Teaching an old dog new tricks may be as difficult as the adage implies, according to research. A senior lecturer in psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University recorded the behaviour of 50 pet...
Academics are using virtual reality to gauge students' unconscious attitudes towards green issues. Researchers from the University of Derby's psychology and environmental management departments have...
Airlines currently underestimate the amount of carbon dioxide they emit by up to 100 per cent, an academic has concluded. Antonio Filippone, senior lecturer at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and...
A university in Northern Ireland has joined forces with the China Medical University to provide undergraduate degrees in pharmaceutical biotechnology. Queen's University Belfast will work with the...
A university is to partner the British Geological Survey to establish a facility to research carbon capture and storage. The National Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage will be based at the...
Research that aims to tackle the use of torture has been boosted with more than EUR2 million (£1.75 million) in funding from the European Commission. The money has been awarded to the University of...
A university in central London has won planning permission for a students' centre. The building at the London School of Economics will house the students' union, an interfaith prayer centre,...
A university has opened up its archives to reveal life as a student in the UK's capital more than a century ago. London South Bank University's online archive catalogue allows the public access to...
A pound's worth of small change, held in a tin in the bursar's office, was transformed into a lump of metal when an incendiary bomb hit Bedford College on the night of 10-11 May 1941.
Poll detects uncertainty about efficacy among marketers and alumni. Hannah Fearn reports
LSE professor opens debate through his weekly essay on human rights. Matthew Reisz reports
The British Library aims to build a concrete case for open access in the academy, with research findings from an exhibition that opened this week expected to provide evidence that research quality...
United StatesMcCain backs for-profitsFormer US presidential candidate John McCain has backed for-profit institutions in an increasingly bitter Washington battle. During a Senate hearing on for-...
Entrenched ideas hinder drive to attract more foreign students and staff, writes Michael Fitzpatrick
HUMANITIES IN THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA NETWORKThe Hera Network has awarded more than EUR16 million to 19 transnational collaborative research projects across Europe. Co-funded by the European...