The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has seen a wide variety of untested off-the-shelf COVID treatments suggested – from Trump’s infamous disinfectants to more traditional herbal remedies, the idea of a simple protection from the deadly disease has proven an appealing one. Amongst these suggestions though, it’s vitamin D that has gained […]
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One of the UK’s largest academic prizes is being launched at Heriot-Watt University today, coinciding with the institution’s 200th anniversary of its founding in Scotland. The inaugural Panmure House Prize is a $75,000 award to promote and encourage pioneering research in long-term investment to fund radical innovation. The research area is in the […]
Brexit and Beyond, a new report from academic think tank UK in a Changing Europe, underlines the challenges and opportunities that confront the United Kingdom now it has left the European Union. The report brings together some of the country’s leading social scientists, who have written pieces addressing a swathe […]
The criminal law in relation to HIV transmission has not kept up with the science, according to a team of researchers based at Oxford Brookes, Northumbria and Kingston universities. Alex Powell, Teaching Fellow in Law at Oxford Brookes University said: “The criminal law has continued to frame HIV in terms […]
Research led by the universities of Kent and Oxford has found that fans of the least successful Premier League football teams have a stronger bond with fellow fans and are more ‘fused’ with their club than supporters of the most successful teams. The study, which was carried out in 2014, found that […]
Queen Margaret University celebrates its success this week following the announcement that it has retained its 10 Year HR Excellence in Research Award. The accolade, which demonstrates QMU’s long term commitment to the career development of its researchers, is a significant achievement for the University – QMU is one of […]
Fossils found in Australia and studied by a University of Hull researcher have revealed new details on some of the earliest marine life on Earth. Experts uncovered fossils of Earth’s first macroscopic animals – the roughly 550-million-year-old Ediacara biota – in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges. Scientists had previously thought that these archaic […]
The School of Natural Sciences offers a postgraduate distance-learning program in Tropical Forestry available to mature students from across the globe. It is also available to international students who have been awarded a scholarship by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC). We have secured CSC scholarships for 2020 entry. Up to […]
University of the Year for Graduate Employment two years in a row – The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018, 2019. Located minutes from the centre of London, LSBU has been preparing and developing students for their working lives for over 125 years. Here at LSBU puts students […]
Linguistics analysis that began by working out how we get served in bars is now helping abuse victims’ stories to be understood Methodology helps police interviewers to understand victims of sexual assault and call handlers to assist those suffering domestic abuse Aston University language expert Emma Richardson discusses her work […]
