University of Hertfordshire - Bear trajectories
An engineer has demonstrated how teddy bears can travel at supersonic speeds. Ray Wilkinson, principal lecturer in engineering at the University of Hertfordshire, showcased his work in rocketry as...
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Nottingham/Manchester - Victory float
Two academics are hoping to break the world distance and duration records for female balloonists. Janet Folkes, a mechanical engineer from the University of Nottingham, and her co-pilot Ann Webb, an...
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Kingston University - You're not so vain after all
Authors who pay to see their work in print can hold their heads up high: self-publishing has shed its shady past and is now a respectable business, an academic has claimed. Alison Baverstock, an...
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University of Sheffield - Shanghai link means business
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...
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Cardiff/Swansea - Nibbling away at tooth decay
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...
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Queen's University Belfast - Exporting the peace process
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...
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London School of Economics - Western memorial
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...
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University of Birmingham - Front-row seats for the Big Bang
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...
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Middlesex University - Networking with the IT crowd
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...
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Norwich University College of the Arts - Making a splash, poetically
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...
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University of Chester - New dogs, old tricks
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-...
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University of the Creative Arts - Virtual gallery's browser appeal
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...
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University of East Anglia - Improving the fish-eye view
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...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMMEAward winner: Martin OrrellInstitution: University College LondonValue: £1,213,646Individual cognitive stimulation therapy...
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Blogconfidential: Frock horror
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Frock horror