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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Conservatives accuse the Government of failing Britain's youth, reports Rebecca Attwood
Academic interest in the preacher of radical free-market capitalism is growing, reports Jon Marcus
Liverpool Hope University has been served with an improvement notice by the Health and Safety Executive for failing to properly assess the risk of stress to its staff.An HSE inspector visited the...
Risks made clear to Unesco as global private enrolment tops 30 per cent. Phil Baty reports