day on Saturday 10 September, inviting the general public to view the latest excavations at St Mary Magdalen Hospital, a former medieval leper hospital on the outskirts of Winchester. More...
The University of Salford has secured £300,000 from the European Union to take technology widely used in the games and movie industries to the health care professions, by developing an MSc in Clinical Gait Analysis. More...
The University of Stirling is one of 15 universities in the UK to be awarded the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission on 5 September. More...
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins are two late star additions to this year’s Festival of Ideas line-up at Cambridge University. More...
A star-studded line-up at the Bristol Poetry Festival 2011 includes staff and students from Bath Spa University. More...
To satisfy increased demand for online distance learning, the University of Derby, based in the East Midlands of the UK, has added five more programmes to its online provision; taking the total number of programmes it delivers online up to 28. More...
A new hi-tech £1million-plus non-invasive disease detection facility, developed by the University of Leicester, was unveiled on 1 Sept 2011 for use in Leicester Royal Infirmary’s A&E department. More...
For the first time the University of Salford is opening up its successful Graduate Gateway scheme to all North West based graduates – providing intensive skills coaching to boost employment prospects. More...
August 2011
A University of Dundee forensic anthropologist will help shed new light on the world’s most famous cold case when she appears on the hit BBC One show National Treasures Live. More...
Imagine graduating from university with the skills and confidence to set up a travel company offering zebra migration holidays, desert quad biking experiences or big game photographic safaris. More...
The University of Edinburgh is strengthening its links with India through a new partnership with one of the country’s most influential cultural organisations. More...
Scientists from the University of Leicester are part of an international team who have reported observing a supermassive black hole as it pulls apart and swallows a star that got too close. More...
Salford City Council’s planning panel has unanimously granted planning permission for the development of a £38m Arts Building for the University of Salford which will provide state-of-the-art performance and teaching spaces for students and the local community. More...
A once-massive star that’s been transformed into a small planet made of diamond: that is what University of Manchester astronomers think they’ve found in the Milky Way. More...
Aston University in Birmingham will host the National Student Enterprise Conference (NSEC) in 2012. More...
New genetic evidence reveals that most British men are not descended from immigrant farmers who migrated east 5,000–10,000 years ago – contrary to previous research. More...
The way blood pressure is diagnosed and treated is set to be revolutionised following new guidelines for the medical profession issued by NICE and developed in conjunction with the British Hypertension Society (BHS). More...
Nido Student Living opened its latest student accommodation, Nido Notting Hill, on 31 August 2011. More...
Graffiti has traditionally been seen as a menace by local authorities, its appearance viewed as an indicator of decline in amenity and something to be painted over or scrubbed away. However, new research by the University of Bristol’s Law School questions whether the work of the well-known British street artist, Banksy, should be protected as a listed asset. More...
Scientists have for the first time generated stem cells from one of the most rapidly progressing forms of Parkinson’s disease. More...
A project to improve the accuracy of police drawings, a 3D method of visualising the development of cancer cells, and an innovative approach to cutting down on the number of tents thrown away after music festivals – just three of the exhibits at the Dundee Masters Show 2011. More...
A raft of new Master’s courses will be on offer at Bath Spa University at the start of term, signalling an increasing focus on postgraduate and research activity. More...
A new postgraduate course aimed at people involved in policing has been launched by a consortium of Scottish universities. More...
A British Council-backed partnership between the University of Dundee and the University of Kufa in Iraq is helping boost the development of higher education in the Middle Eastern country. More...
The next generation of computer games stars was unveiled in Dundee on 14 August, as the three winning teams from the Abertay University-run contest Dare to be Digital were announced. More...
The 2011 Elma Reid Bursary has been awarded to third-year University of Dundee medical student Abdulla Ibrahim, who will receive a certificate marking his achievements during a symposium in Dundee this week. More...
Students from the UK, Finland, Sweden and the United States and practitioners from the FBI and the Netherlands Forensic Institute are at the University of Dundee this month to take part in a unique course in the study of juvenile skeletal remains. More...
