Early relatives of modern spiders have been modelled in 3D by scientists at Imperial College London. A team led by Russell Garwood, a PhD student, created images of the 3,000-year-old creatures using...
The impact of cheap and easily available credit on personal debt in the UK is to be analysed by researchers at the University of York. The project, led by a team in the department of sociology, will...
Prospective students with life experience but no first degree can enrol for a masters at Edinburgh Napier University. The Bridging to Masters course, developed by the Edinburgh Institute at the...
The School of Language, Linguistics and Translation Studies at the University of East Anglia has changed its name. It will now be known as the School of Language and Communication Studies, reflecting...
People with autism find it hard to gauge the feelings of others because they see and process body language differently, according to research at Durham University. The study assessed how well...
A name change planned by Leeds Metropolitan University has been put on hold until Susan Price, its new vice-chancellor, starts next year. Last year, the board of governors agreed that the university...
The University of Plymouth has been granted international accreditation for environmental management by BM TRADA, a worldwide rating developed to help businesses think about their impact on the...
A lecturer swapped the intimacy of the lecture theatre for an international audience as his thoughts on studying forensics were beamed across Europe and the Middle East. Ahmed Mohameden, senior...
Built around a chestnut tree, the University of Warwick's celebrated Mathematics Research Centre Houses have been described as a modern Stonehenge.The five houses and two flats were conceived in 1967...
Tribunal upholds claim of registrar who lost job after 'protected disclosure', Melanie Newman writes
Paper claims Darwinism can explain the existence and impact of the arts. Hannah Fearn reports
Degrees in subjects from music to media studies will be taught in Gaelic by a Scottish institution in a move that others in the sector are being encouraged to follow.The UHI Millennium Institute will...
United StatesIllinois trustees told to resignA panel investigating admission irregularities at the University of Illinois has recommended that all its trustees should submit their resignations and...
World's largest offshore recruiter may cast off doubts as market hots up, writes Phil Baty
Noel Sharkey warns that robots do not possess the necessary discriminatory skills to be used as killers by the military