Microbanking pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is one step closer to realising his vision for a social bank to serve the citizens of Glasgow. The economist met with John Swinney, Scottish...
Research shows that children of lower-income families are nearly twice as likely to be overweight as those from higher-income homes. The London Metropolitan University study compares the weight,...
A Centre for Organisational Ethics has opened as part of a reorganisation of a business school's research centres. The centre at Hull University Business School will investigate topics such as...
The world's largest virtual exploration is being led by archaeologists at Stonehenge. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, led by the University of Birmingham, will use the latest geophysical-...
The inaugural cohort of UK chemistry students sitting Eurobachelor degrees will graduate from Nottingham Trent University this summer. It became the first UK university to be permitted to award the...
A return to creative writing is needed in England's primary schools, according to a teaching handbook produced by two academics. Robyn Cox and Julie Maclusky, lecturers at the University of Worcester...
Work has begun on the construction of a £6.5 million research facility for bioenergy and biofuels, brewing technology and food and drink processing. The Bioenergy Centre at the University of...
A law course is being launched to meet the challenge of the growing commercialisation of sport. Coventry University's Centre for the International Business of Sport will run a postgraduate...
Scientists have created what is likely to be the world's smallest chemistry set using nanotubes with a diameter about 10,000 times smaller than a human hair. The researchers at the University of...
A group of young Saudi Arabian women will be climbing high wires and traversing cliff tops as part of an international summer school. The school, run by the University of East Anglia, has been...
A university has joined forces with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in a bid to help cut the cost of building and maintaining its fleet of about 300 lifesaving vessels. The RNLI and the...
The government has been warned to take the time to build a consensus on radical pension reform following a study into the effect of major changes in other countries. Researchers from the University...
A centre for Latin American art has been boosted by the acquisition of eight artworks. The University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art gained the pieces through its partnership with the...
Scientists have collected samples of rare creatures and evidence of more than 10 possible new species following a trip that has "revolutionised" understanding of deep sea life in the Atlantic Ocean....
This 18ft red cedar totem pole was commissioned by the University of Plymouth's Centre for Sustainable Futures (CSF).The work reflects the city's connections with the Americas since the time of the...