Researchers at the University of Surrey are undertaking a study into the effects of meal times on the body’s biological rhythms. More...
Scientists have identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the biology of a very debilitating neurological disease. More...
The University of Cambridge’s Department of Chemistry has today unveiled the new, cutting-edge Todd-Hamied Laboratory. The laboratory will explore harnessing materials for energy storage and conversion in an effort to develop the next generation of batteries and fuel cells. More...
A Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design graduate has teamed up with Hollywood star Brian Cox to make a series of films raising awareness of the plight of homeless people across the globe. More...
The Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival, taking place every August in Scotland’s capital. With eight productions being showcased by groups made up of both current students and Warwick alumni, this is the largest representation the University has ever seen on Edinburgh’s stages. More...
Dr Joy Porter and Dr Mike Franklin from Swansea University’s College of Arts & Humanities have both been successful in winning British Academy research grants worth more than £200,000. More...
A psychology student from the University of Dundee is to embark on an expedition to try to locate a legendary Incan city of gold later this month. More...
Drugs used to treat blood pressure could offer significant benefits to patients with one of the most common forms of valvular heart disease, new research at the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside has revealed. More...
July 2011
Dozens of creative short courses aimed at both beginners and professionals are being launched at Nottingham Trent University from October 2011. More...
The University of Dundee’s student motor racing team, DRIVE, have just returned from the Silverstone Motor Racing Circuit having recorded their best ever result in the Formula Student event, which attracts competitors from all over Europe. More...
Fool’s gold is providing scientists with valuable insights into a turning point in the Earth’s evolution, which took place billions of years ago. More...
Milan-born Aldo Tagliabue has become the first student to graduate with a joint doctoral degree (PhD) from Swansea University and Padua University in northern Italy. More...
The University of Salford will be the first higher education institution to offer a master’s degree in Robotics and Embedded Systems taught in both India and the UK, when it launches an MSc in Robotics and Embedded Systems in September 2011. More...
A team of students from the University of Abertay Dundee is jetting off to China this month to compete as the UK representative in the world finals of the prestigious CIMA Global Business Challenge. More...
Students who don’t fancy joining organised clubs are to be given the chance to try sports on a drop-in basis, thanks to £149,298 of funding from the National Lottery Fund. More...
Freedom, revolution and communication have shaped human history since the dawn of mankind. These three themes form the backbone of this year’s Festival of Ideas at the University of Cambridge – the UK’s only arts, humanities and social sciences festival. More...
An art installation designed by a student at Bath Spa University has been chosen to hang in Bath Abbey to mark this year’s Advent. More...
The prize-winners of a Swansea University art competition which celebrates the diversity and beauty of academic research have been announced. More...
Four students from Nottingham Trent University’s School of Art & Design have scooped awards at two national exhibitions of graduate design talent. More...
Siblings of people with autism show a similar pattern of brain activity to that seen in people with autism when looking at emotional facial expressions. The University of Cambridge researchers identified the reduced activity in a part of the brain associated with empathy and argue it may be a ‘biomarker’ for a familial risk of autism. More...
Dundee University sports scholar Eilish McColgan made the most of an invitation to the prestigious Diamond League athletics meeting in Birmingham on 10 July, smashing the Scottish record for the 3000m steeplechase. More...
Latin-lovers, Greek fanatics and anyone with a passing interest in the ancient world will have a unique opportunity to put their questions to the experts at two major public debates in Cambridge this summer. More...
Bath Spa University is celebrating the news that B&NES Council has granted permission on a planning application for a substantial re-development of its Newton Park campus. More...
The role of design in the growth of China’s consumer culture will be examined in a new interdisciplinary module offered by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. More...
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has announced that Swansea University’s College of Arts and Humanities has been successful in obtaining a Block Grant Partnership: Capacity Building Award, which will provide 14 funded studentships over the next three academic years. More...
The University of Winchester has been awarded $5,000 by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) to extend its research looking into the causes and effects of nitrogen narcosis in divers. More...
