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May 2013
Why we need to put the fish back into fisheries
Postgraduate students wanted for ‘The Heritage Apprentice’
Energy switch-off generates engineering scholarships
University of Nottingham PhD student's sanitation app wins World Bank competition
Another ‘trophy’ for the chemistry cabinet
PhD Holders are Immune to Recession, says new Vitae report
April 2013
Viking researchers invade North Atlantic islands
PhD student Sachiyo organises symposium about the fascinating story of ‘comfort women’
Protected wildlife areas are ‘welcome mats’ for UK’s bird newcomers
PhD student Mark develops new app that powers better sanitation in Africa
Young adult hearing aid users wanted to help explore the link between hearing and speech
Swansea University PhD students benefit from EPSRC training grants worth £768,000
March 2013
Researchers study microbial stowaways on the Coldest Journey
Research search for ‘invisible’ carers
PhD student Bonny conducts European survey to gauge perceptions of marine litter
PhD Student Agimol wins award for contribution to organ donation
February 2013
Salford PhD student Antonio develops revolutionary elderly care robot
January 2013
Bangor University PhD student to work with world’s number one best-selling writer on next project
PhD student Laila transforms the diagnosis of equine colic
PhD student Rea asks - How does your garden glow?
PhD research reveals that Italian wolves prefer pork to venison
PhD study conducted at the University of Sheffield reveals that more brothers could mean faster sperm and better fertility
December 2012
Award winning Chinese students lead the way at Queen’s University Belfast
November 2012
Bangor PhD student contributes to project in which Welsh poetry to gives voice to those with dementia
PhD student Charlie leads study to create a sound map of Britain
UK PhD student opportunity – 100 new PhD scholarships to Chile
Revolutionary glove gives a voice to people isolated by speech impediments
Risk factors predict childhood obesity, PhD student finds
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger - PhD student conducts research into post-traumatic growth in Rwanda
Doctoral Researcher Sam claims hidden cyberbullying in the workplace is as common as conventional bullying
Swansea University Creative Writing PhD Student Shortlisted for Prestigious Prize
Research conducted by PhD student Stephen Weng reveals smokers take 2.7 extra sick days per year
October 2012
Bangor PhD student wins European Celtic Studies Prize
Anglo-Spanish Society rewards Swansea University Spanish PhD student
How a fish broke a law of physics
PhD theses honoured with international award
Swansea cancer research PhD student running for charity
Bristol PhD student asks - Could neuroscience be the key to helping future football stars reach their full potential?
International prize for PhD student's ‘no needle’ breast cancer diagnosis technique
September 2012
Cardiff University PhD student discovers that spacetime ripples from dying black holes could help reveal how they formed
University of Sheffield PhD student launches a theatre group for older performers
Swapping the courtroom for the Olympic Park to help Paralympic dreams come true
August 2012
University of Salford PhD student Antonio takes robots on visits to old people’s homes.
Plain packaging of cigarettes encourages young smokers to heed health warnings, says Bristol PhD student
Can charcoal help fight climate change? Research funding for Swansea PhD student will help find answers
PhD student Sam lends a hand to England teams
July 2012
Aberystwyth Scientists discover a long lost sacred river
PhD student's research to boost number of South Asian organ donors
PhD student Lucie coordinates EU-backed network exploring ways of using waste as an alternative carbon source
Swansea University graduate celebrates an impressive bilingual achievement
PhD students take Sheffield families on a journey of discovery
Does loud music really wreck your hearing?
