Women, as well as men, held positions of power in Ancient Greece by right of birth, according to new research from the University of Manchester. A team of researchers tested ancient DNA from a high-...
The new Centre for Respiratory Infection Research at Imperial College London aims to tackle colds and flu. The research centre is funded by a £3.4 million award from the Wellcome Trust and will bring...
White Space, a £2.5 million multipurpose development bringing together computer arts and games students and staff, business people, broadcasters and artists has opened at the University of Abertay...
Control of the school curriculum should be taken away from politicians and passed to an independent education commission, an educationist has argued. But the commission needs to be protected from "...
Global warming could cause major famine in Asia within decades, according to Peter Clift of the School of Geosciences at the University of Aberdeen. Professor Clift predicts in his newly published...
More lives could be saved in fires and other emergencies around the world, thanks to a new research project to develop reliable computer models of the way in which individuals and crowds behave in a...
A form of psychotherapy that uses movement and dance as a means of communication is being offered for the first time in the UK as an MSc by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Programme leader...
An "off-road" wheelchair to help disabled people cope with rough terrain in developing countries has been designed by students at the University of Nottingham. It is built from bicycle parts and...
Work is beginning on a new £45 million School of Medicine and the Sciences at the University of St Andrews, promoting collaborative research in areas such as cancer, health psychology and infectious...
Academics have been commissioned by the BBC Trust to investigate the relationships between audiences and entertainment programming. Bill Osgerby and Anna Gough-Yates from London Metropolitan...
Amy Jewell, a student at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, has used her experience of obsessive-compulsive disorder as the inspiration behind her final degree show work.Ms Jewell, who is...
High fees and bank clampdown on loans may leave many unable to take up places. Jon Marcus reports
Remember the history student who proclaimed "the slave trade was one of those institutions that seems like a marvellous idea at the time"?What about the theology student who concluded that "mouth-to-...
United StatesMedics' perks under scrutinyUS medical schools have drawn criticism for failing to police the money, gifts and samples given to doctors and trainees by pharmaceutical firms. American...
What will the freedom to produce hybrid embryos mean to stem-cell research? Zoe Corbyn reports