The UK public are more likely to say the Covid-19 crisis has affected men worse than women, people from ethnic minorities worse than white people, and the old worse than the young, according to a new study. The research, by King’s College London and Ipsos MORI, also finds little recognition […]
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A team of scientists at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group has taken the next step towards the discovery of a safe, effective and accessible vaccine against coronavirus. Vaccine work is progressing quickly. To ensure you have the latest information or to find out more about the trial, […]
RGU has been named Scottish University of the Year in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. The university was awarded the accolade after performing extremely well in teaching quality, student satisfaction, graduate employability and industry engagement. RGU placed 8th in the UK for student experience and rose […]
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester helped mark an ongoing partnership with Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) in Kenya by taking part in the official opening ceremony. As well as signing a Memorandum of Understanding with KUTRRH 10 September, representatives of The Christie […]
We are proud of our academics who are at the forefront of helping the fight against coronavirus and we are delighted that Professor David Graham will be joining us for our Alumni Day of Action on Saturday 10th October 2020 to share with you the research that he is undertaking. David Graham is […]
The Heilbronn Institute is a national centre supporting research in the mathematical sciences across the UK. The University of Bristol has been HIMR’s principal academic partner since it was founded in 2005 as a partnership with Government Communications Headquarters. Professor Grimmett will be responsible for shaping HIMR’s profile as an […]
These five academics will join fellow laureates of the 2020 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants competition. The funding is worth in total €677 million, to assist early-career scientists and scholars conduct pioneering research across all disciplines. Of the allocated funds, €8.1million will be given to UCL projects. The grants are part […]
The 500-seat concert hall will be part of the University’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, which has been made possible by a £150 million gift from Stephen A. Schwarzman, chairman, CEO and Co-founder of Blackstone, one of the world’s leading investment firms. The appointed acoustician is Ian Knowles […]
The proposed £5.8 million Health Innovation Centre at the University’s Stafford Centre of Excellence for Healthcare Education has been allocated £2.89 million under the government’s Getting Building Fund, which is aimed at helping the country’s economy bounce back from the Covid-19 crisis. The project will see the development of a […]
When starting their degrees at the University of Leicester, no student could have predicted that their 2020 graduation ceremony would have to be postponed because of a pandemic. With the formal graduation ceremonies held at De Monfort Hall postponed until 2021, this week the University will be celebrating its students’ […]
