Students who helped create one of the Elephant Parade figures that graced the streets of London this summer raised more money for charity than some of the celebrity artists involved. Gaia, the...
Researchers believe they have opened the door to the new hydrogen economy by finding an energy-efficient way to make the element out of used vegetable oil. Scientists at the University of Leeds...
An Indian student who won the chance to study in the UK in a reality TV show has graduated with a first-class degree. Caezaan Keshvani read functional genomics and stem-cell science at the University...
The aspirations of young people are to be raised through sport in a partnership between a university and the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust. The University of Bedfordshire has pledged to raise £25,...
Female birds may increase their offspring's chances of survival by being unfaithful to their partners, a study suggests. In many species, females pair up with specific mates who helps raise their...
Although this skull was once said to belong to the mythical Aboriginal creature known as a bunyip, it was identified by the naturalist William Sharp Macleay (1792-1865) as nothing but a horse,...
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Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: The exploitation game
University of CaliforniaRosie MeekA scholar who entered academia "by accident" is heading across the Atlantic to begin a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of California, San Diego. Rosie Meek,...
Boredom, fear and bloodshed: Duncan Wu on a provocatively frank view of the war in Afghanistan
They are used to being lauded as masters of their trade, but novelists such as Salman Rushdie and Ian McEwan have been subjected to a withering attack by a leading critic. Gabriel Josipovici,...
Institution heads cite 'intransigent staff' as one of their greatest constraints, writes John Morgan
Universities could split the delivery of undergraduate degrees, with some students starting off at teaching-led institutions and finishing at research-intensive universities.The proposal has been put...
Academic proposes 'Hippocratic oaths' for scholars and managers. Rebecca Attwood reports
Students are being given more information, but many don't seek it out. Rebecca Attwood reports