A short film co-produced by a university psychologist has won the award for best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film at the London Independent Film Festival. Homoworld is a 17-minute film...
Peace triumphed over War - again - in the latest round of the Tolstoy Cup. The annual football match between teams from the peace studies department at the University of Bradford and the war studies...
We asked you to tell us the moment in history you would most like to have caught on video camera. The diverse - and creative - results are now in. Our ten favourites are printed below, in no...
United StatesLawyer loses on 'frivolous' groundsA lawyer who sued Columbia University for failing to offer men's studies courses has lost his case. Roy Den Hollander accused the university of bias...
Public outcry followed dismissal of global expert on climate change. Melanie Newman reports
President Nicolas Sarkozy is refusing to back down from planned reforms to French higher education despite 15 weeks of strikes by academics and a call by university presidents for a moratorium.
Gary Day sings an ode to manliness, from 11th-century swordplay to 21st-century six-packs
Shock waves rolled around our campus this week as a special investigation by The Poppletonian revealed serious and possibly fraudulent misuse of the Conference Expenses Fund.Records obtained by us...
Kevin Fong bemoans science's continuing inability to secure its future
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Tuberculosis has re-emerged as a serious health problem. Unless significant steps are taken to raise awareness and align prevention strategies across Europe, all the progress made in controlling the...
Martin Turner, a leading British space scientist who was appointed CBE in 2004, has died.
Editor: Julia PolakCo-editors: Sakis Mantalaris and Sian E. HardingEdition: FirstPublisher: Imperial College PressPages: 948Price: £107.00ISBN 9781848161825This book is a kind of how-to guide for...
ObesityAuthor: Elliot BlassEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 300Price: £32.99ISBN 9780878930371This volume discusses the factors contributing to the obesity epidemic, including social...