An academic has urged people to curb the number of Christmas presents they buy. In a lecture at the London School of Economics, Joel Waldfogel, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the US...
The Christmas carol While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night was originally sung to a different tune, research suggests. The traditional song once had the same melody used for the Yorkshire...
Visitors to the Glasgow Science Centre will have the chance to create their own Christmas-cracker jokes over the festive season, courtesy of a computer developed by scientists at the University of...
A study by an academic from Leeds Metropolitan University has confirmed that there are two types of male shopper: the "traditional" and the "metrosexual" man. John Temperley, senior lecturer in...
Producing employable mathematics researchers who will contribute to the UK economy is the aim of a £13 million investment in three new Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs). The Engineering and...
A new project will look at how languages are taught in schools in order to improve teacher training. The University of Wolverhampton's Language Networks for Excellence is part of a consortium...
A university has won an award that recognises its achievement in "incubating" fledgeling businesses. Coventry University Enterprises (CUE) has received the 2009 UK Business Incubation Award for...
This tribute to a beloved pet cat was written by Alexander Warren Dury Mitton, a genealogist and one-time Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms at the College of Arms.Anxious that his "small belongings...
Adapting existing buildings should be best practice for sector, critics state. Hannah Fearn reports
Plans for the capital's proposed biomedical super-lab are advancing but big hurdles remain, writes Zoë Corbyn
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHAward winner: Anita SimondsInstitution: Royal Brompton HospitalValue: £39,478Evaluation of droplet dispersion during non-invasive ventilation, oxygen therapy and...
Online learningTask force aims to keep UK topA task force has been set up in an attempt to cement the UK's leading global position in online learning. The Online Learning Task Force will be chaired...
Scholars predict the shape of things to come to stop it becoming a reality. Hannah Fearn reports
One of the strongest criticisms of our old methodology for the World University Rankings was that 40 per cent of the score for each institution was based on a survey of a very small number of...
Scientists have warned that Christmas food can contain "shocking" amounts of salt. Research carried out by Consensus Action on Salt and Health, a group of scientists campaigning to reduce the salt...