Belfast's Loyalist murals depict many images of the First World War. The 36th Ulster Division, in which so many forebears of today's Ulster Loyalists fought and died, is a regular theme for these...
Elisa Aaltola is left with no doubt that humans have a moral obligation not to cause animals pain
In the run-up to the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, held in Hyde Park during the summer of 1851 in Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace, Prince Albert declared that, by bringing...
The big question framing the research of Czech entomologist Vojtech Novotny is that of why there are so many species of insects in tropical rainforests. His investigations, for the past decade, have...
A riposte to the biological determinism of Richard Dawkins leaves Janet Smith frustrated
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- The Origin Then and Now: An Interpretative Guide to the Origin of SpeciesBy David N. Reznick, professor of biology at the University of California,...
Students who are more hopeful are more likely to get better marks, psychologists at Sheffield Hallam University have found. The researchers studied about 200 undergraduate psychology students to...
Thirty scientists, six of them professors, are being appointed to new academic posts at the University of Exeter. The positions are funded through the institution's £80 million investment in science...
The Philharmonia Orchestra and the University of Leicester have formed a partnership, thought to be the first of its kind. Under the arrangement, musicians from the Philharmonia will provide on-...
Irish names such as "Patrick" and "Bridget" almost died out among 19th-century immigrants to the UK owing to fears of discrimination, according to research from Durham and Northumbria universities....
Companies in Kent are poised to benefit from a partnership between the University of Greenwich and local business-support organisations. The Business Innovation Group aims to help firms exploit new...
The Centre for Humanities and Health has opened at King's College London, bringing together specialists from the fields of literature, philosophy, film studies, history and health. The centre will...
Aspiring butlers will now be able to train for a fully accredited qualification with the launch of the international professional butlers' diploma at Thames Valley University. The diploma was...
Students and visitors at the University of Northampton were invited to brush up their rhyme and form at a free poetry-writing masterclass with New Zealand poet Kevin Ireland this week. The former...
A Welsh university has signed the first of seven planned agreements to share its research with different universities in Chongqing, southwest China. The memorandum of understanding between Glyndwr...