Campus MANCHESTER - Sep 29
University of Manchester submits planning application for modern student living on Fallowfield campus
University of Manchester submits planning application for modern student living on Fallowfield campus
Life Sciences - Sep 29
Researchers at The University of Warwick to benefit from £18 million investment in world-class frontier bioscience
Researchers at The University of Warwick to benefit from £18 million investment in world-class frontier bioscience
Politics - Sep 29
Warwick-backed European alliance of universities is granted legal status at European Parliament event
Warwick-backed European alliance of universities is granted legal status at European Parliament event
Environment - Sep 29
University of Glasgow researcher contributes to World Bank Inspection Panel report
University of Glasgow researcher contributes to World Bank Inspection Panel report
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Statement on the use and sources of human tissue in experiments at Imperial
Imperial responds to Mail on Sunday report Following an insensitive and highly misleading report in the Mail on Sunday on Sunday 2 November 2014, Imperial has made the statement below regarding the use and sources of human tissue in experiments.
Philosophy - History / Archeology - 27.10.2014
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Sussex AI expert recalls her ’light bulb moment’ for Radio 4
Sussex AI expert recalls her 'light bulb moment' for Radio 4 One of Sussex's most influential and highly regarded academics will be profiled on BBC Radio 4's ' The Life Scientific' next week.
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Imperial signs up to UK Concordat on Openness on Animal Research
Imperial is one of 72 organisations to sign the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK, which has been published today.
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BSMS projects explore what young people think of medical research ethics
BSMS projects explore what young people think of medical research ethics A researcher in the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has led a project to explore what young think about medical research that involves children.
Philosophy - Health - 24.03.2014 
Oxford-based society reaches $250m in charity pledges
Just four years after it was set up, an Oxford-based society aimed at ending global poverty has reached $250 million in pledges.
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'What is the difference between "lie", "deceive" and "mislead"?' Oxford interview questions explained
The University of Oxford is today (15 October) releasing a set of sample questions from tutors who conduct Oxford s, in an attempt to explain the reasoning behind even the most strange-sounding questions.
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Boost for Middle East studies at Sussex with appointment to professorship in Israeli history
Boost for Middle East studies at Sussex with appointment to professorship in Israeli history Professor David Tal has been appointed to a new Chair in Modern Israel Studies at the University of Sussex.
Philosophy - Agronomy / Food Science - 06.08.2013 
Local and international flavours from new Executive Chef
Local and international flavours from new Executive Chef Luca Nervi, who has been appointed as Executive Chef for the University of Sussex with new external partner Chartwells, developed his passion for cooking as a child in rural Italy.
Art and Design - Philosophy - 05.08.2013
Social Sciences - Philosophy - 19.07.2013
Philosophy - Social Sciences - 18.07.2013 
Eight Oxford professors welcomed into British Academy
Eight Oxford University professors were among 59 academics elected into the British Academy at its annual general meeting yesterday (Thursday 18 July).
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Focus on exams ’hinders development of character’ in British school children
Two new reports by the University of Birmingham's Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues have found that moral character is being squeezed out of children's education.
Two new reports by the University of Birmingham's Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues have found that moral character is being squeezed out of children's education.
New sports centre building to be named after Olympic rower Acer Nethercott
Oxford University is to name the first phase of its new sports centre at Iffley Road after Olympic rower and scholar Dr Acer Nethercott.
Oxford University is to name the first phase of its new sports centre at Iffley Road after Olympic rower and scholar Dr Acer Nethercott.
New research to address how to successfully end wars
Related links: Cian O'Driscoll researcher profile Glasgow Global Security Network Glasgow Human Rights Network Policy Scotland Academics and military personnel are launching a unique new research project today that will examine the ethics of victory in war.
Related links: Cian O'Driscoll researcher profile Glasgow Global Security Network Glasgow Human Rights Network Policy Scotland Academics and military personnel are launching a unique new research project today that will examine the ethics of victory in war.
A step towards solving the enduring the puzzle of ’infantile amnesia’
A study led by Professor James Russell shines a light of the phenomenon of 'infantile amnesia'. He argues that children's ability to recall events depends on their being able to unify the environmental elements of when, what and where.
A study led by Professor James Russell shines a light of the phenomenon of 'infantile amnesia'. He argues that children's ability to recall events depends on their being able to unify the environmental elements of when, what and where.
Durham awarded its first ever UNESCO Chair
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Imperial responds to Mail on Sunday report Following an insensitive and highly misleading report in the Mail on Sunday on Sunday 2 November 2014, Imperial has made the statement below regarding the use and sources of human tissue in experiments.
The Birth of Hedonism
27 October 2014 A new book exploring hedonism and the Cyrenaic philosophers by Dr Kurt Lampe of the Department of Classics and Ancient History is published this week. The Birth of Hedonism: The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure as a Way of Life reconstructs the doctrines and practices of the Cyrenaics, an ultra-hedonist Greek school of philosophy supposedly founded by Aristippus of Cyrene in the fourth century BCE.
