The contract to undertake one of the UK's largest studies of small businesses has been awarded jointly to the Welsh Enterprise Institute at the University of Glamorgan Business School and Cardiff...
The number of overseas students studying at the University of Nottingham's UK campus is at an "all-time high". There are about 7,500 international students from 141 nations - making up 24 per cent of...
Trevor Jones, a conservation zoologist, has captured on video for the first time a new species of elephant-shrew, a small furry mammal that eats mostly insects. The research fellow from Anglia Ruskin...
Computer scientists from Newcastle University are leading a £13.4 million project for the European Union to make technology ranging from mobile phones to satellites more robust and reliable. The...
Thirty new professors will be appointed in the faculty of medicine at Imperial College London over the next three years. The drive forms a key part of the research strategy for the newly formed...
A new scheme to give undergraduate students a taste of what research is all about has been launched by the University of Lincoln. The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Scheme (Uros) will give the...
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is to collaborate in a new research partnership with the University of Sussex. Conservation of endangered plant species and the discovery of new medicinal uses for...
In response to the Cox report, which identified innovation as crucial to business success, a new course has been launched to help create innovative managers. Students with work experience in business...
New facilities for one of the University of Southampton's most famous research centres were officially opened by the Earl of Wessex last week. A £6 million facility for the Institute of Sound and...
Numbers of academic-related staff at the University of Cambridge increased about 40 per cent during the period 2002 to 2007, while the number of lecturers remained unchanged. The university's council...
A new postgraduate degree course aimed at giving students a deeper understanding of terrorism and international security in the modern world has been launched by Queen's University Belfast. In the MA...
A university lecturer could see his design take centre stage in Trafalgar Square. The creation - an illuminated peace sign powered by the sun and wind - by Patrick Brill, a lecturer at London...
Charity ploughs investment returns into research in genetics and global health, writes Zoe Corbyn.
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILPart of £14 million awarded by the AHRC in the latest round of its standard grant scheme. 43 awards are funded (Awards 1-18 published on 31 January).- Award winner...
Devastating pandemics remain a threat to public health. Sir Gordon Duff heads the vigilant scientists who protect us.