London has the underlying strength to recover from the effects of the world's economic crisis, according to a study conducted by a research group at the London School of Economics. Although the...
Most children who will go on to experience serious deprivation in adulthood can be identified by the age of ten, a new report suggests. Researchers at the Institute of Education, University of London...
The foundations have been laid for a new power station at the University of East Anglia that promises to cut the university's carbon emissions by more than a third in two years. The biomass station,...
Nottingham-born fashion designer Paul Smith will fund a scholarship programme that allows fashion students to gain a first-hand insight into the Japanese fashion industry. Each year, two students...
A new joint honours degree that will cover psychology and computer science has been launched by the University of Hull. The course, which will start next September, is part of an effort to encourage...
A £10,000 award is on offer to six academics at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) to become "public engagement fellows". MMU says it is determined to bridge the gap between the public and...
This year's Research Councils UK Business Plan Competition has been won by a project from the University of Edinburgh. Scientists from the university, led by Ben Panter, won the award for developing...
A new institute will explore the origin and evolution of the Universe. The Institute for Origins at University College London is to recruit four research fellows and two PhD students, funded with £...
A £1 million centre which aims to help companies use design in order to gain a competitive edge over rivals will be based at The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. The Centre for Design and...
"All-Steinway Schools" such as Yale University's School of Music and the Juilliard School in New York are being joined by the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the first UK conservatoire to...
A £5 million research facility to lead the fight against superbugs is being set up at the University of St Andrews. The Wellcome Trust is funding the centre as part of the university's biomedical...
The use of hydrogen as a renewable fuel source could be coming closer with the launch of a £2.2 million hydrogen energy research and demonstration centre at the University of Glamorgan. The centre,...
The treatment of incarcerated women and children will be among the issues studied at the new Centre for Prison Studies at the University of Salford. The first of its kind outside London, the centre...
A Queen's University Belfast project seeks to realise female leadership potential, writes Olga Wojtas
Foxhill House, on the University of Reading's main Whiteknights campus, was built by the architect Alfred Waterhouse - who also designed London's Natural History Museum - on his father's property in...