A form of psychotherapy that uses movement and dance as a means of communication is being offered for the first time in the UK as an MSc by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Programme leader...
An "off-road" wheelchair to help disabled people cope with rough terrain in developing countries has been designed by students at the University of Nottingham. It is built from bicycle parts and...
Work is beginning on a new £45 million School of Medicine and the Sciences at the University of St Andrews, promoting collaborative research in areas such as cancer, health psychology and infectious...
Academics have been commissioned by the BBC Trust to investigate the relationships between audiences and entertainment programming. Bill Osgerby and Anna Gough-Yates from London Metropolitan...
Amy Jewell, a student at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, has used her experience of obsessive-compulsive disorder as the inspiration behind her final degree show work.Ms Jewell, who is...
High fees and bank clampdown on loans may leave many unable to take up places. Jon Marcus reports
Remember the history student who proclaimed "the slave trade was one of those institutions that seems like a marvellous idea at the time"?What about the theology student who concluded that "mouth-to-...
United StatesMedics' perks under scrutinyUS medical schools have drawn criticism for failing to police the money, gifts and samples given to doctors and trainees by pharmaceutical firms. American...
What will the freedom to produce hybrid embryos mean to stem-cell research? Zoe Corbyn reports
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL AND THE ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILDetails of the ten joint AHRC/EPSRC collaborative research studentships made as part of the joint...
US-born fundraiser Liesl Elder joins her mentor at Edinburgh, eager to help direct its 'visionary' philanthropic campaign
Jonathan Seville has become dean of the University of Warwick's School of Engineering. The Midlands has been central to Professor Seville's career for many years: he began his engineering career in...
National research pools are winning Scotland an international reputation, writes Olga Wojtas
Paul Ramsden on the Higher Education Academy initiatives adding value to teaching practices and student learning
Shallow, costly, widely manipulated and methodologically worthless: ex-HEA director Lee Harvey on a 'laughable' National Student Survey