A £21.2 million building to house the University of Sheffield's arts and humanities departments was completed last week. The site, Jessop West, is billed as an "environmentally friendly model of...
Funding of £500,000 has been secured by the University of Birmingham for a new faculty of environmental nanoparticle analysis and characterisation. The department will examine whether nanoparticles...
Scottish researchers want to see if the traditional breakfast dish of porridge could be a lifesaver. The Scottish Government's Chief Scientist Office is funding a £200,000 study into whether oats can...
Top cricketers were put through their paces by sports-science students as part of a collaboration between a cricket club and the University of Salford. Members of Lancashire County Cricket Club's...
Postgraduate students from the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Salford may apply for a new "Manchester masters" programme from this summer. The...
Rabbit owners have been invited to bring their animal for a free "MOT" at the UK's first clinic solely for rabbits. The Rabbit Clinic at the University of Bristol's Small Animal Practice, Langford,...
Over three days next month, more than 200 musicians, dancers and other artists will perform across two sites to celebrate the union of Trinity College of Music and Laban, a centre for movement and...
Dundee academic David Boxer is moving on to pastures new by taking charge of the Institute of Food Research
The University of Bradford has announced the appointment of Geoff Layer as its deputy vice-chancellor (academic). Professor Layer will be responsible for the direction of Bradford's academic affairs...
A lauded artist shrugged off the brickbats of 1970s leftism to win royal honours. Olga Wotjas reports
Committee cites downturn in calling for Government to drop participation targets. Hannah Fearn reports
The Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House was built in 1878 as polite society's answer to the kind of brash popular entertainment on offer in the music halls of the day. It was shut down in 2005 but,...
Hope One World quits campus rather than cede control to the university, writes Melanie Newman
Staffordshire Polytechnic is in the midst of a wrangle with the police and the county council over assets that could mean the loss of £250,000 and a library. It has asked the Education Assets Board...
Undergraduate admissionsUcas records 10 per cent growthThe number of full-time students accepted on to undergraduate courses is up 10 per cent. Final figures from the Universities and Colleges...