An "unfavourable and declining" habitat has sparked a £2 million project to improve water quality in a Norfolk river. The quality of water in the River Wensum, a site of special scientific interest,...
Two Trinidadian students have shown great dedication in their quest to qualify as solicitors, giving up holidays over a combined 12 years to complete their studies. Francis Chattie, a policeman in...
Research into voting habits during May's general election reveals a growing threat from far-right parties in the UK. The report by the Institute of Community Cohesion at Coventry University states...
Female school pupils are concerned about the voyeuristic use of CCTV surveillance by male operators, an academic study has found. Researchers from the University of Hull studied the impact of school...
A British institution has moved to strengthen its presence in China with two new strategic partnerships. The University of Nottingham, which already has a campus at Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, has...
Two academics are planning to spend a month living off food and drink produced within 1.5 miles of their home. Husband-and-wife team Richard Jones, lecturer in landscape history at the University of...
A university has won two awards in recognition of its commitment to a greener future. Thames Valley University has achieved Carbon Trust Standard certification after taking action to tackle climate...
Music education can have a positive impact on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people and must be preserved, even at a time of severe public-spending cutbacks....
Researchers using the latest sat-nav technology to track the flight paths of puffins hope to gain information that may prove essential to the birds' survival. The species' population around the Farne...
This national flag and official currency of the Republic of New Atlantis, founded by the brother of the novelist Ernest Hemingway, are owned by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at...
Historians condemn government's plan to scrap national survey as 'crazy'. Matthew Reisz writes
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De Montfort's new leader uses Twitter to engage with staff and students. Sarah Cunnane reports
These flames are fighting to survive moments before being extinguished by freezing air.The picture was taken by Robert Gordon, Royal Society Newton International Fellow at the University of Cambridge...
An epic effort by our world university rankings data supplier, Thomson Reuters, to collect information from hundreds of universities around the world concluded successfully last week.The rankings...