Researchers are investigating a theory that listening to a regular beat could help stroke patients even up the irregular style of walking that is common to the condition. Each year, more than 100,000...
Sports experts have helped create an online tool aimed at inspiring couch potatoes to exercise in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics. Researchers from Loughborough University's School of Sport,...
A new model created by a space scientist is bringing the Northern Lights into the classroom. After receiving a research council grant to produce an outreach tool, Jim Wild, lecturer in communication...
Women who have plastic surgery are more likely to criticise the vanity of others than their own, a study has found. Debra Gimlin, senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Aberdeen, surveyed...
Jetlag could be confined to a past time zone after researchers found a way to reset and restart the body clocks of laboratory mice. Teams from the universities of Cambridge and Manchester, funded by...
Work has started on a building to house a Human Biomaterials Resource Centre. The licensed human tissue bank at the University of Birmingham will contain samples from patients with a variety of...
Credit: D. Burke/AlamyThe modern sight of middle-aged men in Lycra battling their way through city traffic on professional racing bikes may be here to stay. A team at the University of the West of...
United Arab Emirates'Free zones' need regulationUniversity branch campuses in Dubai's "free zones" must be regulated or the United Arab Emirates' international reputation could be damaged, experts...
US-style mixed courses give bachelor's boys and girls a head start in research. Cat Davies reports
Progress towards the goals of the Bologna Process is far too slow and in some areas almost non-existent, according to the European Students' Union (ESU).The European Higher Education Area, conceived...
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: R. HagerInstitution: University of ManchesterValue: £79,677Social environment and indirect genetic effects on life history and behavioural traits in...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: There are always alternatives
University of South ߣߣÊÓƵNigel RelphThe University of South ߣߣÊÓƵ in Adelaide has appointed Nigel Relph pro vice-chancellor and vice president (international and development). Mr Relph began...
Employee ownership could help preserve the university as a site of research and teaching, suggests Steve Fuller
Kenneth Baker calls on universities to seek financial independence from the state, and for the state to handle a precious asset with care