A video celebrating graduation ceremonies at Teesside University is proving to be a hit online. The YouTube clip shows a group of graduates abandoning their mortarboards and graduation gowns to burst...
A study of river boundaries by Durham University has found that up to 7 per cent - thousands of kilometres of river bed - are missing from official records used to resolve international land-boundary...
The faculty of arts and society at Leeds Metropolitan University has a new home. Broadcasting Place was officially opened this week after about 300 staff moved in over the summer. The two buildings...
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are asking what makes people green. A major study will investigate the motivations behind environmentally friendly behaviour. The research will examine the...
An edible gel developed by chemical engineers could aid the fight against obesity by curbing people's appetites. Scientists at the University of Birmingham's School of Chemical Engineering have...
A novel deal between a British university and the Romanian Cultural Institute has paved the way for a unique collection of literature to be translated into English. The agreement will see the...
Middlesex University Press is to cease operations at the end of the year. Waqar Ahmad, chair of MUP, announced the decision to authors following a management review, which resulted in the press being...
The world's most comprehensive visual record of tribal cultures in South Asia and the Himalayas has gone online. More than 10,000 rare images are now available to researchers and the general public...
Doors were opened to the wider world at the University of Bradford this week as academics demonstrated how they are making a difference through their research and knowledge-transfer activities. The...
A "flagship, classically designed building" is to become part of the University of Chester. The university has finalised a deal to buy the city's County Hall from Chester West and Chester Council....
Animals are picking up new diseases from humans as a result of globalisation and industrialisation, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found. A study carried out by a team from the...
Graduates who missed out on their degree ceremony because of the IRA's bombing of Birmingham in 1974 will belatedly get their moment of glory. Coventry University is to honour the Class of 1974 by...
A team of academics has helped to set a new record for the most distant astronomical object yet observed: an explosion 13.1 billion light years away. The University of Exeter team's detection of a...
A drummer with the international metalcore rock band Enter Shikari is to be put through his paces by the University of Gloucestershire's physiology department. Rob Rolfe will complete a series of...
Scientists developing sustainable sources of energy and future energy technologies have celebrated the opening of their new headquarters. The Energy Futures Lab is Imperial College London's hub for...