Plans for a new student complex in the centre of Paisley have been unveiled. The £13.6 million student halls development, housing 340 students in the heart of the town, forms the latest part of a £...
The old adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day has been proven by scientists working on improving the health of British children. Academics at the University of Essex found that...
A university library has received a collection of more than 3,000 books as a bequest from the estate of a school inspector. Roy Waters spent the last 40 years of his life building a diverse library...
Young people are being given the chance to build robot athletes and develop parachutes that will protect eggs from breaking in a 50-foot test drop. Around 900 young people aged eight to 18 are...
The first prototype robots capable of developing "emotions" as they interact with humans have been produced by researchers. The project was led by Lola Cãnamero, from the School of Computer Science...
A university-partnered scheme that helped to train women from traveller and Gypsy communities as health advocates has been shortlisted for an award. The Wellbeing for Travellers scheme, set up with...
A new "media creatives foundation course" has been launched in Nottingham. The two-year course is a collaboration between Nottingham Trent University, the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies...
A major international study on osteoporosis led in the UK by scientists from two universities has found women with the condition suffer more if they had broken a bone when they were younger. The...
Women follow the crowd when it comes to sexual attraction, according to Welsh scientists. Psychologists from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff have found a scientific reason why female...
Scientists have discovered that a species of bat "whispers" its ultrasonic call so that its prey - in particular, moths - cannot hear it coming. The researchers from the University of Bristol's...
The UK's first master's in information systems and business analysis has been launched. Following consultation with international employers, Aston University developed the course with a focus on how...
The amount of energy needed to cope with peak demand for electricity could be halved by a new way of storing excess energy. Spikes in demand, such as those that occur during breaks in major televised...
A historian has uncovered new archive material and personal documents belonging to Adolf Hitler, calling into question the popular understanding of the origins of the Third Reich. Thomas Weber, a...
Yer 'avin' a Steffi, ain't yer? The old David brown bread in firty donkey's. Sez oo?Says Paul Kerswill, professor of sociolinguistics at Lancaster University, who claims the cockney language will...
Academic and support staff report shift to culture of commerce, paper reveals. John Morgan writes