27 October 2014 A new book exploring hedonism and the Cyrenaic philosophers by Dr Kurt Lampe of the Department of Classics and Ancient History is published this week. The Birth of Hedonism: The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure as a Way of Life reconstructs the doctrines and practices of the Cyrenaics, an ultra-hedonist Greek school of philosophy supposedly founded by Aristippus of Cyrene in the fourth century BCE.
Sussex AI expert recalls her 'light bulb moment' for Radio 4 One of Sussex's most influential and highly regarded academics will be profiled on BBC Radio 4's ' The Life Scientific' next week.
Employing private security companies in war cuts costs but causes problems
02 Oct 2014 New research from The University of Manchester is examining whether employing private security companies in war cuts costs but causes problems.
02 Oct 2014 New research from The University of Manchester is examining whether employing private security companies in war cuts costs but causes problems.
Critics pour cold water on the Ice Bucket Challenge: are they right?
Holly Lawford-Smith from the University of Sheffield's Department of Philosophy and Christian Barry, Director of the Centre for Moral, Social, and Political Theory at Australian National University, discuss the impact of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Holly Lawford-Smith from the University of Sheffield's Department of Philosophy and Christian Barry, Director of the Centre for Moral, Social, and Political Theory at Australian National University, discuss the impact of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Syrian crisis: media experts
21 Aug 2014 A year after President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is alleged to have used sarin gas to kill more than 1,000 people in a Damascus suburb, President Obama said in a statement this week that the US forces have completed the destruction of the deadliest chemical weapons in Syria's arsenal.
21 Aug 2014 A year after President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is alleged to have used sarin gas to kill more than 1,000 people in a Damascus suburb, President Obama said in a statement this week that the US forces have completed the destruction of the deadliest chemical weapons in Syria's arsenal.
Looking for the good
Anthropology looks at human differences in its study of the 'other' and at human commonalities in its more recent focus on the 'suffering'.
Anthropology looks at human differences in its study of the 'other' and at human commonalities in its more recent focus on the 'suffering'.
British Academy welcomes new Fellows
Together they represent an unrivalled reserve of expertise and knowledge. Lord Stern, President of the British Academy.
Together they represent an unrivalled reserve of expertise and knowledge. Lord Stern, President of the British Academy.
It's time to demystify economics
The recent global financial crisis has driven home the urgent need for everyone to have a grasp of economics - and there's no reason why this can't be the case, argues Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang.
The recent global financial crisis has driven home the urgent need for everyone to have a grasp of economics - and there's no reason why this can't be the case, argues Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang.
It's time to de-mystify economics
The recent global financial crisis has driven home the urgent need for everyone to have a grasp of economics - and there's no reason why this can't be the case, argues Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang.
The recent global financial crisis has driven home the urgent need for everyone to have a grasp of economics - and there's no reason why this can't be the case, argues Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang.
Imperial is one of 72 organisations to sign the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK, which has been published today.
Investigating Hitler’s philosophers
Press release issued: 25 April 2014 A compelling new book by a researcher at the University of Bristol exploring Hitler's relationship with philosophers is published in paperback this month.
Press release issued: 25 April 2014 A compelling new book by a researcher at the University of Bristol exploring Hitler's relationship with philosophers is published in paperback this month.
BSMS projects explore what young people think of medical research ethics A researcher in the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has led a project to explore what young think about medical research that involves children.
Just four years after it was set up, an Oxford-based society aimed at ending global poverty has reached $250 million in pledges.
We ask the experts: does society really care about the old and the vulnerable?
On November 1 Melvyn Bragg will talk about his book Grace and Mary at the Festival of Ideas. The novel is based on Bragg's own bitter-sweet experience of his mother's dementia.
On November 1 Melvyn Bragg will talk about his book Grace and Mary at the Festival of Ideas. The novel is based on Bragg's own bitter-sweet experience of his mother's dementia.
The University of Oxford is today (15 October) releasing a set of sample questions from tutors who conduct Oxford s, in an attempt to explain the reasoning behind even the most strange-sounding questions.
The Secret World of Sleep
05 Sep 2013 The role of sleep in processing our waking life and making sense of difficult emotions and experiences has been little understood and disputed amongst scientists for many years.
05 Sep 2013 The role of sleep in processing our waking life and making sense of difficult emotions and experiences has been little understood and disputed amongst scientists for many years.
Syrian crisis: expert media group
05 Sep 2013 As each day brings a new dimension to the catastrophic civil war in Syria, The University of Manchester is able to offer considerable expert analysis on the crisis and the international community's reaction to it.
05 Sep 2013 As each day brings a new dimension to the catastrophic civil war in Syria, The University of Manchester is able to offer considerable expert analysis on the crisis and the international community's reaction to it.
Explore extraordinary Sheffield Showman sculptor’s life and work
Exhibits and ephemera from 30 years of Sheffield sculptor Anthony Bennett are set to be displayed at the University of Sheffield's Western Bank Library from 12 September to 20 December 2013.
Exhibits and ephemera from 30 years of Sheffield sculptor Anthony Bennett are set to be displayed at the University of Sheffield's Western Bank Library from 12 September to 20 December 2013.
