Schools around the country will be able to run Saturday workshops in the performing arts under a new franchising operation from the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. The institute said this...
Archaeologists have enlisted engineers to help them resolve unanswered questions about the 1746 Battle of Culloden. Tony Pollard, director of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at the University...
Very premature children are four times more likely to have behavioural disorders compared with their peers, researchers have found. The group, from the universities of Warwick and Nottingham, found...
Designs for two new buildings at Coventry University went on show to the public at a city council meeting last week. The new engineering and computing building and the Student Enterprise Centre are...
A public-health biologist is alerting the public to the dangers of wasp stings and warning that the recent bad weather is no reason to let your guard down. Sue McBean of the University of Ulster's...
Could knitting help stave off depression and dementia and give those who do it the serenity of Buddhist monks? There is strong anecdotal evidence of the benefits of knitting, but psychologists at...
Paralympic coach Ross Hall explains the psychological side of wheelchair rugby - known as 'murderball' - to Olga Wojtas
The University of Cambridge's Keith Straughan has opted for a move away from the traditional higher education system in favour of working in the new University Centre in Milton Keynes (UCMK) - a...
MASTERING MODERN GERMAN HISTORY 1864-1990Author: John TraynorEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 392Price: £16.99ISBN 9780333987100John Traynor has managed the difficult feat of...
Empires and ColoniesAuthor: Jonathan HartEdition: FirstPublisher: PolityPages: 384Price: £55.00 and £18.99ISBN 9780745626130 and 6147Hart, professor of English, comparative literature and history at...
ExcursionsAuthor: Henry D. ThoreauEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 672Price: £38.95ISBN 9780691064505This presents newly edited texts of nine essays - including some of...
Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic EdinburghAuthor: Ian DuncanEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 416Price: £23.95ISBN 9780691043838A compelling account of Scottish fiction...
V-c says move that could cost institutions dear is akin to rearranging deckchairs, says Rebecca Attwood
Located at the heart of the University of Manchester, next to the Manchester Museum, the Whitworth Hall was built with funds from the bequest of Sir Joseph Whitworth, an engineer famed for his work...
Funding chief says Bill offers universities chance to assess diversity policies, reports Melanie Newman