War robots designed by academics at Cranfield University have won a Ministry of Defence (MoD) competition to develop autonomous machines to assist the military. As Times Higher Education reported (28...
The stereotypical image of the school bully needs to be revised, researchers suggest. According to a study by the Institute of Education, most children who bully are themselves bullied by other...
Even the most committed environmentalists are not prepared to accept extra green taxes and are deeply sceptical of carbon-offsetting schemes, research from the University of Exeter has found. In a...
It's "Welcome to 'Hullywood'" as the University of Hull launches a masters degree in British cinema, which it claims is the first in the country to focus solely on the British film industry. "There...
More students from state schools and colleges are being admitted to the University of Cambridge. Preliminary application and admissions figures show that this year 59 per cent of home students were...
In a break with traditional ministerial art displays, a giant tattoo-shaped rug reading "mum" is on show at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in central London. It is one of a...
The University of Sussex is seeking to appoint leaders for 12 new academic schools, to be opened in 2009 as part of its restructuring. Michael Farthing, the vice-chancellor, said that candidates had...
The use of holograms to replace valuable museum artefacts is the subject of a conference at De Montfort University next week. Hologram art works have been used by museums around the world since the...
More academic criticism has been heaped on Tim Leunig, the lecturer in economic history at the London School of Economics who received a torrent of public attacks over his claims last month that the...
Morgann Runcare-Temple of the Curve Foundation Dance Company performs for dancers, choreographers, medical practitioners and trainers attending a conference on dance science and education at the...
Website offers young researchers information and networking opportunities, writes Olga Wojtas
Inspired by The Sun, columnist Peter Aspden came up with ten things you didn't know about philosophy:1. What makes you think you know anything anyway? ...2. The Greeks invented philosophy by sitting...
A lack of British fundraising specialists has led to an influx from the US, reports John Gill
Edinburgh's new Informatics Forum, officially opened by First Minister Alex Salmond last week, is designed both to "repair the urban grain" of the area and to pioneer a style of academic architecture...
Quality Assurance AgencyNo-confidence results assessedThe Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) is consulting on a policy for dealing with universities that have received a "no...