Four music students are set to benefit from the continuation of a scholarship scheme started by the former drummer of punk rock group The Clash. A total of £4,000 will be awarded to drummers studying...
A £19 million hub for the performing arts that will provide purpose-built facilities for students, professionals and the public has opened in Cornwall. The Performance Centre at University College...
A series of dinners bringing together figures from the worlds of sport, media and the public and private sectors will explore what it means to operate ethically in the 21st century. Newman University...
A UK university is partnering an Iraqi institution to set up a centre for research in the built environment - with the aim of aiding the country's reconstruction. The University of Salford will help...
A Nobel prizewinning physicist has created a thinner, tougher version of polytetrafluoroethylene, better known by the brand name Teflon. Andre Geim shared the 2010 prize with his University of...
Cricket balls could easily bowl over a series of maidens, researchers have found. Biologists from the universities of Derby and Cambridge have discovered that the tuberous bushcricket has the largest...
PhD scholarships have been announced as part of the University of Birmingham's moves to expand links with China. It has set up 18 scholarships for Chinese nationals to study in Birmingham and has...
This mosaic made of bread, titled Host, was originally put on display in Winchester Cathedral as part of this year's Hyde900 festival celebrating the 900th anniversary of the foundation of nearby...
Ashridge leader notes waning student appetite for academic programmes. Hannah Fearn reports
Surrey's head hopes for light-touch policies that leave institutions with their autonomy intact, writes Simon Baker
IndiaA date with the AmericansThe US and India will hold a higher education summit next year as the two nations strengthen links. The three-day summit, to be held in Mumbai in July, was announced by...
Academic claims that Bologna has become a 'mission impossible'. Hannah Fearn reports
Law students in the US are finding their efforts to get hands-on experience stifled by the very sector they are trying to learn from, according to a report.Robert R. Kuehn, professor of law at...
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCILStarting Grant competitionAlmost €580 million (£491 million) has been awarded by the ERC to more than 400 winners in its third Starting Grant competition. The awards, which...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: How to destroy another human being