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A powerful piece of performance inspired by research carried out by a University of Bristol academic which explores legends and rituals of the Virgin Mary in medieval Spain, will be premiered next month.

Talented young dancers in the spotlight for Men & Girls Dance this October Performance company Fevered Sleep will bring its joyful and thought-provoking project, Men & Girls Dance , to the University of Sussex's Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts this October.

Local Paralympian swimming stars Ollie Hynd and Charlotte Henshaw have given their seal of approval to a brand new state-of-the art sports village on the University of Nottingham's University Park campus.

The University of Glasgow has been invited by UNESCO's Director General to join its prestigious universities network (the UNESCO Chairs) and establish the first UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts.

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New play commemorating partition of India based on harrowing real-life stories A play written by a University of Sussex academic who researches the India-Pakistan partition of 1947 is to premier in Crawley next week.

A new report has revealed that universities are pivotal to the growth of the creative economy. The REACT Report details four years of work establishing an innovative collaborative network of universities and creative sector businesses funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, AHRC.

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Australian alumni and friends gathered at two major receptions in Sydney and Perth last week. Imperial's President Alice Gast met more than 100 members of the College's 1,600-strong Australian alumni community, along with friends, partners and collaborators.

Sussex historian revisits 70 great moments in BBC arts broadcasting A Sussex media historian has sourced dozens of memorable moments from BBC arts radio as part of a major national celebration.

Lustre is back at Nottingham Lakeside Arts and 2016 looks set to be one of its biggest and best yet.

The songs of Robert Burns have been stripped back to how they originally sounded, and while some will like them others may not find them easy listening.

What do robots performing comedy, music boxes from China and a jelly pudding have in common? These are just three of the projects that were on display at the Intersections exhibit, which showcased work from the Media and Arts Technology CDT at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts reveals autumn and winter programme The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts ( ACCA ) on campus plans an eclectic array of contemporary performance, dance, music, live art and film for its autumn and winter 2016 programme.

The promotion of legal alternatives, rather than the risk of prosecution, is more likely to change unlawful file sharing behaviour, according to new research. The study by academics from the University of East Anglia (UEA), Lancaster University and Newcastle University found that the supposed benefit of online file sharing predicts unlawful behaviour, but not perceived risk, suggesting that either current laws are not enough of a deterrent or threatening people with prosecution is not effective.

Two years ago, a research team led by the University of Oxford revealed that, when plucked like a guitar string, spider silk transmits vibrations across a wide range of frequencies, carrying information about prey, mates and even the structural integrity of a web.

What happens when a musical genre becomes an identifier for a region?  In his book Flamenco, Regionalism and Musical Heritage in Southern Spain , Matthew Machin-Autenrieth unravels the cultural complexity and contested politics of an iconic art form.

The founder of the BBC Asian Network in the West Midlands, Anita Bhalla OBE, one of the region's leading voices for the arts believes the arts are a huge asset in terms of learning, community cohesion, and education.

David Greenberg (Department of Psychology) discusses the problems of labeling music by genre. It's hard to pinpoint the exact time in history when genre labels were used to classify music, but the fact is that over the past century, and certainly still today, genre labels dominate.

Some of the finest illuminated manuscripts in the world - treasures combining gold and precious pigments ? will go on display today in celebration of the Fitzwilliam Museum's bicentenary.

Sally Munt appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts An academic from the School of Media, Film and Music (MFM) has been appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts ( FRSA ).

Researchers into mental health at The University of Nottingham have helped to shape a new play for children.

Imperial College London and the Royal College of Music have announced a new interdisciplinary partnership in performance science.

Brighton nightlife sings "Without You" for academic research It may have seemed like an attention-seeking stunt to revellers in Brighton on a Saturday night, but University of Sussex researcher Daniel Hignell-Tully's purpose was pure art.

As the UK festivals season gets under way with the start of Glastonbury today, experts from the NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Centre are giving ear-saving advice to festival goers.

Photography exhibition in Attenborough Centre celebrates female academics A series of specially commissioned portraits that reveal the personal motivations of female academics at Sussex is on show at the Attenborough Centre for the Arts on campus.

A violin made from a composite material that includes spiders' silk, which enables its acoustics to be customised, has been developed at Imperial.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Otherwise, we'll assume you're OK to continue. Sad music can provide enjoyment, comfort or pain to different people, according to new research looking at the effects of melancholy songs on the emotions.

A number of Oxford scholars were recognised for their achievements in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours, announced on Friday 10 June.

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