The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has won a £660,000 prize from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The annual Gates Award for Global Health recognises organisations that have...
Actor Ben Stiller spent a night behind the closed doors of a natural history museum in his film Night at the Museum and now the people of Aberdeen have, too. The University of Aberdeen threw open the...
Pensioners may not need an excuse to spend their retirement sitting in the sun, but they have been given a reason to do so by researchers at the University of Warwick. According to a study, spending...
The green credentials of one of the country's newest universities have received a boost. Edge Hill University's Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning has won the Royal Institution of...
The University of Teesside has rebranded itself, changing its name to Teesside University and unveiling a new logo. Graham Henderson, vice-chancellor of the university, said the new name marked the...
Do you own a cantankerous cat, a disruptive dog or another troublesome animal companion? The University of Lincoln wants to help. It has launched an MSc in clinical animal behaviour to develop skills...
Paintings from the National Gallery have sprung out of the frame and into life, thanks to Wimbledon College of Art.Students from the college have designed costumes inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's...
United States'White African-American' suesA student who classified himself as "white African-American" during a class exercise is suing a New Jersey medical school for racial discrimination. Paulo...
Global campaign seeks reversal of decision that may threaten organisation. Zoe Corbyn reports
The European Union's multibillion-euro research initiative, the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), is paralysed by red tape and a "paradigm change" in its regulation is needed.This is...
A new body aims to help UK researchers navigate the pitfalls encountered when working in the Arctic, writes Zoë Corbyn
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCILThe MRC is providing about £7 million to establish three regional hubs that will give UK researchers access to high-throughput DNA sequencing machines. The cutting-edge...
Santiago Iñiguez outlines the ways in which universities must move to adapt to a changing world
Funding trends have crossed the Atlantic, but the UK should learn from, not slavishly repeat, America's mistakes, says Donald E. Heller
Policy Exchange wants to inflict a bankrupt ideology on London's students and communities, argues Cliff Snaith