Studies of cartilage in pigs' trotters could help investigators looking into suspicious demises pinpoint the time of death. Christopher Rogers, a PhD student in forensic science at the University of...
A Scottish university has held its first degree ceremony in Singapore. The University of Stirling event marked the successful completion of a two-year degree in retail by more than 150 Singaporeans...
Researchers aim to uncover how undergraduate learning links with the skills needed in the workplace. A team from the University of Central Lancashire has been awarded £200,000 by the National...
Welsh graduates are being offered a leg-up into further study via a scholarship scheme. The Glyndwr University fund is open to students who are either living in Wales or have graduated from a Welsh...
A director making a film documenting a day in the life of people across the planet took his inspiration from the university archives of a project that charted life in Britain during the Second World...
Researchers have uncovered the earliest UK evidence of a tortoise kept as a family pet. Richard Thomas, an archaeologist at the University of Leicester, discovered a bone belonging to a late-19th-...
Music festivals of the future could be partly powered by the urine from on-site revellers if university researchers reach their goal. Scientists at the Bristol Robotic Laboratory, a research facility...
These paper flags, made from the pages of books, are the work of Jon Adams, artist-in-residence at the University of Portsmouth. They were planted en masse at the university as part of a public art...
Martin Bean sees Lord Browne's review as chance to help restore ELQ funding, writes Simon Baker
Initiative seeks sustainable ways to preserve collections. Matthew Reisz reports
We have had to make some extraordinarily difficult decisions this week - on which institutions to exclude from our 2010 World University Rankings.In the autumn, we will publish our annual list of the...
Chinese students and researchers have "little or no idea" about academic ethics and misconduct, a study suggests.
As part of our #loveHE campaign, Times Higher Education has asked followers on Twitter to tell us why they love the academy.Tweet of the week:Because education improves people's lives. Support...
Policymakers and researchers in India and Brazil will be able to assess the economic impact of their countries' graduates thanks to a research project funded by the Economic and Social Research...
One-sixth of elderly dementia patients are prescribed unnecessary and potentially harmful anti-psychotic drugs. Researchers at the University of Dundee found that those treated for dementia were more...