The legendary Manchester rock band, The Fall, is to be the subject of an academic conference at the University of Salford. The event, organised by the university's communication, cultural and media...
Electronic engineering students may soon be learning the tools of their trade in cyberspace thanks to a researcher at the University of Portsmouth. Ifeyinwa Chika, a PhD student in the department of...
The controversial topic of hunting is one of the first subjects to be investigated by a new research centre uniting experts from a range of natural and social sciences to help protect the future of...
Health experts are set to demonstrate the quality-of-life benefits of "silver singing" - singing clubs for older people. Hilary Bungay and Ann Skingley of the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts...
A partnership with organisations in five African countries aims to boost the incomes of small-scale African farmers by linking them to new markets. The initiative, led by the University of Greenwich'...
A college and a London university are linking up to create a new "university centre" in Croydon. London Metropolitan University has been Croydon College's validating body for higher education courses...
Out-of-body experiences are to be documented in a study at the University of Birmingham. Jason Braithwaite, a cognitive psychologist from the Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre, is seeking...
A £1 million investment in upgrading its dairy farm will help the University of Liverpool support farm-animal veterinary education. The university has sunk the money into its Leahurst veterinary...
HRH The Princess Royal has opened new halls of residence in her capacity as chancellor of the University of London. The halls, at Royal Holloway, University of London, are named Williamson, Butler...
Fast-moving wind turbines can trigger seizures in people sensitive to flickering light. To avoid inducing attacks, turbines should have no more than three blades and rotate no faster than 60 times a...
Scientists are investigating how one of the chemicals in plant fertiliser may have kick-started life on Earth. A £500,000 project at the University of Leeds, funded by the Engineering and Physical...
Humans are almost four times more likely to share diseases and viruses with chimpanzees than with monkeys, to which they are less closely related, according to researchers at the University of...
A PhD student has discovered a species of shrew in Ireland that was not previously thought to be native to the country. Dave Tosh has been studying the diet of the barn owl as part of his research in...
Terje Stolsmo, a design student at the University of Teesside, was inspired to create a new shape of wine cooler unit after friends working as wine waiters in his native Norway described the square...
Anton Muscatelli is confident that the case for more funding will win over the Government, says Olga Wojtas