Scientists have taken one step closer to the next generation of computers. Research from the Cavendish Laboratory, the University of Cambridge’s Department of Physics, provides new insight into spintronics, which has been hailed as the successor to the transistor. More...
June 2011
Swansea University’s College of Science has announced a range of full- and part-funded Doctoral and Master’s scholarships for high-calibre students enrolling in September 2011. More...
Research led by the University of Cambridge has found a link between impulsivity and flawed reasoning (such as believing in superstitious rituals and luck) in problem gamblers. More...
A University of Dundee academic taking part in a British Council Scotland mission to two of India’s powerhouse cities will help build new links with one of the world’s fastest growing economies. More...
An innovative exercise class at the University of Dundee which supports women who have, or have had, breast cancer has been boosted by an award of £15,000 in funding from the charity Breast Foot Forward. More...
Observations led by astronomers at the Universities of Warwick and Leicester have shown that the flash from one of the biggest and brightest bangs yet recorded by astronomers comes from a massive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy. More...
The East Midlands Forensic Pathology unit, based at the University of Leicester, has used 3D images derived from post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) scans as an aid to demonstrate injuries to a jury for the first time in evidence at a UK trial. More...
The founding member and coach of Nottingham Trent University’s Taekwondo club has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World University Games later this year. More...
Postgraduate students at the University of Dundee with ambitions of working in the publishing industry are invited to apply for this year’s coveted publishing bursaries, worth £5,000 each. More...
A University of Salford student has been nominated for a Heart of Salford Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to volunteering in the city. More...
Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz has announced the creation of a £300,000 fund to be awarded to Cambridge University researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences. More...
A new device that treats a potentially fatal blood vessel condition could help to reduce its recurrence, researchers have found. More...
Student computer game designers are starting the internationally renowned Dare to be Digital challenge – to build a complete game in just nine weeks, with the best game taking home a BAFTA. More...
The swine flu outbreak of winter 2009–2010 was much more widespread than was previously realised, research suggests. More...
Budding performers from an innovative degree course run in partnership with Bath Spa University have a star director for their end-of-year show. More...
Nottingham Business School and Experian, the global information services company, have launched a fully sponsored degree programme which offers students the chance to study for a degree and work full-time, while receiving a salary and having the cost of their tuition fees paid. More...
Technology – not changes to the criminal mindset – has had the greatest impact on halving UK crime rates over the last 15 years. More...
Hi-tech ways to cut domestic energy bills will be explored by experts at Loughborough University, as part of a £1.9m research project. More...
With increasing numbers of people studying its courses online from home, the University of Derby is delighted that the first survey of its online students uncovered high levels of satisfaction. More...
Stargazing, a one-hundred-year-old camera and a bank robber with a sleep disorder are among the inspirations behind the University of the West of England’s 2011 Art, Design and Media Degree Show. More...
The University of Dundee Dental School is set to spearhead a cutting-edge European initiative on research into craniofacial abnormalities – such as cleft palate – and associated health inequalities in Europe. More...
Dundee’s first ever computer games festival is to take over the city centre this August, as the exciting finale of game design competition Dare to be Digital comes home. More...
The University of Edinburgh’s rugby team is facing one of its toughest-ever tests – playing the Brazil national side. More...
A paper published online on 5 June by the leading science journal Nature Physics reports that scientists at CERN in Geneva – including physicists from Swansea University – have succeeded in trapping antimatter atoms for over 16 minutes. More...
Medical researchers may have uncovered a novel approach to treat an incurable and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people. More...
A new centre of excellence is to tackle one of the greatest computing challenges of the next decade – creating faster, more efficient software for multi-core devices. More...
A new radiator control system, developed by Loughborough University’s computer scientists, could one day reduce a family’s domestic energy use by 40 per cent. More...
A comprehensive study of the number of foreign basketball players across Europe over the last 30 years has revealed that countries with higher numbers of overseas squad members perform better at international tournaments. More...
May 2011
The University of Derby, based in the East Midlands of the UK, held a lecture series with a difference recently when online psychology students from 22 countries around the world met each other and their lecturers in person for the very first time. More...
