The University and College Union is in talks with the University of Essex over the closure of the Institute for Social and Technical Research (ISTR). The postgraduate ISTR - which comprises the...
Ten academics have been appointed associate professors at the University of Bournemouth. Appointees are expected to progress to full professor status within five years. The university has also...
A conference to bring university and industry heads together to discuss how they can help boost Britain's flagging economy is to be held at Cranfield University. The two-day conference, to take place...
A renowned Chinese artist is taking up residency at the University of Essex Gallery. Sun Xun, an animation artist who produces films with political themes, will spend five weeks at the university...
One of the UK's largest studies of child and adolescent mental health will be led by the University of Leeds. Hundreds of young people deliberately hurt themselves, and the £4.5 million study will...
A survivor of a Nazi concentration camp will give this year's Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture at the University of Wolverhampton this week. Steven Frank, who was born in Amsterdam in 1935, was taken...
The Confucius Institute for Scotland, established in 2005 as a partnership between the Fudan University in Shanghai and the University of Edinburgh, has won a second Award of Excellence from Hanban,...
Hairdressers should be encouraged to wear gloves to protect them against skin inflammation, a study has concluded. Hairdressers have one of the highest rates of occupational contact dermatitis, with...
A typography expert has chronicled the emergence of the modern alphabet. Timothy Donaldson, a research fellow in the Lincoln School of Art and Design at the University of Lincoln, spent 15 years...
An international consortium of scientists has created a natural and renewable method for producing hydrogen to generate electricity, which could dramatically reduce future dependence on fossil fuels...
Misguided use of technology to tackle global warming could trigger an ice age, scientists at the University of Birmingham have warned. Research by a team from the School of Geography, Earth and...
A magnetic bra developed with help from a team at Coventry University is being hailed for giving older women back their independence. The bra, which has magnetic fastenings, was brought to market by...
An investment of £20 million is to be spent on new lecture theatres, seminar rooms, office space and a cafeteria at Warwick Business School. The announcement of the new building programme marks the...
Olivia and Jack may be the most popular names for babies, but a Scottish survey of pets' names reveals that the most popular names for dogs are Max and Holly. Staff at the University of Glasgow's...
Scientists at the University of Greenwich at Medway have helped a Kent-based confectionery firm prolong the shelf life of its hand-made fudge. When Sian Holt of Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen approached...