Postgraduate students will work with industry experts to develop special effects for films and create cutting-edge computer games animation at a new Centre for Digital Entertainment at the...
The nicer you are, the less likely you are to earn a high salary, concludes a study into the relationship between personality and pay carried out at the University of Essex. Researchers found that...
A unique masters degree launched at De Montfort University is to receive its first intake of students later this month. The MA in photographic history and practice, said to be the only one of its...
The technology of robotic space science is to be used to inspire the students of tomorrow in South Yorkshire in a partnership between the University of Bradford and Sheffield Hallam University....
Music industry figures will give a series of free public lectures to kick off a new masters in record production at the London College of Music, Thames Valley University. Robin Millar, a producer who...
A new, more environmentally friendly form of engine oil is being developed in a joint project between an institute in India and the University of Huddersfield. The project, which has won funding from...
Individual donations to art and cultural organisations have been largely unaffected by the recession, according to research at City University London. A study by the Centre for Cultural Policy and...
A team of ocean experts led by University of Aberdeen marine scientist Monty Priede were involved in the rescue of a British sportsman who was aiming to break the world record for rowing solo across...
Researchers have discovered a method of allowing healthy cells to take control of cancerous cells, preventing them from developing into tumours. Scientists at the University of Manchester found that...
A Welsh university has recorded lower energy usage than any other higher education institution in the UK, new figures show. Data for 2007-08 published by Estates Management Statistics show that...
The traditional music of Northern Ireland is often thought to be linked with longstanding religious divisions in the country, but a new study suggests that the "politicisation" of the country's music...
An artist-in-residence at the University of Brighton is to make a series of films about the threat of global warming. David Harradine's films will feature a human or animal dancing in different...
Alain Badiou can't get a word in, but Emily Bronte's doomed lovers speak volumes, says Gary Day
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Garlands of scented ragwort were hung around our Vice-Chancellor's neck during his recent visit to Poppleton's new offshore campus in the former Soviet Republic of Kalashnistan. The garlands,...