University of Dundee student Kirstin Daly has been awarded one of the top prizes in Scottish rugby just three years after picking up the oval ball for the first time. More...
Women with ovarian cancer could be helped by a new test that identifies the specific type of tumour they have, a conference will hear. More...
Four students from the University of Leicester who were the only ones in Britain, and among a small number from across Europe, to be selected for a gravity-defying experiment in the framework of the ESA Education Office ‘Fly your Thesis!’ programme are taking part in the flights in May. More...
Scientists have discovered that at least seven genes may account for the development of Paget’s disease, a painful bone condition that affects up to one million people in the UK. More...
Scientific research has revealed that at least five of the medieval people whose skeletons were discovered at Stirling Castle suffered brutally violent deaths. More...
The University of Salford has officially launched a suite of hi-tech radiography scanners which will help train the next generation of radiographers to diagnose life-threatening diseases such as early and late stage cancer. More...
New safety systems being fitted to British cars are set to save thousands of pedestrian injuries and dozens of lives each year thanks to new testing procedures developed with the help of Loughborough University experts. More...
A talented animation student from the University of the West of England has created a short animated film highlighting the symptoms of a little known condition that mainly affects people over 60 called NPH (Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus). More...
Innovative methods that turn agricultural waste into carbon-rich soil in a bid to tackle climate change are to be developed at a ground-breaking new facility. More...
A new English teaching fund worth £1.125m has been established at Newnham College, Cambridge thanks to one of the world’s best-loved and most successful musicals – Cats. More...
New scientific evidence challenges a popular conception that behaviours such as repetitive hand-washing, characteristic of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), are carried out in response to disturbing obsessive fears. More...
New research provides evidence for significant differences between new and old red blood cells used for transfusions and could provide a cheap, rapid and effective way to monitor the quality of blood supplies. More...
Bath Spa University is celebrating the news that it has received an award worth some £300,000 to provide financial support for postgraduate students. More...
Five-year-olds talking about hangovers and online dating – thankfully not a discussion between dangerously precocious children but a study of everyday conversation carried out by a Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design student. More...
Scientists from Nottingham Trent University have identified the precise but previously unknown genetic characteristics of a strain of bacteria that can cause meningitis in babies. More...
A student film from the University of Salford has been nominated for a national Royal Television Society Award – despite its slightly fragrant subject matter. More...
Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences has welcomed the news that the fishery producing Manx Queenies, the Isle of Man’s queen scallops, has been awarded a sustainability certification under the Marine Stewardship Council programme. More...
Free public lecture at University of Leicester on 24 May. More...
Cranfield and Bonhams have inaugurated a joint forensic science research project to bring authentication techniques into the new millennium. More...
The BMJ Group has launched a new Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes for doctors, nurses and other health care professionals both in the UK and across the world. More...
New research by University of Leicester psychologist sheds light on reading differences. More...
Not many student film-makers can attract top Hollywood talent, but a Dundee animator pulled off that very coup when she persuaded Brian Cox to star in her Degree Show piece. More...
The biggest Digital Graduate Show ever in the history of the University of Abertay Dundee opens to the public on Friday 20 May at 2pm. More...
The University of Salford’s Centre for Applied Archaeology is giving people from Greater Manchester the chance to join them on one of their digs at a site which has previously uncovered thousands of Bronze and Iron Age and Roman artefacts. More...
A new study led by the University of Leicester has concluded that being able to see the GP of your choice in a doctor’s surgery helps to reduce emergency hospital admissions. More...
Postgraduate students looking for a career in cyber-security are invited to take part in a virtual open day on 18 May with leading lecturers at the University of Abertay Dundee. More...
Dozens of students from the University of Dundee have been getting help to de-stress and focus on their exams over the past few weeks. More...
Business studies students at the University of Abertay Dundee have agreed in principle a series of major charity events for the Guide Dogs charity, including a fundraising football match between Newcastle United and Dundee FC. More...
Two researchers at the University of Dundee have been awarded a total of more than £6m in grants from the Wellcome Trust. More...
