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Initiative Aims to Empower Founders and Boost UK Software Spinouts
Leading universities and investors have collaborated to create software spinouts quicker and with less friction
TenU – which represents world-leading universities including Imperial, Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, Manchester and Edinburgh – has…
Discovery: Early Sea Creatures Shaped Evolution by Stirring Earth’s Waters
3D reconstructions suggest that simple marine animals living over 560 million years ago drove the emergence of more complex life by mixing the seawater around them
It’s exciting to learn that the very first animals from 580…
University of Cambridge Announces Winners of Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Awards 2024
The winners of this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Awards have been announced.
The awards, organised by Cambridge Hub and sponsored by the Vice Chancellor’s Office, recognise and celebrate…
Cambridge Experts Honored with 2024 Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowships
Two Cambridge Fellows are among the new Academy of Medical Sciences Fellows announced today.
Professor Nita Forouhi from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit and Professor Susan Gathercole…
Report Finds More Than 1,000 May Have Died in Nazi Camps on Alderney Island
The number of people killed during the Nazi Occupation of Alderney is far greater than the figure previously thought, according to a new report published today, which says more than 1,000 could have perished.
shows what can be…
Study Finds One in Two Children with ADHD Experience Emotional Problems
Cambridge scientists have shown that problems regulating emotions – which can manifest as depression, anxiety and explosive outbursts – may be a core symptom of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
When the children can’t…
York Academic Named as New Generation Thinker
The BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) reveal University of York academic, Dr Janine Bradbury as a 2024 New Generation Thinker.
Dr Bradbury, a Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Writing and Culture in the Department of…
Research Reveals UK Free School Meal Allowances Insufficient for Healthy Lunches
Students from lower-income backgrounds are struggling to buy healthy school lunches with free school meal allowances, a new study by the University of York has found.
The researchers are calling for free school meal allowances to be…
University of York Highlights Importance of Graduate Visa Route to Prime Minister
The University of York and Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) are launching a drive to engage parents and carers from across Scotland to share their everyday experiences of living on a low income.
Academics, campaigners and existing…
University of York: Health Economics Professor Elected Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences
As one of 58 Fellows elected in 2024, the award recognises Professor Sculpher’s contributions to developments in health sciences research that have translated into benefits for patients and wider society.
The expertise of Fellows elected…