Companies in Kent are poised to benefit from a partnership between the University of Greenwich and local business-support organisations. The Business Innovation Group aims to help firms exploit new...
The Centre for Humanities and Health has opened at King's College London, bringing together specialists from the fields of literature, philosophy, film studies, history and health. The centre will...
Aspiring butlers will now be able to train for a fully accredited qualification with the launch of the international professional butlers' diploma at Thames Valley University. The diploma was...
Students and visitors at the University of Northampton were invited to brush up their rhyme and form at a free poetry-writing masterclass with New Zealand poet Kevin Ireland this week. The former...
A Welsh university has signed the first of seven planned agreements to share its research with different universities in Chongqing, southwest China. The memorandum of understanding between Glyndwr...
A Centre for Modern Studies has been launched at the University of York. The centre, which will be housed in the new Berrick Saul Building once construction is completed, will bring together...
It is to become mandatory for researchers at the University of Salford to deposit their research in the institution's open-access repository. The decision was announced last week to coincide with the...
Cats' aggression towards their owners may be more common than previously thought, according to research from the University of Lincoln. A collaboration with Brazilian researchers surveyed cat owners...
The Bible will be seen in a fresh light thanks to a University of Nottingham project. Bibledex will see Brady Haran, Nottingham's resident film-maker, produce a series of videos retelling stories...
An innovative prison theatre project run by HMP Winchester, in partnership with the University of Winchester, has been awarded a Koestler Trust Bronze Award. Last year's Stand or Fall was selected...
AustraliaWireless windfallThe Australian Government will inject A$150 million (£83 million) into scientific research thanks to its premier scientific agency's seminal development of wireless internet...
Push for 3 million students by 2012 as Commission aims to bolster programme. Phil Baty reports
They are sometimes seen as cash cows to bolster UK institutions' finances, but the wide-ranging contribution that overseas students make to campus life has been highlighted by the British Council....
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, part of the University of London, is housed in a classic Art Deco building close to the British Museum.Opened in 1929, the pioneering steel-framed...
Consultant says v-c role should be split to meet the recession's challenges. Hannah Fearn reports