Staff at the University of Winchester are aiming to cover a distance of 2,738 miles without actually leaving the city, helping to raise funds for the Hampshire Diamond Jubilee Gambia Project 2012. More...
Nottingham Business School, part of Nottingham Trent University, has signed new partnership agreements with three international leading management schools. More...
Technological toys have not yet replaced traditional toys in the affections of preschool children, according to researchers at the Universities of Stirling and Strathclyde. More...
The Drug Discovery Unit at the University of Dundee, together with other leading not-for profit UK drug discovery and chemistry groups, is to coordinate building a UK-wide network in a developing area of drug discovery. More...
The University of Leicester plans to establish up to ten new professorial research chairs in a multi-million pound investment by the University in its research future. More...
Greater powers introduced by the government to enable specially-trained nurses and pharmacists to prescribe medication in England have been successfully adopted, according to a new report. More...
The University of Abertay Dundee has appointed Professor Simeon Keates as its new Head of the School of Computing and Engineering Systems. More...
Scientists at Royal Holloway, University of London and the University of Leicester have discovered animals searching for food do not stick to a complicated pattern of movement as previously thought but tend to wander about randomly. More...
Award-winning novelist Alan Warner is the latest in a long line of illustrious names to be appointed as a writer-in-residence at the University of Edinburgh. More...
From ideas to inventions – the application of university research. Free public lecture at University of Leicester on 17 May. More...
Aston Business School is one of only two British universities to be invited to a prestigious annual gathering of distinguished marketers from across the world. More...
Researchers at Bangor University have placed an economic value on a smile, demonstrating scientifically the effect that a genuine smile can have on our decision-making. The psychologists call this ‘social information’ and say that it has more of an effect than you may imagine. More...
New doctors being trained in Leicester will learn in the latest state-of-the-art facilities being proposed by the University of Leicester. More...
A University of Stirling student has gained one of only 42 fully funded internships with leading international companies across the world this summer. More...
The University of Winchester is holding a Postgraduate Open Evening on Wednesday 11 May. More...
The sports industry is celebrating the launch of a new professional development body, which has chosen to base itself at SportPark at Loughborough University. More...
New research paves way for the nanoscale self-assembly of organic building blocks, a promising new route towards the next generation of ultra-small electronic devices. More...
Cambridge is to lead the technology roadmap towards a €1 billion European program to conduct research on graphene – a versatile substance, stronger than diamond, which researchers say could trigger a ‘smart and sustainable carbon revolution.’ More...
Celebrated British writer and director Clive Barker is among the respected horror industry names throwing their weight behind a dark and deadly new course at the UK’s University of Derby. More...
A team of students from Loughborough University is set to gain a real-life taste of working in the oil and gas industry, after winning the 2011 BP Ultimate Field Trip. More...
April 2011
University of Leicester working with Santander, through its Santander Universities Global Division, to give students the chance to develop their business ideas. More...
A University of Dundee student has developed a mobile phone application to make it easier for existing and potential donors to give blood. More...
One of the world’s best-known and best-loved campaigners for peace and justice is to be honoured by the University of Leicester, UK, in July. More...
A leading performance poet and a PR man for Guns N’ Roses and other heavy metal bands are among the guests taking part in a student careers forum at Bath Spa University. More...
Her Majesty The Queen officially opened The Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge on 27 April. More...
Fresh insight into the survival strategy of the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could help inform new treatments for the disease. More...
Links between Tayside’s internationally renowned Life Sciences research institutes and businesses across Scotland are being strengthened through a funding package of more than £1million. More...
Pregnant women could benefit from a pioneering trial that will test whether heart disease drugs can be used to treat pre-eclampsia. More...
Breakthrough study offers hope for targeted treatment of stress-related disorders. More...
‘Milestone achievement’ also has potential applications in transplant surgery. More...
Radio telescopes could be used for planet-hunting, according to University of Leicester researchers. More...
