Britain's first MA in contemporary Muslim studies is to be launched later this year. Liverpool Hope University said that the course, which is due to start in September, matches up with an area of...
One of the country's best-known retail chains is to sponsor research into the social history of food. The doctoral scholarship at the University of Leeds is being backed by Marks & Spencer, and...
A radio documentary exploring the effect of war on the families of those in the armed services has won two broadcast journalism awards in the US. Letters of Love from Home was originally broadcast on...
The phenomenal feats of endurance by red crabs on Christmas Island have been analysed in new research. Scientists at the University of Bristol's School of Biological Sciences studied the behaviour of...
More than 100 personal notebooks and unpublished poetry by the writer, environmentalist and film-maker Roger Deakin have been bequeathed to a university. The collection had been stored in dozens of...
A scheme has been launched to strengthen links between a university and the local community and build on work with partner schools and colleges.The Nottingham Trent University Partnership Scheme has...
People wanting to keep track of their elected representatives after last week's election now have a helping hand. Students at the University of Cambridge's computer lab have set up a website offering...
A research "laboratory" to investigate bilingualism has opened in Wales. The centre for research on bilingualism in theory and practice at Bangor University will conduct research into how languages...
Leaders of the Scottish tourist industry met to discuss plans for a new degree. The experts met in Inverness to discuss the BA in tourism and hospitality practice planned at the UHI Millennium...
Primary school principals and teachers from Hong Kong visited a British university to study methods to improve the treatment of students with special educational needs. The teachers took part in a...
Scientists hope research into how hammerhead sharks sniff out their prey will influence design for chemical sensors for counter-terrorism, underwater exploration and medicine. Jonathan Cox, a...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: A sociological sermonI don't usually comment on articles in Times Higher Education, but...
King's College LondonJeremy HorderA professor whose academic career blossomed after he decided not to join his father's second-hand car business has been appointed Edmund-Davies chair in criminal law...
Herminio Martins offers a threefold plan to bring order to the 'structural irresponsibility' of academic book reviewing - so dangerous in the present climate
The decline of modern languages in the UK threatens our place in the European conversation, writes Anthony Bushell