Doctoral students in the arts and humanities from all ten East Midlands universities will gather together this week for a conference that is believed to be the first of its kind. The postgraduates...
Businesses will be encouraged to engage with management and leadership development under a Welsh Assembly-funded project. The Centre for Excellence for Leadership and Management Skills in Wales will...
Postgraduates studying project management at The Robert Gordon University have produced a yearbook to "market" themselves to prospective employers. Nearly 100 students were involved. The Aberdeen...
A new institute will advance medical breakthroughs and tackle global problems. Launched by the University of Aberdeen, the Institute of Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology will research climate...
Researchers at the University of Essex believe they have made a breakthrough in the study of the development of breast cancer, which could lead to new treatments for the disease. The team, led by...
A warning to academics: students are hot on your heels. An aspiring postgraduate from the University of Sheffield has shown he is ahead of the game by pitting himself against scholars at a national...
The University of Chichester has been officially awarded Fairtrade status. The recognition is a result of its commitment to making Fairtrade products, including food, drinks and clothing, freely...
An artist-in-residence has been appointed to work alongside academics in the University of Leicester's neuroscience research lab. Mariano Molina, an Argentinian artist, will work alongside Rodrigo...
A Japanese Noh stage, one of only two in Western Europe, has been donated to the University of Reading by a Hong Kong-based foundation dedicated to promoting the understanding of Chinese and Buddhist...
United StatesFunding threatens Obama's goalWithout major additional investment, the US will fail to meet Barack Obama's plan to drastically increase the proportion of Americans who complete college,...
As classes start at Western-style research institute, questions hang over UK partners, writes Zoë Corbyn
The STFC is making space at its Daresbury facility available to firms wishing to work with cutting-edge scientists. Neha Popat reports
2009 NEWTON INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSAward winner: Shaikh Faruque AliInstitution: Swansea UniversityDynamics and control of smart structural systems with uncertaintyAward winner: Alexandra...
James Nicholls' study of English attitudes to alcohol since the Tudors reveals familiar concerns - and a dilemma for the Tories
Stephen Minger, a renowned stem-cell researcher, has left academia to join GE Healthcare, a firm that specialises in medical imaging and diagnostic technology. The former director of King's College...