A Keele University astrophysicist, Dr John Taylor, is a member of an international group of European, Australian and American researchers who have reported on the discovery of a unique system of stars in a paper published in the Science magazine. More...
A recent University of Derby event has brought it a London 2012 Olympic Inspire Mark, making it the first university in the East Midlands, and one of only two in the UK, to receive three of the prestigious marks. More...
A major new award of £1m from the Medical Research Council African Research Leader Scheme will support links with Africa, bringing together the medical entomology teams of Dr Frederic Tripet, of Keele University’s Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, and Dr Abdoulaye Diabate, of the Centre Muraz in Burkina Faso. More...
Swearing can relieve pain – but only for people who swear infrequently. More...
A fashion student is mixing style with sensitivity by creating clothes for disabled young people that they will want to wear. More...
The successful regeneration and development of Nottingham Trent University’s building estate has earned it a nomination in the category of ‘Outstanding Estates Team’ in the prestigious Times Higher Leadership & Management Awards 2011. More...
Professor Mark Ormerod, Keele University Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics, is heading a collaborative team of six leading research groups from the UK and India that has been awarded around £1.35m from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Indian Department of Science and Technology, funding a collaborative three-year research project entitled, ‘Modelling Accelerated Ageing and Degradation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells’. More...
A lecturer and sound engineer from the University of the West of England has been nominated for a BAFTA award. More...
The University of the West of England has received a glowing Ofsted report for the provision of teacher training at secondary, primary and further education levels. More...
Lauren Nixon, a student from Bath Spa University who is also a guide at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, has written a book about the world-famous author’s novels and life story. More...
Archaeologists from the University of Winchester have formalised an agreement with the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Barbados to provide fieldwork training for Caribbean students. More...
A group of England football fans have enlisted the help of undergraduates from Bath Spa University to give them a new ‘identity’. More...
There are plenty of cheesy designs in the fashion world but none more so than the ones created by a group of students at Bath Spa University. They have made a range of shoes literally made from cheese. More...
Adults with Down’s syndrome could be helped towards better health, thanks to research into the quality of their sleep. More...
A delegation from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health (KSA MOH), accompanied by the Ambassador of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have visited Liverpool to mark the launch of a new venture with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC). More...
March 2011
The University of Leicester has unveiled plans for a £12.6m Cardiovascular Research Centre that will double the amount of space available for world-class heart research. More...
Experts at Loughborough University are to lead a £3.5 million project to bring environmentally-friendly vehicles one step closer to an everyday reality. More...
Two dental researchers at the University of Dundee’s College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing have won prestigious awards at a major international conference. More...
Fast, low-energy memory for MP3s, smartphones and cameras could become a reality thanks to a development by scientists. More...
A creative writing student at Bath Spa University, Maudie Smith, has secured a publishing deal for three children’s books. More...
Two students from Nottingham Trent University have picked up top accolades in a prestigious competition organised by the British Council. More...
A formal opening ceremony took place on 23 March for the HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge. More...
Commonwealth Scholarships available at University of Leicester. More...
Twelve art and architecture graduates from the University of Dundee have been chosen to appear at this year’s prestigious RSA New Contemporaries exhibition. More...
Writing Commission announced on the theme of ‘transcultural Leicester’. More...
Cambridge Science Festival, the UK’s largest free science festival, begins next week, running from March 14–27. More...
New Research Scholarship places are being offered at Bangor University for the third successive year. More...
The University of Winchester is holding a Pitstop Refuelling Weekend for aspiring writers from 25–27 March in advance of this summer’s 31st Winchester Writers’ Conference (27 June to 3 July). More...
Scientists have shed light on why some people are apple-shaped and others are pear-shaped. More...
Lowering cholesterol could help the body’s immune system fight viral infections, researchers have found. More...
Six trainee teachers from the University of Winchester took a longer journey than usual to their school placements when they travelled to The Gambia to teach pupils at the Soma School for two weeks. More...
Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health. More...
Nottingham Trent University student Milly Jackson has walked away with the top prize at the prestigious 2011 FAD fashion design competition, for her collection inspired by Yann Martel’s best selling novel Life of Pi. More...
