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ARU’s Gender Equality Progress Acknowledged with Award
Anglia Ruskin University has received an Athena Swan Silver Award for the progress and impact across the institution to promote gender equality in education and research.
The Athena Swan Charter was established in 2005 by Advance HE and…
Aberystwyth University Hosts Festival Celebrating Fermented Foods
From kombucha to kefir and sauerkraut, the benefits of fermented foods for our minds and bodies will be explored at a Festival of Fermentation at Aberystwyth University in April.
The event is open to all and will showcase some of the…
Aberystwyth University Set to Host Transformative Sessions at Hay Festival: Reimagining Democracy,…
Aberystwyth University has announced its participation in the 2024 Hay Festival, renowned for bringing together thinkers, writers, and artists to explore the power of ideas and storytelling.
This year, the festival expands its horizons…
Aberystwyth University: Indoor Crop Cultivation Could Play Vital Role in Future Food Security
The development of controlled environment agriculture and vertical farming technologies needs to accelerate to meet the challenges of future UK food security, according to the leader of a new research project.
Academics at Aberystwyth…
Implementing Sensitive Interventions to Catalyze China’s Net-Zero Transition in Energy and…
The global energy transition could happen sooner than anticipated if sensitive intervention points are used to deliver China’s carbon neutrality policy at the city-level, researchers from the University of Oxford and The Chinese…
Study Finds More Social Birds Display More Adventurous Feeding Behaviors
In nature, feeding in groups has various advantages – such as for spotting predators and finding the best places to eat – but hanging around with others also comes with the drawback of increased competition for food resources. One…
Oxford Receives £9m Grant to Foster the Next Generation of Cancer Experts
CRUK is to award the funding over the next five years to train early-career clinician scientists - doctors who also carry out medical research - as part of its Clinical Academic Training Programme.
The Clinical Academic Training…
Blood Tests for Diagnosing Dementia Move Closer to Reality
World-class research teams at Dementias Platform UK based at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and University College London will capitalise on recent breakthroughs in potential dementia blood tests, and generate the…
Oxford Academics Urge Global ‘Ground Rules’ to Enforce Net Zero Initiatives
Academics at the University of Oxford have called for rigorous net zero ‘ground rules’ – encompassing laws, regulation and policy – to be implemented and enforced across the world, in an article published in Nature Climate Change …
Oxford Start-Up Onfido Sale Marks Largest-Ever Student-Led Company Return on Investment
Onfido, an innovative start-up created by students at the University of Oxford, uses artificial intelligence to verify customer identities and has been sold to Entrust Corp, a global leader in trusted payments, identities and data…