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Jun 19, 2012

Bergen Summer Research School 2012

Research based education for global development challenges...
Jun 12, 2012

University of York launch for international project exploring legacy of slave trade

The University of York’s Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past (IPUP) is hosting the launch events this week for an ambitious €4.3 mi...
May 31, 2012

University of York in world top ten of younger universities

The University of York has been ranked eighth in the world and number one in the UK in new Times Higher Education world rankings of universities less ...
May 31, 2012

Genetic discovery unlocks biosynthesis of medicinal compound in poppy

Scientists at the University of York and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Australia have discovered a complex gene cluster responsible for the synthesis of the m...
May 02, 2012

Ageing population should see China and Australia joined at hip

THERE are 8 million Chinese over 80 years of age and, by some estimates, there will be 100 million Chinese octogenarians by the middle of this, the A...
Apr 10, 2012

Sydney gears up for WUN-SPIN 2012

Recent developments in the emerging field of spintronics – the technology that is expected to drive the next wave of faster and smaller electronic d...
Apr 10, 2012

UCT to host international education conference

WUN partner, the University of Cape Town, will host the 16th International Education Association of South Africa Conference on 29 August to 1 Septemb...
Apr 01, 2012

Volcanic plumbing exposed

Two new studies into the “plumbing systems” that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to predicting large eruptions. ...
Apr 01, 2012

University of Leeds inks £3m research deal with Sinochem Group

The University of Leeds has signed a £3m collaborative research deal with Sinochem Group. ...