We ask the experts: is overseas aid working?
We live in an unequal world. Each year billions of dollars are directed at reducing some of the gaps between rich and poor and bringing basic healthcare and education to those without these life-enhancing resources.
We live in an unequal world. Each year billions of dollars are directed at reducing some of the gaps between rich and poor and bringing basic healthcare and education to those without these life-enhancing resources.
Boost for Middle East studies at Sussex with appointment to professorship in Israeli history Professor David Tal has been appointed to a new Chair in Modern Israel Studies at the University of Sussex.
Local and international flavours from new Executive Chef Luca Nervi, who has been appointed as Executive Chef for the University of Sussex with new external partner Chartwells, developed his passion for cooking as a child in rural Italy.
Rhymin’ and Stealin’ - new book explores musical borrowing in hip-hop
One of the most essential elements of hip-hop - musical borrowing - is the subject of a new book by University of Bristol musicologist, Dr Justin Williams.
One of the most essential elements of hip-hop - musical borrowing - is the subject of a new book by University of Bristol musicologist, Dr Justin Williams.
British Academy Recognition for Glasgow Academic
Professor Sarah Birch, recently appointed Chair of Comparative Politics at the University of Glasgow is one of 42 new Fellows to be elected to the British Academy.
Professor Sarah Birch, recently appointed Chair of Comparative Politics at the University of Glasgow is one of 42 new Fellows to be elected to the British Academy.
Eight Oxford University professors were among 59 academics elected into the British Academy at its annual general meeting yesterday (Thursday 18 July).
The Royal baby and modern fatherhood
As Prince William prepares to rush to London from his Anglesey posting in time for the birth of his child, new ethics research from the University of Birmingham says that the culture of fathers being
As Prince William prepares to rush to London from his Anglesey posting in time for the birth of his child, new ethics research from the University of Birmingham says that the culture of fathers being
Peter Sowerby Foundation endows Chair of Philosophy and Medicine
King's College London has received a major endowment from the Peter Sowerby Foundation to establish the first Chair in Philosophy and Medicine with the purpose of building on the University's groundbreaking work on the relationship between philosophy and medicine.
King's College London has received a major endowment from the Peter Sowerby Foundation to establish the first Chair in Philosophy and Medicine with the purpose of building on the University's groundbreaking work on the relationship between philosophy and medicine.
Smart drugs - smart decisions?
What are the ethical implications for society of allowing healthy people to take 'smart drugs' to enhance their performance? Barbara Sahakian will discuss the issue at Hay this weekend.
What are the ethical implications for society of allowing healthy people to take 'smart drugs' to enhance their performance? Barbara Sahakian will discuss the issue at Hay this weekend.
£7 million gift establishes Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law
King's College London has received a donation of £7 million to set up a new research-based Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law.
King's College London has received a donation of £7 million to set up a new research-based Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law.
Creativity that counts
In a digital world, literature, art and music are often the result of collaborative efforts. But who owns what, and can copyright law cope? New research aims to find out. Authorship remains an important concept in the digital age, though there is real diversity in its meaning.
In a digital world, literature, art and music are often the result of collaborative efforts. But who owns what, and can copyright law cope? New research aims to find out. Authorship remains an important concept in the digital age, though there is real diversity in its meaning.
Conversations with Cornel West
Don't miss the chance to hear the controversial commentator Cornel West in dialogue with other great minds on politics, philosophy and literature, touching in particular on issues of race and identity.
Don't miss the chance to hear the controversial commentator Cornel West in dialogue with other great minds on politics, philosophy and literature, touching in particular on issues of race and identity.
New conceptions: single mothers by sperm donation
Sophie Zadeh, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Family Research, is contributing to a new study of the well-being of single mothers by sperm donation and their children.
Sophie Zadeh, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Family Research, is contributing to a new study of the well-being of single mothers by sperm donation and their children.
Does increased exposure to a piece of art make us like it more?
When it comes to judging art, beauty may not just be in the eye of the beholder, according to a study from the University of Leeds. The research challenges the idea that what people value in art is largely what they are used to, or that people will come to like any image if they see it enough times.
When it comes to judging art, beauty may not just be in the eye of the beholder, according to a study from the University of Leeds. The research challenges the idea that what people value in art is largely what they are used to, or that people will come to like any image if they see it enough times.
Campus MANCHESTER - Sep 29
University of Manchester submits planning application for modern student living on Fallowfield campus
University of Manchester submits planning application for modern student living on Fallowfield campus
Life Sciences - Sep 29
Researchers at The University of Warwick to benefit from £18 million investment in world-class frontier bioscience
Researchers at The University of Warwick to benefit from £18 million investment in world-class frontier bioscience
Politics - Sep 29
Warwick-backed European alliance of universities is granted legal status at European Parliament event
Warwick-backed European alliance of universities is granted legal status at European Parliament event
Environment - Sep 29
University of Glasgow researcher contributes to World Bank Inspection Panel report
University of Glasgow researcher contributes to World Bank Inspection Panel report