The Centre for the History of Women’s Education (CHWE) at the University of Winchester is hosting a lively debate on 8 March to mark International Women’s Day. More...
Breakthrough science is cost-effective and easy to use. More...
February 2011
Researchers from the University of Dundee, King’s College London and St George’s, University of London have identified potential new means to treat tuberculosis (TB). More...
New research links well-being in adolescence with life satisfaction in adulthood. More...
Virtuoso violinist Nicola Benedetti is backing a new scheme to support Italian Studies at the University of Edinburgh. More...
A Swansea University postgraduate student who also works as a Strength and Conditioning coach for the English Cricket Board (ECB) is hoping the innovative sports science methods developed at Swansea which helped him prepare the English Cricket Team for victory in the Ashes will also lead the Team to glory in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2010/11 which started on 19 February. More...
A play written by Bath Spa University lecturer Hattie Naylor has been nominated for a national theatre prize. Ivan and the Dogs is on the shortlist for a Laurence Olivier award. More...
Scientists have identified a diabetes drug which halves the mortality rate of a deadly infectious disease found throughout Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. More...
The University of Glasgow has awarded the 2011 Tenovus-Scotland Medal to a cancer expert from the University of Dundee. More...
The University of Winchester is launching Employability Week (21–25 February), which is designed to enhance opportunities for Winchester students in the competitive graduate job market. More...
Free public lecture on 24 February will look at England’s role in Olympic movement. More...
Twenty-five-year-old Loughborough University graduate Laurence Kemball-Cook, the inventor of a revolutionary flooring system that generates electricity from footsteps, is competing against global innovation giants Apple and Dyson for an esteemed Product of the Year award. More...
Talented student athletes from the University of Dundee have been invited to apply for national scholarship support. More...
The next couple of weeks will see no fewer than 16 sports teams from the University of Dundee reach the business end of their season as the knock-out stages of the British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) competitions begin. More...
The University of Edinburgh is intensifying its longstanding ties with India by opening a new liaison office in Mumbai. More...
Scientists have gained fresh insight into malaria with research that shows how the parasite faces a tough struggle for survival. More...
A fashion student from Bath Spa University, Emily Booker, is to have her designs paraded on the catwalk in London. She was selected as a finalist in a national competition, which allows her work to feature at London Fashion Week later this month. More...
Scientists have discovered and decoded communications between honey bees that could be used to fight the worrying recent decline in their numbers. More...
Scientists have made a key genetic discovery that could help explain how people learn language. More...
In the run-up to Valentine’s Day, couples the world over will be thinking about how they can convey their love to their partner in a meaningful and lasting manner. More...
A new study from Utrecht and Cambridge Universities has for the first time found that an administration of testosterone under the tongue in volunteers negatively affects a person’s ability to ‘mind read’, an indication of empathy. The findings are published this week in the journal Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. More...
The University of Dundee is set to play host to over 1200 teenagers from around Europe this summer, bringing an economic impact worth hundreds of thousands of pounds to the city. More...
Scientists at Swansea University have developed a statistical framework that tracks the uptake of nanoparticles by living cells using florescent nanoparticles, resulting in an accurate prediction of particle dosages which could be used in applications such as targeted nanodrug delivery. More...
Chemotherapy that has much-reduced side-effects could be a step closer, thanks to a development by scientists. More...
Young boys are more likely to suffer from a peanut allergy than young girls, a study has shown. More...
New research shows that the 2010 Amazon drought may have been even more devastating to the region’s rainforests than the unusual 2005 drought, which was previously billed as a one-in-100 year event. More...
International students have been sending ‘video postcards’ home to let family and friends know what life is like at the University of Derby, which is based in the East Midlands of the UK. More...
Budding journalist Darren Moss has been rubbing shoulders with the stars of BBC’s Top Gear after landing his dream placement with the show. More...
Representatives of Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, including the President, Professor Li Hongtian, have visited Keele University to sign an agreement of co-operation reached with the Faculty of Natural Sciences for a 3+1 study arrangement for students. More...