June 2012
‘Trophy molecule’ breakthrough for Nottingham PhD student
Postgraduates' Monopoly game to excite and engage school children
PhD student uses chemical analysis of pottery to reveal first dairying in Saharan Africa in the fifth millennium BC
University of Sheffield PhD students reach out to local community with a showcase of projects
Bangor research helps with new Victoria and Albert Museum book
Team of 6 PhD students and York researchers evaluate impact of climate change on biodiversity and habitats in East Africa
TV documentary series supplies new linguistic insights
From poetry to Parkinson’s Disease - Showcasing Nottingham’s postgraduate research
May 2012
Gourmet butterflies speed north, discovers University of York PhD student
Bangor University and Outlook Expeditions working together to make a difference
SETsquared announces winning student entrepreneurs for 2012
Research discovers impact of ocean acidification on marine life
PhD students reveal: ‘Hi-jacking’ the body’s killer cells could help fight cancer
April 2012
Aberystwyth fine art student wins drawing award
University of Ulster PhD student is runner up in IMechE competition
Paradise Lost and found at Leeds Metropolitan
PhD student Suzi makes sporting history in the new Olympic stadium
March 2012
Swansea University PhD student Charlotte travels to northern Sweden for seismic investigations of glacier
University of Nottingham PhD student Chris Hill to carry Olympic Torch
PhD student discovers letter written by a suffragette that kick-started higher education for women in the UK
University of Nottingham PhD student reveals the underground world of plants in accurate detail
Women need longer than six weeks to recover from childbirth, says Salford PhD student
It’s Alien vs Predator as overfishing increases parasite damage
PhD student uses next-generation DNA sequencing to improve diagnosis for muscular dystrophy
February 2012
York PhD student Sophia creates ‘tornado’ inside electron microscope
PhD student examines the balancing act between protection and inflammation in MS at University of Nottingham
Swansea PhD student awarded grant for child refugee research
January 2012
I recognise you! But how did I do it? University of Nottingham PhD student examines facial recognition techniques
Dyson bursary to fund Bristol student's PhD research into developing robotic tools
December 2011
Can science predict a hit song? Bristol PhD student Matt thinks so!
PhD student examines complex sex life of goats, reveals implications for wildlife management
'Scientific Facebook' - University of Sunderland's collaboration with Inkspot could benefit PhD students
November 2011
Manchester PhD student wins first prize at literary awards
PhD student helps to make the work of Welsh-language author Kate Roberts accessible to all
Swansea Researchers’ film documentary gives a GLIMPSE of Greenland’s disappearing ice
Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge - PhD Student and Dodgeball enthusiast arranges 2nd Dodgeball festival for city kids with learning difficulties
PhD student at Bristol University’s Queens School of Engineering wins dissertation prize
University of Nottingham PhD student in prestigious political posters exhibition
Swansea University PhD student wins National Lottery Award for the Best Education Project.
AHRC and BBC Radio 3 are looking for applications for the New Generation Thinkers of 2012
PhD student from Bangor University helps local company test outdoor survival products
Applied Psychology PhD student examines role that emotional support plays in fight against breast cancer
Could social media be used to detect disease outbreaks?
October 2011
Aberystwyth PhD Student Wins Prestigious Performing Science Award
Heriot-Watt University PhD student safeguards the marine environment with a plastic block, a metal ring and a recycled fishing float
Writers tell the real story of rehabilitation in brain injury creative writing group The Write Way, set up by Sheffield University PhD student
Lisa, University of Sunderland PhD student, boosts research to ease pain of eye condition
Doctorate student trades sunny India for the icy Arctic in her quest for research
Queen’s students help rebuild lives of Congo’s child soldiers
Leeds Metropolitan University PhD student Amanda recruits Sunderland academic to trek in Himalayas for acclimatisation study
Sheffield Hallam University wins UK Sport's Ideas4Innovation programme
September 2011
Plymouth Marine Laboratory: Follow PhD student Rob Ellis on the annual research cruise to the South Atlantic sets sail
1,000 mile bike ride raises over £200,000 for the Sue Ryder Centre for the Study of Supportive, Palliative and End of Life Care, based at the University of Nottingham
An ambitious art installation, led by a University of Nottingham PhD student, bridges the divide between art and science
August 2011
From corsets and underpinnings, to gowns and wigs - postgrad students from University of York help to stage new exhibition 'Revolutionary Fashion'
Not the Booker Prize nomination for Tyler
What’s in a name?
