Psychologists could gain a far greater insight into how humans think and act by analysing tricks and techniques used by magicians, according to research from Durham University and the University of...
Employers who need shift workers are being paired with student jobseekers through a new "slivers of time" initiative at Anglia Ruskin University. The university's employment bureau says it is...
Members of the Nigerian Air Force could find themselves in the Home Counties splendour of Bedfordshire following a five-year contract to provide postgraduate training for the force agreed with...
Authors and translators from across the globe last week attended an unusual event at the University of East Anglia. Organised by the British Centre for Literary Translation, the summer school allows...
Bumblebees go "off colour" and cannot remember which flowers have the most nectar when they are feeling under the weather, a new study from the University of Leicester has found. The study indicates...
The Government's plans for a holistic approach to children's education could fail if it becomes too mired in targets, according to a new study from the Institute of Education. It criticises the...
Experiments to study cognition in babies have kicked off at the Royal Holloway Baby Lab, which has been set up to look at the development of abilities such as memory and thinking. Jeanne Shinskey is...
Lawyers who feel a little confused when it comes to the latest in DNA evidence should beat a path to the University of Leeds, where a new course aims to provide them with the latest information....
With a current chronic shortage of organ donors boosting demand for new therapies involving the repair or replacement of cells, tissues or organs, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...
More than 10,000 hits have been recorded for an online video clip showing MA student Rizwaan Sabir being arrested by police on the campus of the University of Nottingham in 2007 while on a...
Nearly six decades after completing his studies at the University of Sheffield, a medical graduate has finally been presented with his degree certificate. Peter Lee, now 82, was unable to attend his...
New Jersey budget cuts force new rigid office hours and Saturday classes. Jon Marcus reports
Liverpool John Moores University says it was forced to pull out of a tie-up with a Malaysian college after learning that it was not officially accredited.The university went into partnership with...
Chasing world rankings reduces focus on institutions' local responsibilities, says IAU chief. John Gill reports
JapanDegree standards may be risingThe university graduation rate in Japan fell to 84.6 per cent in the last fiscal year, according to a survey of 500 universities by Japanese newspaper Yomiuri...