A new exhibition on the history of theatre has opened at the British Library. The Golden Generation: New Light on British Theatre is the culmination of a five-year collaboration between the...
Engineering a good result The Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) has accredited two Open University engineering qualifications for professional registration. The bachelor of engineering (BEng...
Discussions are under way between the University of Exeter and Tsinghua University in China with a view to strengthening relationships and reinforcing educational partnerships. The talks follow an...
The College of Arms has this week presented a new coat of arms to Swansea Metropolitan University (SMU), marking its change of name from Swansea Institute. Robert John Baptist Noel, an officer of...
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has selected Manchester Metropolitan University to pilot a scheme aimed at helping graduates set up local businesses and boost the regional economy....
Is forgetting a necessary process that societies must undergo in order to progress? This is the question that will be addressed at a conference, Cultural Memory: Forgetting to Remember/Remembering to...
A mother and her son have both achieved degrees from the University of Teesside in the same year and will graduate on the same day. Angela Russell, 47, will receive a BSc (hons) in promoting practice...
The world record for the largest model of DNA has been claimed by the University of Huddersfield. The record-breaking DNA model measures 21.5m - just short of the length of a cricket pitch - and...
A national cancer tissue bank is building reserves. Its head tells Zoe Corbyn it could spur advances
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARDThe Technology Strategy Board, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council have joined forces to back three projects...
One anthropologist thinks doomsday sceptics are being unfairly silenced. Melanie Newman reports
After two weeks on holiday, with time to think, Gloria Monday considers whether she should leave the exhausting world of academia take the less-regimented option of life in the military
Royal Geographical Society head refutes claims of field's demise. Donna Bowater reports
Report from top academics suggests a greater role for business in courses, writes Zoe Corbyn
Lists of howlers have been cascading in. A University of Marburg student's essay on local student life, sent in by Dr Alan Robertson of St Andrews University, (said): "Students in Marburg have little...