University of Bristol PhD student gets inside the mind (and up the nose) of our ancient ancestors
National award for graduate’s gene therapy research
July 2011
Bangor University postgraduate student: “Britain’s bogs are far more important than people realise”
Italy-Wales partnership celebrated as first joint PhD student graduates
"I'm delighted to be here" - Former Leeds Metropolitan PR lecturer returns for ethics PhD
First FindAMasters & FindAPhD Kindle Winner announced
Young researcher wins Europe-wide prize for PhD thesis
Racing fun at University for future engineers - a partnership between University of Sheffield Outreach Team and PhD students
PhD student continues work on drug ‘shield’ which helps target antibiotic resistant bacteria
Univerity of Nottingham PhD student involved in invention of heat-regulating building material
Niamh gains PhD from Queens University Belfast after teenage brain tumour recovery inspires academic career
Bangor University PhD student sells film rights to latest best-selling novel
Are worms ticklish? A Bristol PhD student has the answer!
Can you hear the shape of a graph? Bristol PhD student involved in exhibit at Royal Society’s annual Summer Science Exhibition
Bilingual University of Nottingham PhD student Taoli Zhang conducts research into ‘automatic’ translators
Jasper, University of Aberdeen PhD student, wins prestigious awards for rainforest research
June 2011
Why higher education matters: Queen’s University goes to Stormont
PhD students play vital role in discovery of new potentially cancer-controlling gene
PhD student offers a glimpse of the end of our Solar System
From Nottingham to Costa Rica - Neuroscience PhD student Alli and team set to face toughest challenge yet
Aberdeen PhD student wins award for essay "The pluses and minuses of maths on my bioscience course".
Leeds PhD student and the deep-sea 'zombie worms'
May 2011
University of Bristol PhD student wins award for obesity research
Leading PhD research celebrated at The University of Nottingham’s Postgraduate Research Showcase
Experts quantify melting glaciers’ effect on ocean currents
PhD student brings the plight of the Brazilian rainforest to the heart of British woodland
Researchers measure the value of a smile
University of Sheffield PhD student investigates matters of the heart
Two University of Sussex PhD students contribute to the Brighton Festival
School feeding PhD study to help charity in its mission to feed hungry children
Sunderland PhD student involved in research to combat rare genetic disease
Scottish Wild Fires - PhD student studies the effects of fire on soil and microbial life
FindAMasters & FindAPhD announce London & Manchester postgraduate fair sponsorship deals
April 2011
Anonymous tip-offs alerting police to 'disgraceful conduct' at the Rink Cinema in 1916 rediscovered by PhD student
PhD student wins Vogel Literature prize
UCD PhD researcher scoops 2011 Globe Sustainability Award
PhD student: Black plants 'could grow' on exoplanets with two suns
Nottingham moves to rhythm of Victorian lace machines
Warwick University bids to open New York campus
PhD student: Blue cheese wants a bigger slice of the market
Nottingham nurse is a “21st Century hero”
PhD students organise UK’s first Feminism and Teaching Symposium
Teesdale student sends camera into space
PhD student finds- the wetter the better for daddy longlegs – and birds!
Graduates - the new measure of power
March 2011
Margaret shines as Northern Ireland’s International Student of the Year
Sheffield universities lay groundwork for graduate employment
Work about to start on new nursery school for African village
Carol Vorderman backs University’s drive for business start-ups in Cardiff
New club for Harper Adams University College students from Africa
February 2011
Are bank closures impacting on rural life in Lincs?
Swansea sports science PhD student prepares England Cricket Team for glory
Post-Grad students discover: Child Soldier Trauma in Uganda shares similarities with Northern Ireland
Measuring success of peatland restoration
Winners of Thomas Ellis Fund Announced
January 2011
PhD students record video of the Earth from edge of space
Computers that can understand our emotions?
