Chinese students will be able to study for a British business degree in Shanghai after the Chinese government granted permission. The University of Sheffield has signed an agreement allowing it to...
Dentists in Wales are investigating the effectiveness of two methods of preventing child tooth decay in a £1 million project that they hope will be of benefit to deprived communities. Despite an...
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has selected a team of academics from Northern Ireland to help improve peace and tolerance education in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Fifteen...
An acclaimed historian is to deliver a lecture on the "greatness and limitations of the West" in tribute to a former director of the London School of Economics. Heinrich August Winkler, who until...
Physicists could play a key role in a planned space mission to study gravitational waves. A group from the University of Birmingham would play a key role in the mission, which the US National...
IT professionals from India can turn their qualifications into a UK degree. Middlesex University has signed an agreement with Aptech, allowing those who have completed courses with the Mumbai-based...
An exhibition of performances centred on the works of a Benedictine monk that were part of the British "concrete poetry" movement in the 1960s and 1970s has been put on display. The Gallery at...
Guide-dog trainers can qualify for a bachelor of science degree via a partnership between a university and a charity. The University of Chester has launched a three-year foundation course for guide-...
Artwork by students has been put centre stage in a university's website makeover. A huge online gallery accessible from every page of the University of the Creative Arts site showcases work including...
Short-sighted salmon are to benefit from research on the prevention of cataracts. A study published in the American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology shows...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMMEAward winner: Martin OrrellInstitution: University College LondonValue: £1,213,646Individual cognitive stimulation therapy...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Frock horror
Liverpool Hope UniversityEric SaakA musical man hailing most recently from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in the US has been named professor of church history and head of the...
Advent of variable fees would exacerbate the rise, academic warns. John Morgan reports
A Nobel prizewinning biologist has retracted two papers written by one of her former postdoctoral researchers after being unable to reproduce their key findings.Linda Buck, a principal investigator...