University of Leicester hosts International Summer School of Forensic Science. More...
The 2011 programme of the popular Dundee Literary Salons series will be launched at a brand new venue later this week. More...
A study trip to Tokyo from Bath Spa University had an inspirational impact on two young graphic designers, Andrew Joyce and Joey Meuross. More...
January 2011
A team of students from Nottingham Trent University have just returned home from Northeast China after securing an incredible victory in an international university snow sculpture competition. More...
Staff at Bangor University’s School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography (SENRGy) are delighted to announce that the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) have agreed to fund 10 places for scholars from developing commonwealth countries to study on the MSc Forestry (distance learning) course. More...
The Universities of Kent, Reading, Royal Holloway, and Surrey have come together to form the South East Doctoral Training Consortium (SE DTC). The consortium, managed by Surrey, will fund cutting-edge doctoral research in the social sciences by world-class research students across the South East region. More...
Experts from universities, NGOs and industry from across the UK, Europe and South America have gathered at Loughborough University to discuss and move forward solutions for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) on sustainability and climate issues. More...
Groundbreaking work by a team of UK scientists has identified, for the first time, a link between changes in the DNA of newborn babies, folic acid supplementation during pregnancy, and birth weight. More...
Bath Spa University is opening its doors to the public for a week in February and inviting people to get a taste of university by sitting in on undergraduate lectures. More...
New research gives insight into circadian clock. More...
The ‘Better Together Fund’, UWE’s charitable fund, is inviting groups and charities in Bristol to apply for grants. More...
The expedition that laid the foundations for current British scientific endeavours in the Antarctic, and pioneered techniques which continue to this day, is being celebrated at Cambridge University’s Polar Museum. More...
International experts are to meet to discuss ways of combating a fast mutating virus affecting pig herds. More...
Killed and preserved with her egg, a fossil of a flying reptile shows for the first time how hips and crests can be used to sex pterodactyls. More...
The University of Warwick has made a £1.5 million commitment to create a set of ‘Chancellor’s International Scholarships’ that will provide full student fees plus a maintenance award for overseas fees paying postgraduate research students. Seventeen Chancellor’s International Scholarships will be available for 2011/12. More...
University to launch Research Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies. More...
London exhibition could lead to book deals with major publishers. More...
Students from the Media Practice course at the University of the West of England have once again dominated the nomination stages of the Royal Television Society Student TV awards for the South West region. More...
A medieval wall painting at the Tower of London has received some special attention from scientists at Nottingham Trent University. More...
University of Leicester-led research uncovers potential new approaches for tackling devastating disorder. More...
Second-year University of Portsmouth student Matt Dempsey got a lot more than he bargained for when he put his design project online to be assessed. More...
Remnants of the first stars have helped astronomers get closer to unlocking the ‘dark ages’ of the cosmos. More...
Peer into any stream in a South American rainforest and you may well see a small shoal of similar-looking miniature catfish. But don’t be fooled into thinking that they are all the same species. More...
Professor Dame Ann Dowling, Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, recently welcomed more than 250 invited guests from the construction industry and academia for the inaugural Laing O’Rourke Distinguished Lecture. More...
A world-class carpet manufacturing company based in the West Midlands is set to further enhance upon its already glowing success, thanks to a new business model created by experts at Aston Business School. More...
A student from Bath Spa University is participating in the World Cup – for table football. More...
A much-respected computer games industry ‘who’s who’ of up-and-coming games developers has heralded three graduates of the University of Abertay Dundee as rising stars in the industry. More...
Have a night with the stars with BBC’s Stargazing LIVE at The University of Leicester Observatory. More...
A University of Leicester psychologist has been involved in new research with Cornell University professors which has shown that emotions, particularly those provoked by negative events, can trigger inaccurate memories. More...
Student book puts the focus on eclectic eccentric Cambridge characters. More...
A creative writing graduate from Bath Spa University has become the new Bard of Bath. More...
Cambridge University film provides a glimpse of how robots and humans could interact in the future. More...
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