University of Brighton - Goal is peace
Sir Bobby Charlton, the Manchester United and England football legend, has joined the University of Brighton on a visit to Israel to train young Jewish and Arab footballers. The university's Football...
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University of Essex - Question time
Does it pay to be nice? Why do girls do better than boys at school? Does the fact that your parents smoked mean that you will? These were among the tough questions faced by academics attending the...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Triumph for strange new worlds
A social work lecturer has won a national prize for The Turing Test - his collection of short stories that feature robots, alien planets and genetic manipulation. Chris Beckett, a science fiction...
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University of Aberdeen - Logic, we have a problem
At the University of Aberdeen last week, Ken Skeldon did his best to debunk the conspiracy theories surrounding the Nasa Moon landings. Questions such as why did the flags planted on the lunar...
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Leeds Trinity and All Saints - Degrees of independence
Degree-awarding powers have been awarded to a higher education institution in Leeds. Currently, the University of Leeds awards degrees to graduates of Leeds Trinity and All Saints. However, after an...
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University of Lincoln - Engineering a partnership
A new School of Engineering is to be created at the University of Lincoln. The Centre of Excellence, which is supported by a £4.3m grant from the Higher Education Funding Council for England, will be...
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University of Central Lancashire - Save your energy
A university has signed a £1 million three-year partnership with BAE Systems to conduct research into energy management. The University of Central Lancashire will help the defence giant manage its...
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University of York - Winds of change
The University of York is consulting on whether it should build two wind turbines as part of the new extension to its main campus. Elizabeth Heaps, the university's pro vice-chancellor for estates,...
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University College London - Sound and vision
A neuroscience laboratory has developed the first audio-based game for the iPhone. Called Bing Bong, it encourages players to use their brains differently by "hearing" the visual world. Developed by...
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Imperial College London - Greenhouse effect
London scientists are now able to carry out large-scale plant experiments in an urban location for the first time, thanks to a £1 million rooftop greenhouse that has been opened on top of a five-...
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University of Westminster - Guides to togetherness
Students with disabilities have been working with academics to develop a set of learning and teaching guides to help staff design inclusive curriculums. A three-year project at the University of...
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University of Reading - Lights, camera, planning
The University of Reading has submitted a planning application for a new purpose-built home for its department of film, theatre and television at the university's Whiteknights campus. Dedicated space...
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University of Leeds - Medieval mythbusters
More than 1,500 scholars from around the world were expected to descend on the University of Leeds this week for a myth-busting International Medieval Congress. The scholars were set to explore...
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Stage is set
Southampton Solent University has become the first university in the UK to run its own stage at Glade, an open-air electronic music festival. Students are involved in everything from performing to...
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Original features
The University of Essex's Ivor Crewe lecture hall in Colchester, which opened in 2006, was described as "looking like a dustbin" by the Prince of Wales last year.Only a few weeks later, it was...