Blog Theory brings the heavy guns of literary theory to bear on the purportedly trivial activity of blogging. The usual artillery is deployed - a bombardment of arguments from Slavoj Žižek and...
A sonic explorer gives Andrew Blake a new channel into the ambient soundscape and its effects on us
Robin Feuer Miller on an admirable reassessment of the writer's strange and melodramatic death
A renowned university creative-writing programme is joining forces with a literature development agency to launch a website to showcase new talent. The site, provisionally titled www.newwriting.net,...
A "house of the future" that captivated millions of television viewers is to be rebuilt on a university campus. In Channel 4's 2008 programme Grand Designs Live: The House That Kevin Built, the...
Researchers from the UK and China are collaborating on a way to neutralise the unpleasant taste of medicines. Teams from the University of Bradford and the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese...
A campaign is being launched to find thousands of "lost" graduates. The University of Bedfordshire is initially targeting its "Where are you now?" campaign in the local area, where it believes many...
A sale of work by artists including David Hockney, Tracey Emin and Bridget Riley has raised £225,850 towards a new campus. Alumni, staff and supporters of the Royal College of Art donated 15 lots for...
Scientists have succeeded in turning embryonic stem cells into ones that generate cartilage, paving the way for new treatments of diseases such as arthritis. The researchers, based at the University...
A university is holding a series of free masterclasses across the country to help the public use and analyse the increasing amount of data available on the internet. The course, run by the Centre for...
Scientists have won £3 million from the research councils and the government to study the environmental effects of nanoparticles found in products such as clothing and cosmetics. The University of...
Partnerships between a university and two further education colleges will benefit 180,000 students as the institutions face up to the UK's new funding climate. The University of Salford has signed...
An international network of scholars is set to analyse nationalistic tensions in East Asia. Led by academics at the Institute of Education, the project will encourage research into how schooling and...
Gay footballers should be supported by the game's governing bodies to be open about their sexuality, according to a survey conducted by researchers. The poll of fans, players and referees produced by...
A collection of hand-bound books held by a university chancellor is to go on display. Lord Sawyer of Darlington, chancellor of Teesside University, has arranged for an exhibition of his private...