University of Derby - Kindness of strangers
Researchers are developing a computer game to help highly self-critical people identify kindness in others. Psychologists at the University of Derby and Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust...
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University of Aberdeen - Sound investment
A grant of £45,000 has opened up an archive of recorded sound material in Scotland. The University of Aberdeen received the gift from Biffaward - a fund managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife...
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University of East Anglia - Jubilee jubilation
A scholarship programme is to give students from Africa the chance to study in the UK. The grants at the University of East Anglia will cover tuition fees for four African PhD students from...
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Loughborough University - Fat busters
A pioneering study is to examine whether young adults at risk of developing Type-2 diabetes can be persuaded to live less sedentary lives. Researchers from Loughborough University's School of Sport,...
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Bucks New University - Slovenia rules, OK
England's World Cup group rivals Slovenia could provide a stiff challenge if they are cut from the same cloth as academics from the country, a study has suggested. Scholars from the Central European...
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University of Birmingham - Good impressions
Scientists have pinpointed the exact date and location used by Claude Monet to paint five famous pictures. For four paintings of Waterloo Bridge and one of Charing Cross Bridge, scientists at the...
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University of Westminster - Mountains to climb
China and India are emerging as key global players, but the disputed Himalayan border remains an obstacle to closer cooperation between the two countries. A two-day conference at the University of...
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Thames Valley University - Art for sport's sake
A "multisensory celebration of diving" and a musical form of fencing were among 20 cultural events and artworks staged at a London university to mark the launch of a national celebration of the...
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Newcastle University - Geordies are the business
A business school in the North East of England has achieved accreditation from an international body that certifies business and finance colleges around the world. Newcastle University Business...
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Neck stroke
A question that may until now have taxed only safari tourists has finally been solved: giraffes can swim, at least in theory. Darren Naish, a vertebrate palaeontologist at the University of...
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Odds and quads
The Siege of Paris, the climax of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870- 71, marked one of the turning points in European history.It led to a disastrous French defeat, the loss of the territory of Alsace-...
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Chosen people's chosen subject: scientific greatness
Jewish pre-eminence in 20th-century science was not a result of their genes. Matthew Reisz reports
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Banality of evil and the monsters in the mirror
Thinker tackles 'concrete, practical problem' and offers some home truths. Matthew Reisz writes
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THE World University Rankings
Some scholars in the arts and humanities have expressed concern - to put it mildly - that the citation data used in the 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings will fail to measure the...
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaStudent debt debacleThe University of New South Wales has written off A$5.35 million (£3.1 million) in student debt, according to The Australian newspaper. In its 2009 annual report, tabled...