One hundred portraits of women in science, engineering and medicine went on display this week. The exhibition at Imperial College London from 9 to 15 March celebrates International Women's Day and...
Music composed by a group of Queen's University Belfast students has been chosen as the official sound of Northern Ireland. John Shelly and the Creatures, a four-piece band, wrote the song Long May...
The treatment of the human form of mad cow disease could be revolutionised by scientists at the University of Liverpool. They have determined the atomic structure of the binding between a brain...
Wales' five major universities have announced a joint project to boost innovation. Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Glamorgan and Swansea universities, which teach 70 per cent of all students in Wales...
The actress who played Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films has given a class to students at Bath Spa University. Samantha Bond shared her expertise with as many as 100 final-year drama and dance...
A London university has launched the UK's first Graduate School of Journalism. The school at City University London includes a new Centre for Journalism Research, led by Howard Tumber, professor of...
Three academics have been appointed to write an official history of the criminal justice system. Paul Rock, David Downes and Tim Newburn, professors at the London School of Economics, will examine...
Durham University is presenting On Being Human, an exhibition that forms part of its Institute of Advanced Study's year-long examination of what it means to be human in the 21st century.The event...
David Docherty plans to retain the CIHE's focus on research while focusing on skills needed to retain the UK's competitiveness
George Mitchell, chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, is stepping down after ten years in the post. The former senator, who was appointed US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace by President...
Industry figures cite a lack of joined-up thinking and inflated research claims. Hannah Fearn reports
It was a pledge of £100,000 made in 1908 by Henry Overton Wills, a member of the family that created the Wills Tobacco Company, that made possible the University of Bristol's foundation. The Wills...
Trinity College lecturers are vindicated in a battle against 'managerial intrusion'. John Gill reports
New criteria aimed at controlling "merger mania" are likely to be brought in by the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council. PCFC officials are concerned that mergers with universities will mean a...
National Environment Research CouncilEye in the sky helping Earth belowA new centre dedicated to using satellite observations for environmental research has been launched by the Natural Environment...