Research led by our geography department has found that previous ice loss events caused sea-levels to rise around 3.6 metres per century, offering vital clues as to what lies ahead should climate change continue. Research postgraduate Yucheng Lin worked with Dr Pippa Whitehouse, Dr Sarah Woodroffe and Prof. Ian Shennan, […]
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More than 50 sports students at the UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park have benefited from a series of enriching guest lectures delivered by a social enterprise that works to improve the lives of the region’s ageing population. Throughout February and March, Golf in Society, a Yorkshire-based start-up that introduces people […]
University of Hull Vice-Chancellor Professor Susan Lea has been appointed as a founding board member of the new Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership. Professor Lea, who formerly sat on the board of the Humber LEP, is one of eight members chosen to help steer the economic direction of […]
The first event of the DataAid programme saw 25 PhD students, including 9 from Swansea University, work together with three UK charities to solve real-world data problems. The charities involved were The Fairtrade Foundation, The Diana Award and Chance to Shine. The event was an opportunity for charities to gain […]
Yes! Be a pioneer and join HSG’s latest degree programme, M.Sc. in Computer Science! It enhances modern Computer Science curriculum with contents from Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. Starting in Autumn Semester 2021, we offer you an innovative curriculum for the MSc (HSG) in Computer Science, either with a specialisation on […]
The RSE (Royal Society of Edinburgh), Scotland’s national academy, has revealed its newly selected 2021 Fellows and five of these have been awarded to Heriot-Watt Professors. Professor John Ludden CBE, RAS, AE, Bicentennial Research Professor at The Lyell Centre, Professor Heather McGregor, Executive Dean, Edinburgh Business School, Professor Stuart Macgregor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences, Professor […]
Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, leading to a rapid and irreversible retreat which would have significant consequences for global sea level. Pine Island Glacier is a region of fast-flowing ice draining an area of West Antarctica approximately […]
Keele University has been named Sustainability Institution of the Year at a prestigious awards ceremony to celebrate sustainability in Higher Education. Keele took home the top prize of Sustainability Institution of the Year (Large Institution) at this year’s Green Gown awards, which also saw success for Dr Katherine Haxton, Senior Lecturer […]
Oxford’sFaculty of Classics has seized this year’s opportunity of distance learning to reach out to schools, with professors of ancient subjects going into online classrooms to talk to pupils about everything from who wore togas to the poet Juvenal. Meanwhile, recent research from Oxford and Cambridge shows classical subjects are simply not available in […]
More than half of dogs that are taken to veterinary clinics with severe heatstroke go on to die from the condition, according to a new study. The risks to dogs are much lower, however, if these cases are detected and managed earlier, veterinary researchers at Nottingham Trent University and the […]
