The appearance of creationist argument in a research paper in a respected biology journal has provoked concern among academics.The paper, which appeared in Proteomics last month, argues that a "...
Private companies that gain the power to award their own degrees will join a "pond full of piranhas" and may be better off working with established universities to provide recognised courses,...
New courses aiming to bridge the gap between further and higher education are being launched now that the University of the Arts London has become the third UK higher education institution to secure...
Law students are working with the charity Shelter to offer free legal advice to the homeless and badly housed. Under the collaboration, 24 final-year students of Northumbria University's Student Law...
Researchers in a laboratory located 1km underground will begin a series of experiments to confirm the existence of dark matter, which is thought to account for much of the mass of the Universe but...
An "education city" being developed in Malaysia might soon have a UK partner. Royal Holloway, University of London, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysian firm KLEC Ventures. Kuala...
The Prime Minister last week presided over the opening of the first academic institute in the world to focus specifically on palliative care research and teaching. The Cicely Saunders Institute of...
The science of embalming bodies and other skills key to the mortuary profession are to be taught in a new foundation degree, the first of its kind in the UK. The mortuary science degree launched by...
A new course designed to encourage students to broaden the focus of their learning beyond purely academic study has been launched by Queen Mary, University of London. The Drapers' Skills Award for...
Andrew Motion, the poet laureate, along with Booker and Turner prizewinners, will be among the glitterati attending a week-long cultural festival at De Montfort University from 25 to 29 February. The...
A £1.1 million research centre to explore the technology needed to capture and store carbon dioxide permanently in the ground opened last week at the University of Nottingham. The Centre for...
A £9.6 million grant will bring young science stars to two Midlands universities. The money, awarded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England from its strategic development fund, has gone...
The Duchess of Cornwall has opened a new centre focusing on podiatry, physiotherapy, complementary medicine and sports science. The Centre for Clinical Education, based at the University of East...
Twenty lecturers are to be made redundant at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. All teaching staff have been asked to consider voluntary redundancy in a bid to save £600,000 a year, but...
The famous 15-year-old dolphin logo has been scrapped by the University of Southampton after a rebranding exercise costing £160,000. "Although the attributes of friendliness and intelligence as...