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Oct 05, 2012

Superheroes needed to tackle public health challenges

Public health ‘superheroes’ are needed to help tackle the growing challenges posed by obesity, alcohol, smoking and other public health threats, a...
Oct 03, 2012

University of Southampton improves across the board as National Student Survey results are released

The University of Southampton has improved in all 22 areas of the latest National Student Survey (NSS) results, published today (Thursday 27 Septembe...
Sep 25, 2012

Secrets in small blood vessels could reveal the risks of heart disease and diabetes

Researchers at the University of Southampton together with colleagues at King’s College London have embarked on a unique study that will shed new l...
Sep 17, 2012

New Global Initiative to Accelerate the Development of Academic Talent

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Sep 05, 2012

UCT hosts international higher education conference

WUN member, the University of Cape Town hosted the 16thAnnual International  Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) Conference from 29 August...
Aug 30, 2012

Children’s body fatness linked to decisions made in the womb

New born human infants have the largest brains among primates, but also the highest proportion of body fat. Before birth, if the supply of nutrients ...
Aug 30, 2012

Climate change stories from the abyss

A team of scientists including those from the University of Southampton have shed new light on the world’s history of climate change. The Pacific...
Aug 21, 2012

Modern human culture could have emerged 44,000 years ago

The University of Bergen professor in African archaeolgoy, Christopher Henshilwood, was awarded a Europen Research Council Advanced Grant in 2009....
Aug 16, 2012

Social Media Study

Associate Professor Ariadne Vromen from the University of Sydney has won a $312,000 grant to study whether social media applications such as Faceboo...