Universities have been urged to do more to help schoolchildren experience scientific experiments at first hand to inspire them to study the subject. Lord Winston, professor of science and society at...
A scheme that offers learners access to a "gym for the mind" has won an award. The University of Sunderland's Explore programme is a lifelong-learning scheme that follows the model of gym membership...
A centre devoted to the study of the World Wide Web is to be established as a joint venture by two universities. The Institute for Web Science will be set up by the universities of Southampton and...
Large fish farms may not have a bigger environmental impact on the seabed than their smaller counterparts, according to a study. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen examined how the size of a...
A school of law has launched a writer-in-residence programme, offering a placement to scholars who have achieved distinction in the field of critical theory. The scheme at Birkbeck, University of...
Golfers could improve their swings thanks to research under way at a London university. Peter Brooks, a PhD student at the University of Greenwich, is using state-of-the-art equipment to analyse...
People with learning difficulties are being hampered by a lack of basic sex education, which is leaving them embarrassed, vulnerable and confused. This is the finding of a three-year project by the...
Women who want large families tend to be attracted to men with more feminine features, suggesting a preference for paternal care and fidelity over wealth. Researchers at the University of Abertay...
An amateur astronomer has made a major discovery after taking part in an educational project led by scientists at Cardiff University. Nick Howes took the first pictures showing a split in the nucleus...
Plans to overhaul the structure of a university have been finalised. The University of Gloucestershire has decided to restructure as three faculties instead of five. The faculties - professional...
Video footage of the rare sight of a Bornean rock skipper frog communicating by waving its legs has been released by the University of Salford. The frog waves because the din from fast-running...
Money makes you happy only if it improves your social standing, researchers have found. The team from the universities of Cardiff and Warwick wanted to explain why people in rich nations on average...
Manchester United and England footballer Gary Neville is building the North West's first zero-emissions eco-home - and is getting some help from students. The full back wants to build a four-bedroom...
A new research centre will examine the relationship between food, obesity and disease. The Humberside Obesity, Nutrition, Education and Innovation Centre at the University of Hull is the first of its...
French lithography will be the subject of the first exhibition at a new art gallery at the University of Kent. The Art of Lithography exhibition is being held at the Studio 3 gallery in the School of...