Soils that can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are being designed by a team at Newcastle University. The research, believed to be the first of its kind, uses calcium to capture the surplus...
Airline staff are being trained for the national airline of Bahrain at City University London. Gulf Air has launched a professional development programme in aviation management for all its staff,...
An "ideas festival" is being held to celebrate research under way at Lancaster University. The one-day event on 18 April is an opportunity for academics to share their work with the wider world...
A scheme set up by a Cardiff University medic to cut alcohol-fuelled violent crime has been recommended by the Government as a model for other cities. The Cardiff Partnership, set up 12 years ago by...
A cross-Atlantic partnership will allow students and staff to collaborate on academic and research initiatives in art and design. The partnership, between the Toronto-based Ontario College of Art and...
A nursing conference last week considered the parallels between euthanasia in Nazi Germany and "mercy killing" today. Research being presented by two professors at the Royal College of Nursing annual...
Students studying acupuncture will have the opportunity to develop their skills in Cuba and China via a partnership between the University of East London and Matanzas Faculty of Traditional Chinese...
UK students can now study international history at a leading US university under a new programme offered by the London School of Economics.The LSE in partnership with Columbia University, New York,...
Why are anorexia and bulimia classed as mental health conditions when obesity is not? That was one of the questions posed by Mike Thomas, dean of the faculty of health and social care at the...
A team of 30 academics and students with expertise in podiatry pitched in to treat runners with foot and ankle injuries at the London Marathon on Sunday. Steve Avil, senior lecturer in podiatry at...
Work-based degree-level education is being provided for employees at bed retailer Dreams by Bucks New University. The foundation degree in retail management will enable Dreams staff to undertake a...
Bournemouth University academics and students are part of a team excavating Stonehenge for the first time in over 40 years.The two-week dig, which is being filmed for the BBC programme Timewatch, is...
Top civil servant says 'we never thought we would', while Denham strives to shift focus, writes John Gill
Universities' business continuity staff are developing strategies for crisis response. Chloe Stothart reports
End 'disastrous' funding system thwarting science's progress, UCL academic urges. Zoe Corbyn reports