More than £1 million is being invested by Oxford Brookes University to boost its research into key environmental issues. The Intelligent Transport Systems doctoral training programme will explore...
The Medical Research Council has approved the establishment of a Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff University. It will be the first MRC centre aimed at harnessing genetics...
Inoculating children against flu may be the most effective way to use limited vaccine supplies, according to research carried out at the University of Warwick. The study suggests that vaccinating...
Ottoman Turkish manuscripts were the focus of a four-day specialist workshop convened by the School of Oriental and African Studies. The event, funded by the Wellcome Foundation Library, was led by...
A dietary supplement that can slow the loss of sight among older people has been developed by a team at Queen's University Belfast. The antioxidant helps sufferers of age-related macular degeneration...
Researchers at the University of Essex are to collaborate on two major studies into migration after winning grants totalling £4.7 million. Ayse Güveli and Lucinda Platt, from the Institute for Social...
A course in obesity science and management is to be launched at The Robert Gordon University. The masters degree aims to provide a multidisciplinary approach to the problem. It is intended for future...
A new principal has been named by the UHI Millennium Institute, the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands. James Fraser, the current deputy principal and secretary at UHI, will take...
Academics at the University of Glasgow have been awarded travelling fellowships as part of a project assessing a treatment programme for abused children who now live in foster homes. Helen Minnis and...
The National Union of Students has awarded the University of Leeds the title of the best students' union in Britain. At a recent ceremony in London, Leeds won the NUS Higher Education Union of the...
A new £1.6 million analytical research facility has opened at the University of York. The Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry, which has been funded with capital investment from regional...
Space scientists descended on the capital for a conference hosted by two of London's universities. The 48th meeting of the Cassini Project Science Group, hosted by University College London and...
The power source of "cosmic blobs" has been identified by researchers at Durham University. The blobs - huge, brightly glowing reservoirs of hydrogen gas in the early Universe - were discovered ten...
A module on building virtual worlds - the first of its kind in the UK - is to be launched at Glasgow Caledonian University. It will teach the design and development of 3D internet "worlds" using...
Academics at the University of Leicester took part in a paper-free seminar on the uses and abuses of social media via Twitter. Presenters at last week's event - including academics, politicians,...