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Amore superstar David Webb staged a masterclass for local children at Plymouth University to help in their preparations for a major concert later this year.

David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, has appointed Deborah Bull, Director of Cultural Partnerships at King's College London to the Arts and Humanities Research Council's (AHRC) governing body, the Council, with effect from 1 September 2013 for three years.

PA 231/13 As an art history student Amy Concannon studied some of the most famous paintings in the world.

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Kind-hearted people in Sheffield are being encouraged to lend a helping hand to those isolated by dementia.

King's College London, one of the world's leading research and teaching universities based in the heart of the capital, has today outlined its intention to open an innovative venue for science and art collaboration in London Bridge following two capital funding awards totalling £7 million.

Parents taking part in interactive and arts-related activities with their two and three-year-olds could help promote their happiness and development of everyday skills, a study by researchers at The Open University and Oxford University suggests. The researchers found that child happiness, as reported by their parents, was linked to how frequently the children were engaged in activities such as reading, storytelling, shopping, painting and doing arts and crafts.

Alice Blackhurst is one of six Cambridge PhD candidates to take part in a series of podcast s offering an insight into graduate research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

15 Jun 2013 Audiences can hear a 200-year-old opera by composer Luigi Cherubini in full for the first time in centuries after scientists used X-rays to reveal hidden notes. At first glance the beautifully bound 1797 Luigi Cherubini opera "Médée" looks like an impeccably preserved relic of opera's golden age.

An outstanding group of Old Master and 19th-century paintings - including masterpieces by Poussin, Turner, Monet and Manet - go on show at the National Gallery, London this summer as part of the cele

Plymouth University was ranked in the top 20 institutions nationally, and first in the region, for its Art and Design courses in the recent Guardian University Guide.

Royal Pavilion's dazzling colour is the subject of researcher's display An additional feast for the eyes awaits visitors to the Royal Pavilion Brighton at a special display inspired by University of Sussex research that opens to the public today (15 June 2013).

The University of Liverpool is leading a study that will explore how universities across the North of England can work more closely with the arts and humanities to generate growth and address a diverse range of research questions.

Dr Alexis Kirke, a member of Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research, will perform his acclaimed Cloud Chamber at the 26th Lepton-Photon Conference, the world’s premiere conference for the field of elementary particle physics.

Maori paddles presented to Captain Cook's crew on their first voyage of discovery capture the spirit of a first encounter between two cultures. they enter'd into a traffick with our people.. giving in exchange their padddles William Monkhouse, Ship's Surgeon, HMS Endeavour Living in a multicultural, globalised world, it's hard to imagine the moment when different cultures first met, or a time when people's knowledge of each other's worlds was nonexistent.

Emerging new digital editions at Cambridge are effecting a sea-change in the nature of the scholarly edition, radicalising access to vital source materials and opening up new possibilities for research.

The University of Liverpool and the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) are organising a conference to disseminate their research exploring group performance for musicians with a hearing impairment that considers whether the use of vibration could be used to aid interaction.

Gathering stones from riverbeds surrounding the Indian city of Chandigarh in 1958, Nek Chand, a local road inspector, began to build what is now the country's second most popular tourist destination after the Taj Mahal.

Fern Riddell, a PhD student in the Department of History, has been selected to take part in BBC Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers scheme for 2013.

Resurgam: The Lost Pearl of Plymouth will see gamers using mobile technology to navigate their way around the City’s maritime heritage.

Cambridge archaeologists are illuminating some of the oldest graphic art of the past, by applying some of the most advanced graphic technology of the present.

A new creative app from researchers at Queen Mary, University of London puts the fun into computer programming by transforming photographs of real drawings into music.

A company made up of talented students, graduates and lecturers from Plymouth University has produced an energetic and visually stunning film, showcasing and celebrating Plymouth’s culture in all its glory.

Research is combining film 'archaeology' with digital technology to create a new approach to 'sites of memory' for the London borough of Battersea.

Fashion conveys complex messages. The recreation of an outfit taken from one of an extraordinary series of Renaissance portraits reveals how one man made his mark on society.

30 Apr 2013 The tenth edition of The University of Manchester's online arts journal the Manchester Review is now live.

To launch our month-long focus on digital humanities research, Professor John Rink and Professor Simon Goldhill - Co-Directors of Cambridge's Digital Humanities Network - explain how digital tools are transforming scholarship in Cambridge.

Exhibition tells story of Crawley author's creepy tales The life and works of Richard Marsh - a celebrated bestselling author at the turn of the 19 th century but largely forgotten today - is the subject of an exhibition by University of Sussex researcher Graeme Pedlingham at Crawley Library.

With the UCL Festival of the Arts running from 7 - 17 May, UCL News spoke to Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy), Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, about the festival, and the importance of celebrating the arts at the time when many courses at other institutions are under threat.

Historians are today launching an online resource that will provide a permanent and publicly accessible record of the letters of one of Elizabethan England's most remarkable figures.

David Bowie’s extraordinary career is being transformed into new compositions as part of an event celebrating his impact on the global music scene.

A series of public talks and events celebrating the local region's identity and heritage begins next month (3 May - 17 August 2013), entitled In The City.

For five weeks from April 27, the Peninsula Arts Gallery will host an exhibition which features a recreation of a Los Angeles coffee house, complete with authentic entertainment and a working vintage espresso machine.