The lonely hearts column was long viewed as the last resort of the desperate, but in the internet age it has become an increasingly acceptable route to finding love. Now the story of how we stopped...
The latest computer-game console is being used in a study of balance in older people at the University of Aberdeen. The research, being carried out in conjunction with NHS Grampian, will use the...
The problem of energy poverty in rural India and the UK's appetite for renewable energy will be tackled by an Aston University team. Aston is partnering the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, on...
A careers service has been awarded with a national quality standard for its information, advice and guidance on learning and work. Imperial College London's Careers Advisory Service (CAS) was praised...
Schools inspectorate Ofsted is considering how to change the way it assesses teacher-training colleges after input from the University of Bedfordshire. The university was picked to test a new...
The reigning champions of the Law Society's annual Client Interviewing Competition are to host the 2009 event this month. Anglia Ruskin University will field two students from its legal practice...
Barack Obama really does have a hypnotic personality, researchers have found. Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh monitored people's reactions during the US President's inauguration by...
A piece of software designed to save universities money by shutting down unused computers in 24-hour libraries is helping the environment too. The PowerDown software was developed by a team at the...
A cash pot of £200,000 has been put up by the University of Durham to help its graduates compete for jobs as recession hits the job market. The university is offering about 100 students £2,000...
The common tadpole found in many a garden pond could be the key to developing new drugs to prevent skin cancer. Scientists at the University of East Anglia have found that the movement and growth of...
More children must take part in drugs trials to ensure new medicines are safe, a study at Queen's University Belfast claims. Research showed many people in Northern Ireland do not know that the...
A study of how the police can best work with minority groups, including the Muslim community, has been produced by a team led by the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan). It has produced a report...
Astronautical engineers from India are heading to the University of Leicester to work on their country's first national astronomy satellite. Key components of the satellite, which is named Astrosat,...
Some £250 million is to be spent on the University of Essex's three campus sites over the next seven years. Thirty projects are involved, including a £25 million student centre in Colchester. At the...
Drama students at the University of Hull rehearse the play Not Yet. The play, written by Hull drama lecturer Sarah Jane Dickenson and performed by students at the university, has been chosen for an...