A researcher at the University of Edinburgh claims to have debunked the myth that the Pilgrim Fathers - among the first English settlers in America - were all committed explorers. Susan Hardman Moore...
Drinkers in Cambridge are being invited to toast the university's 800th anniversary with a pint of ale brewed specially for the occasion. The beer, named "1209" after the year of the university's...
A European Union grant worth EUR1.8 million (£1.5 million) has been awarded to a consortium of five European research institutions including the University of Bath to build a robot that will help...
A £6.7 million research centre focusing on environmental change has been opened at Queen's University Belfast. The Centre for Climate, the Environment and Chronology features expensive chronological...
A university based in Norwich is to establish a centre in London. The University of East Anglia's London Study Centre will be set up with INTO University Partnerships and will offer postgraduate...
The treatment of students from social-care backgrounds has won the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff a national award. The Frank Buttle Trust Quality Mark for Care Leavers in Higher Education...
Researchers at the University of Dundee have uncovered previously unknown genes in the E. coli organism that could provide clues to the origin of disease. The study, funded by the Biotechnology and...
Secondments and joint projects between a global consultancy and a London university are up for grabs. University College London has signed a memorandum of understanding with Arup, the design,...
The first cohort of students to complete a programme designed to widen access to the legal profession has been congratulated at a special ceremony. The £1.5 million Pathways to Law scheme was...
A masters course in community leadership being offered by the University of Central Lancashire is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK. The International School for Communities, Rights and...
The way that online networking tools such as Twitter and Facebook are changing politics is to be investigated by researchers at Anglia Ruskin University. The study follows political demonstrations in...
One of the UK's top figure skaters graduated from the University of Essex last week with what is thought to be Britain's only doctorate in figure skating. Diana Entwistle, who was the British Masters...
Imperial ordered to pay £63K to academic who made fraud accusations, says Melanie Newman
When the University of Leicester's library was refurbished and extended recently, the architects had to take account both of changing student needs and of the building's position at the heart of...
Billions tabled for America's creaking community colleges. Jon Marcus reports from Miami