Breastfeeding is an important public health issue but it is ignored or dismissed by many, a leading expert in the field has argued as part of a lecture series at the University of York. Mary Renfrew...
Trinity College Carmarthen is to change its name to Trinity University College. Medwin Hughes, principal, said: "This is a major development in the college's long history and is based on a wide range...
Five postgraduate programmes in the humanities that will allow students to split their academic year between Paris and Canterbury have been launched by the University of Kent. Students will spend the...
A deal between Lancaster University and an Indian education trust will see the former's degrees offered at an "education city" development near New Delhi. Lancaster has signed the deal with GD Goenka...
Gardeners who grow traditional varieties of cabbages, onions and peas are being sought by researchers who want to preserve historically important crops for posterity. It is hoped that the project,...
The politics of plants will guide the global economy, according to a scientist from the University of Edinburgh. Writing in the first issue of a new journal, Food Security, research fellow Emma Frow...
Elephants kept in captivity are being starved of company and the community atmosphere they need to flourish, a University of Salford study suggests. Paul Rees, senior lecturer at the School of...
Rebrand and £100 million refurbishment look to attract overseas students, writes Hannah Fearn
The Craiglockhart Campus is home to Edinburgh Napier University Business School. A £30 million extension and refurbishment programme, completed in 2004, was designed to provide up-to-date teaching...
A panel discussion at LSE offered some surprising insights into the university sector. John Gill reports
European Research Council - Sainsbury joins review panelDavid Sainsbury, the former Science Minister, is part of a five-member high-level panel reviewing the European Research Council, the blue-skies...
A proposal to unite all five research councils in a single organisation is the likely main recommendation from the advisory board for the Research Council's inquiry into biology. The inquiry...
United StatesGovernor and chancellor fall outA clash between the head of Nevada's higher education system and its state governor has led to a breakdown in relations. The row stems from a newspaper...
British salaries pale into insignificance compared with America's millionaires' row, writes John Gill
Boston University has become the first major US higher education institution to post its academics' research online, bypassing the traditional route of publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals,...