A team of archaeologists has found the body of a First World War soldier while undertaking an archaeological dig in Belgium. The soldier, identified as an Australian, was wearing full battle uniform...
Business-related content is to be increased in all music degrees offered by the University of Hertfordshire from the next academic year. The decision follows the success of the Music Industry and...
As the football season kicks off, a researcher at the University of Teesside is gearing up for a busy season. Sports studies lecturer Kevin Dixon wants to hear from so-called "football widows or...
A new insect species has been discovered on eBay by a researcher at the Rothamsted Research Institute. Richard Harrington acquired the fossilised insect, an aphid, for £20 from an eBay vendor in...
Why is a three-year-old toddler better at recognising everyday objects than the world's most powerful supercomputer? This will be among the questions addressed by Chris Bishop, a computer scientist...
Up to 50 students sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces will be joining the University of Birmingham to study science and engineering. The university is one of six institutions...
Free hugs have been on offer this week to the 5,000 prospective students and their families attending an open day at the University of Aberdeen. Duncan Taylor, in the fourth year of an English and...
Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, has praised the "outstanding success" of an eight-year-old outreach programme that opens up university life to teenagers who may never...
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) is to give £6.9 million to the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) for the coming academic year. With campuses in Aberdeen, Ayr and Edinburgh, the SAC was, until...
An international conference celebrating the cult author W. G. Sebald - a memorial that the man himself "would have hated", according to the event's organiser, Amanda Hopkinson - will be hosted by the...
Research degree-awarding powers have been granted to Edge Hill University. It will now be able to offer and award its own MPhil and PhD degrees, just two years after it gained university status. "...
Robert Tuttle, the US ambassador to the UK, has opened a new £8 million home for experts in international security, terrorism and peace studies at the University of St Andrews. The new building...
A new department of psychology, offering seven joint honours degree schemes from September, has opened at Aberystwyth University. The courses range from psychology and international politics to...
A degree programme in community TV and radio has become the first of its kind to win accreditation from the Broadcast Journalism Training Council. City University's foundation degree in creative...
A psychology lecturer has defended the low age restrictions of the latest Batman film, The Dark Knight. Simon Moore, who researches violence in films at London Metropolitan University, said few...