The effects of inbreeding among flour beetles are being investigated in a three-year study at the University of East Anglia. It is hoped that the research will help to protect numerous endangered...
A second PhD student at Bucks New University has been elected to the World Network of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs. Bucks New University is now the only institution with more than one member....
The next vice-chancellor and principal of Heriot-Watt University has been named. Steve Chapman, vice-principal for planning, resources and research policy at the University of Edinburgh, will succeed...
A digital security and forensics lab has opened at the University of Bedfordshire. The new lab will offer students a simulated work environment preparing them for future careers, said Carsten Maple,...
Nine University of Dundee students are to act as invigilators for the Scottish exhibition at this year's Venice Biennale. The students will attend the showcase for contemporary visual arts in Italy,...
Aerospace, energy, marine and automobile industries are to benefit from a new research centre focusing on manufacturing technologies. The £25 million Advanced Forming Research Centre is a joint...
The work of one of the UK's most prominent choreographers is to be stored for posterity in the country's first online dance archive. Researchers at the Centre for Media, Arts and Performance at...
Six faculties are to be condensed into three at the University of Liverpool. The university has said that the move will "maximise the effectiveness" of research and cut academics' administrative...
A strategic review that cut 220 jobs without compulsory redundancies has been completed by the University of Plymouth. A review of professional support areas followed an earlier review of academic...
Five research centres focusing on subjects ranging from memory to ageing are to be launched next month at the University of Gloucestershire. They include a Centre for Media, Memory and Community;...
A Welsh university is helping people with dementia continue living with their families. The University of Glamorgan has gone into partnership with a housing company to construct an innovative...
A medical student from the University of Leicester has graduated with a masters degree in medical humanities - midway through her undergraduate medical training. Under Leicester's programme, students...
An agricultural college has been given a £500,000 donation by a former student who made his fortune in the poultry industry.Harper Adams University College will use the cash to set up a new student...
NHS London has published a new measure of universities' work to ensure that the next generation of healthcare professionals have the correct skills. The quality assurance system focuses on value for...
Princess Anne has opened a new building that will house up to 90 staff and space for research and teaching. The South Courtyard Building at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine contains...