May 2024

Climate change is one of the world’s biggest challenges, and Brunel academics are working with other universities and policymakers as part of a new £5 million hub - Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) hub -  to assess how the…

The idea that autistic people lack empathy is simply short-sighted and non-autistic people may find it just as hard to put themselves in someone else’s shoes, a study suggests. A paper in the journal, Autism flips the script on the…

The Kardashians are a high-profile white American family with a global influence on fashion and beauty. Their sculpted bodies have attracted a great deal of attention over the years, and Kim Kardashian’s changing butt has been a particular…

Researchers from Brunel University London have used virtual reality to support people with speech anxiety and a fear of public speaking. A new application called PublicVR was uploaded to VR headsets to allow participants to deliver…

A free event hosted by the Ageing and Dementia Research Centre (ADRC) at Bournemouth University will showcase research and initiatives supporting people to age well. The work of the ADRC focuses around maintaining good quality of life as…

Archaeologists have uncovered new information about the life and death of a young Iron Age woman in Dorset who they believe could have been murdered as a human sacrifice. By investigating the more than 2000-year-old cold case, the…

Final-year History students at Bournemouth University (BU) have been working collectively on several community history projects that will benefit public spaces, museums, and other visitor attractions in the local area. The Graduate…

Birkbeck, University of London, has joined a coalition of 11 leading organisations in the lifelong learning and skills sector to call on the next Government to review its approach to post-16 education, including higher education and…

An Aston University researcher has received more than £1 million to deliver optical devices that are so small they sit on the surface of an optical fibre which can be used in manufacturing, IT and agriculture. The £1,167,290 grant has been…

Kate Winter, Angela Vives and Bia Melo are in the running for illustration award An Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) lecturer and two former ARU students have been named on the shortlist for this year’s £5,000 Klaus Flugge Prize. Lecturer…