Edward Hopper and the Carrot Crunch, an allegory of the global banking crisis drawn and authored by an art student, has won this year's national Macmillan Prize for Children's Book Illustration. Mike...
A rugby league club has commissioned its local university to help it kick for victory this season. The University of Hull's department of sport and exercise science is to provide a comprehensive...
Whoever wins the Fifa World Cup, they may be disappointed by the prize. Martyn Poliakoff, research professor in chemistry at the University of Nottingham, has debunked the myth that the tournament's...
The Victoria and Albert Museum has signed up to a major new research collaboration with academics. Art historians at the University of York will work in the V&A's research department and with its...
Malaysian students from across the UK have travelled to Belfast for the first-ever Malaysian student conference, which will celebrate their contribution to academic life in the UK. Postgraduate...
Social science researchers at a London university are being brought under one roof. The Institute for Social Science Research brings together London South Bank University's Centre for Media and...
A centre has been launched in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to nurture young leadership talent on the African continent. The African Leadership Centre is the result of collaboration between King's...
Pesticides could be causing brain damage among bees, hastening the demise of the insect in the UK. Researchers at the University of Dundee are to examine whether the use of pesticides affects the...
The first television advert to be broadcast in Gaelic will promote Scotland's newest university. Scottish viewers of Channel 4 and Five will see "Think UHI" adverts for the prospective University of...
Work has begun on a £2.3 million facility that will test the electrical drive system in hybrid cars. The vehicle energy facility (VEF) for the Midlands, being built at the Warwick Manufacturing Group...
The influence of Angola on the Afro-Brazilian art form of capoeira is being investigated by an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded research project. Matthias Rohrig Assuncao, from the...
Pressure on universities will 'fracture' the tertiary landscape. Phil Baty reports from Hong Kong
Higher positions in global university rankings make institutions more attractive to international students and to leading university partners, research has shown.In a survey of institutions ranked in...
South KoreaFailure to meet the (pay) gradeProfessors who fail to meet expectations face a wage freeze under a performance-related pay regime unveiled by the government of South Korea. From 2015,...
Economic and Social Research CouncilFollow-on funding schemeAward winner: C.H. WattsInstitution: London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineValue: £99,532Moving from evidence to policy:...