Barack Obama really does have a hypnotic personality, researchers have found. Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh monitored people's reactions during the US President's inauguration by...
A piece of software designed to save universities money by shutting down unused computers in 24-hour libraries is helping the environment too. The PowerDown software was developed by a team at the...
A cash pot of £200,000 has been put up by the University of Durham to help its graduates compete for jobs as recession hits the job market. The university is offering about 100 students £2,000...
The common tadpole found in many a garden pond could be the key to developing new drugs to prevent skin cancer. Scientists at the University of East Anglia have found that the movement and growth of...
More children must take part in drugs trials to ensure new medicines are safe, a study at Queen's University Belfast claims. Research showed many people in Northern Ireland do not know that the...
A study of how the police can best work with minority groups, including the Muslim community, has been produced by a team led by the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan). It has produced a report...
Astronautical engineers from India are heading to the University of Leicester to work on their country's first national astronomy satellite. Key components of the satellite, which is named Astrosat,...
Some £250 million is to be spent on the University of Essex's three campus sites over the next seven years. Thirty projects are involved, including a £25 million student centre in Colchester. At the...
Drama students at the University of Hull rehearse the play Not Yet. The play, written by Hull drama lecturer Sarah Jane Dickenson and performed by students at the university, has been chosen for an...
Former academic Joanna Newman is leading the British Library's efforts to engage universities in a high-tech era
The University of York has appointed David Duncan as its registrar and secretary. Having previously taught history at the universities of Natal and Witwatersrand in South Africa, Dr Duncan also...
A PhD student at Strathclyde is studying Bedouin lore to develop new drugs. Olga Wojtas reports
Overhauling curriculums and assessment calls for 'engaged partnerships'. Rebecca Attwood writes
The University of Oxford's new biochemistry building, designed by Hawkins/Brown architects, aims to achieve a new ethos of interdisciplinary working and to challenge public perceptions of the...
The evolution of academic work space, a key status symbol, is being investigated. John Gill reportsThey may not have the executive salaries, company cars or expense accounts of high-flyers in other...