A psychology lecturer sacked by her university for working part-time at an NHS trust has lost her case for unfair dismissal. Zoubida Guernina practised as a psychologist one day per week for the NHS...
The boards of governors of University College Falmouth and Dartington College of Arts have confirmed that the two institutions will merge in April. The controversial merger will mean that Dartington...
An MA in Hollywood studies is to be launched by the University of Nottingham this October. The course, which the university says is the first of its kind in Britain, examines the role of Hollywood in...
A study of 3.6 million patient records held by GPs has found evidence that tens of thousands of people may be suffering from undiagnosed diabetes. A University of Warwick research team surveyed 480...
A team of researchers have been awarded more than £450,000 by Cancer Research UK to investigate a new way of preventing the division and growth of tumour cells. The team at the University of Bath,...
Mushrooms are being used by scientists to create a new microstructure that could replace fat in foods such as mayonnaise and margarine. The team from the University of Birmingham's Centre for...
Criminology and cancer will be among the diverse range of subjects studied at a new Postgraduate Statistics Centre at Lancaster University. The newly opened facility, one of 74 centres for excellence...
Student entrepreneurs will benefit from a new enterprise centre at Coventry University. The centre, which opened last week, will have a business support unit and office space as well as offering...
Seaweed and crab shell are being used by scientists to create a new material for dressing wounds to help accelerate healing. A team from the University of Bolton are developing a new medical textile...
Two academics from the University of Northampton's Business School are studying the extent of "techno-addiction" in the UK. The research is being led by Nada Kakabadse, a professor in management and...
A new forum was launched last week at the University of East Anglia to confront the threat from "the forgotten greenhouse gas", nitrous oxide. The Nitrous Oxide Focus Group, which is being co-...
A consortium of researchers has beaten competition from 31 other groups to win a £4.7 million grant to teach a "baby" robot to speak. Under the four-year ITALK (Integration and Transfer of Action and...
An academic is hoping to win a place in history as one of the world's fastest motorcyclists. University of Essex sports psychologist Murray Griffin will try to break the land speed record in August....
Research into how students who excel at sport juggle training schedules with studying and social life is providing invaluable support for members of the Elite Sports Squad at the University of Wales...
SNP secures Lib Dems' backing in return for review of student support package. Tariq Tahir reports