Scientists have won £3 million from the research councils and the government to study the environmental effects of nanoparticles found in products such as clothing and cosmetics. The University of...
Partnerships between a university and two further education colleges will benefit 180,000 students as the institutions face up to the UK's new funding climate. The University of Salford has signed...
An international network of scholars is set to analyse nationalistic tensions in East Asia. Led by academics at the Institute of Education, the project will encourage research into how schooling and...
Gay footballers should be supported by the game's governing bodies to be open about their sexuality, according to a survey conducted by researchers. The poll of fans, players and referees produced by...
A collection of hand-bound books held by a university chancellor is to go on display. Lord Sawyer of Darlington, chancellor of Teesside University, has arranged for an exhibition of his private...
Scientists have confirmed that a distant galaxy spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope is the most remote object ever observed in the Universe. The galaxy was seen as it would have appeared 600...
A clinic bringing together law students and qualified solicitors to assist poorer communities has opened in Scotland. The Law Wise Clinic, a partnership between the University of the West of Scotland...
Thousands of trees are being planted in Malawi as part of a project to offset the paper used by students during their degree courses. Temwa, a charity based in Bristol, is using money raised at the...
Mathematical modelling of the development of patterns has been used by researchers to investigate the evolutionary reasons for the markings on big cats. Scientists at the University of Bristol looked...
Disastrous defeat in the Franco-Prussian War led to the birth of the Paris Commune in 1871. A self-governing republican council took over the city and refused to accept a humiliating peace treaty...
New wave of creative-writing courses embrace the notion of marketability. Matthew Reisz reports
Former George Washington head gives Paul Jump a piece of his mind on the state of the US academy
United StatesDear Bobby, please save usA student enraged by the failure of Louisiana's governor to tackle the problems facing the state's universities has attempted to embarrass him into engaging...
Universities need to wake up to downsides of internationalisation, survey claims. John Morgan reports
Key Papers of the 2010 Nobel LaureatesData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Web of Science DatabasePaperCitationsAuthor(s), journal Physiology or Medicine Robert G. Edwards “for the...