Comprehensive update to global biodiversity hotspots project begins
An international consortium involving Newcastle University has announced a major update to the world's biodiversity hotspots.
“Black life and creativity have always been crucial to alternative rock music”
Black people have had a lasting impact on the innovations and cultural memory of alternative (alt) rock music, a Cardiff University academic says.
Newcastle climbs global rankings
Newcastle University has moved up in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and is now positioned 144th globally.
World’s most sensitive table-top experiment sets new limits on very high-frequency gravitational waves
The world’s most sensitive table-top interferometric system - a miniature version of miles-long gravitational-wave detectors like LIGO - has completed its first science run.
Research Quality powers Exeter rise in global league table
The quality of research conducted by the University of Exeter has helped to consolidate its position among the best in the world in the latest global league table.
Cardiff named Welsh University of the Year 2026
Cardiff Universityis the number one university in Wales, according to The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026.
University of Southampton joins landmark UK trade delegation in India
The University of Southampton’s role as a global leader in higher education has been recognised as part of the UK government’s landmark visit to India.
The University of Manchester places 56th in Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The University of Manchester has been ranked 8th in the UK and 56th in the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026. The prestigious rankings evaluate more than 2,000 institutions from 115 countries and territories.
Low-cost tool could one day detect leukemia in a patient’s saliva
Engineering researchers at the University of Queensland are developing a low-cost tool that could diagnose diseases like leukemia from a simple saliva sample.
Exhibition to celebrate 100 years of Discovery
People are being invited to celebrate one hundred years of oceanographic research and discovery at an exhibition in the University of Southampton’s Hartley Library.
















































