A university has joined forces with a computer company to launch a degree that both organisations hope will boost graduate employability in the industry. As part of the collaboration between the...
A grant scheme has been set up that allows local groups and individuals to bid for small pots of money from a university. The Community Grant Scheme run by University Campus Suffolk supports groups...
An induction programme has been launched to help students develop their academic skills as they start university. The academic liaison team at Edge Hill University has developed the programme to show...
A 10-year, £3 million refurbishment of student halls has been completed. Work at the Holly Cross building completes the first phase of Keele University's plan to upgrade five halls of residence. Nick...
Reducing discrimination against Roma people is the aim of a new European project. The University of Salford is a partner in the European Union-funded research, led by Leeds City Council, which will...
A Scottish institution is offering courses in London for the first time at a specialist postgraduate centre in Spitalfields. The campus of Glasgow Caledonian University will initially offer master's...
Teaching an old dog new tricks may be as difficult as the adage implies, according to research. A senior lecturer in psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University recorded the behaviour of 50 pet...
Academics are using virtual reality to gauge students' unconscious attitudes towards green issues. Researchers from the University of Derby's psychology and environmental management departments have...
Airlines currently underestimate the amount of carbon dioxide they emit by up to 100 per cent, an academic has concluded. Antonio Filippone, senior lecturer at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and...
A university in Northern Ireland has joined forces with the China Medical University to provide undergraduate degrees in pharmaceutical biotechnology. Queen's University Belfast will work with the...
A university is to partner the British Geological Survey to establish a facility to research carbon capture and storage. The National Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage will be based at the...
Research that aims to tackle the use of torture has been boosted with more than EUR2 million (£1.75 million) in funding from the European Commission. The money has been awarded to the University of...
A university in central London has won planning permission for a students' centre. The building at the London School of Economics will house the students' union, an interfaith prayer centre,...
A university has opened up its archives to reveal life as a student in the UK's capital more than a century ago. London South Bank University's online archive catalogue allows the public access to...
A pound's worth of small change, held in a tin in the bursar's office, was transformed into a lump of metal when an incendiary bomb hit Bedford College on the night of 10-11 May 1941.