So-called "cougars" - older, powerful women who choose to date attractive toy boys - are largely the preserve of Hollywood films, according to new research at the University of Wales Institute,...
Educational and cultural links between Nottingham Trent University and institutions in China are to be enhanced through a new scheme that will bring Chinese language teachers to the UK. The...
Tackling the superbug Clostridium difficile, which currently claims four times as many victims as MRSA, could be made easier thanks to a detection system developed by a team at Queen Mary, University...
A new diagnostic tool has been developed by scientists at the University of Strathclyde and Edinburgh Napier University that they hope will improve rates of survival among breast cancer patients....
An "enterprise centre" is to be built on the University of Reading's Whiteknights campus in a bid to boost collaboration with local businesses. The centre is part of the university's wider plan to...
Cricketers from the University of Cambridge flew to India last week for their first tour of the country. The trip was arranged to coincide with a visit by Alison Richard, the vice-chancellor, who led...
A selection of photographs, films and writing exploring contemporary Britain and economic migration is now on show at the London School of Economics. The Golden Road exhibition features pictures by...
A study into whether dementia patients and their carers benefit from producing a "narrative or therapeutic story" of their experiences has been awarded funding. Susan Benbow and Paul Kingston,...
A group of biologists has set up a research lab in Madagascar to train local students in using satellite technology to monitor and conserve the environment. Peter Long and Tamas Szekely, from the...
A broadcasting lecturer has used his contacts to secure a list of guest speakers that, he says, others "would die for". The fourth birthday of Coventry University's Coventry Conversations series is...
A "walk through time" has been made possible by a program for the most up-to-date mobile phones that shows users where they are located on ancient maps. The program, developed by a team from...
A project that gives farmers in rural India tailored advice about solving crop problems has won an award. The "Kheti system", developed by academics at Sheffield Hallam University, lets farmers in...
Reluctance to publish meetings in full is keeping 'secret discussions' private, writes Hannah Fearn
This ladies' lavatory, listed by English Heritage as a superb example of Victorian luxury design, is on the University of Greenwich's Avery Hill campus, and is still in daily use by the staff.In 1882...
Funding will also create new Pears Institute for the Study of Anti-Semitism. Matthew Reisz reports