Looking good on greens
December 2010
PhD students play key role in new planet discovery
Major collaboration unveiled on cutting-edge electronics
Poetry by famous Romantic chemist discovered by PhD student
International and postgraduate students benefit from new £1.3m centre
New Language Research Centre launched at Swansea University
Bangor University helps develop conservation science teaching in Bangladesh and Ghana
November 2010
IBERS breaks new ground
A digital future for the Humanities
University research reveals deaf adults see better than hearing people
New on-farm storage and bioreduction method for pig carcases developed by postgrad student
University opens new £2.4m production animal and food safety facility
RCSI researchers reveal mechanisms behind insulin producing cells in diabetes
Understanding Alzheimer's - St Andrews scientists find new way to study disease
AXA scholarship for PhD student’s Antarctic research
October 2010
Snap of fruit fly embryo wins scientific photo competition
Yorkshire gets £4 million electron lithography facility
Why the leopard got its spots - postgraduate research at the University of Bristol
New DNA sequencing by PhD student reveals hidden communities
Bristol task force, organised by PhD researcher, to address torture prevention in Nairobi, Kenya
New atlas compiled by PhD researcher sheds light on inequality in Nigeria
September 2010
Queen’s PhD student named UK Graduate of the Year
University in deal with software giant
PhD study pin-points where volcanic eruptions could strike
PhD student "taking the pulse of coral reefs"
Bristol PhD students to investigate zoo's history
Researchers fighting to save the ‘Tree of Life’
Researcher receives award for shedding light on bat conservation
Salford staff member awarded for use of technology in learning
Postgraduate researcher discovers cockroach brains could be rich stores of new antibiotics
August 2010
Students go for gold at MIT
PhD students turn a mountain into a lab - Synthesis on Snowdon
Landmark graduate for unique international doctoral programme
July 2010
Research sheds light on pros and cons of team diversity
Iraqi research supported by University of Nottingham in UK and Malaysia
Research student finds that active play is important for children’s physical activity
PhD student wins national award for developing low-cost water-quality testing device
PhD study finds that the re-emergence of a destructive cereal disease poses a threat to UK wheat production
Csaba Horváth Young Scientist Award for UCC Postgraduate
June 2010
PhD student ‘scoops’ world title for speedy ice cream
Academic’s research on target for World Cup conference
May 2010
Budding artists showcase their talent
Oxford research funding scheme scores rapid $100m success
Latest News
Why we need to put the fish back into fisheries
21 May 2013
Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world’s oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, new research by the University of York shows this approach to be extremely risky.
The research, published today in the journal Fish and Fisheries, shows that traditional fisheries targeting large predators such as cod and haddock, have declined over the past hundred years. In their place, catches...
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Postgraduate students wanted for ‘The Heritage Apprentice’
13 May 2013
If you’ve ever fancied taking part in The Apprentice but didn’t want to face a certain Lord – then don’t worry Swansea University is offering students a chance to join their Apprentice programme and they have until the 7 May to apply.
Postgraduate students across the nation are being invited to take part in a world-leading and unique programme which offers a fully-funded opportunity to compete in a team event modelled on the BBC TV series ‘The Apprentice’.
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Energy switch-off generates engineering scholarships
10 May 2013
Green-thinking engineers at the University of Sheffield have been switching-off lights, computers and machinery in a bid to save money on energy bills in order to create new scholarships.
The University's Faculty of Engineering plunged their laboratories, workshops and offices into darkness in an innovative Energy Matters Switch-Off event aimed to encourage members of staff and students to save energy and reduce costs.
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University of Nottingham PhD student's sanitation app wins World Bank competition
10 May 2013
A mobile phone app designed by a University of Nottingham PhD student to give people in Africa the power to improve sanitation in their communities has won a major competition organised by the World Bank.
The app, called ‘Taarifa’, is the brainchild of Mark Iliffe, a doctoral researcher at the University’s Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute and Nottingham Geospatial Institute. It is one of three grand prize winners in the World Bank’s Sanitation Hackathon – a global drive to engage...
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Another ‘trophy’ for the chemistry cabinet
09 May 2013
The search for cleaner, low temperature nuclear fuels has produced a shock result for a team of experts at The University of Nottingham.
First they created a stable version of a ‘trophy molecule’ that has eluded scientists for decades. Now they have discovered that the bonding within this molecule is far different than expected. Remarkably their findings have shown that it behaves in much the same way as its counterparts in the well-known transitional metals such as chromium, molybdenum...
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PhD Holders are Immune to Recession, says new Vitae report
07 May 2013
Analysis of research into the employment situations of doctoral, masters and first degree graduates suggests those with a doctoral qualification are more "recession proof" than those with other qualifications.
Vitae has used data from successive HESA ‘Longitudinal Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education' surveys, each based on more than 2000 respondents, to look at the employment and circumstances of doctoral graduates over the period the UK entered recession. The report entitled:...
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Viking researchers invade North Atlantic islands
23 Apr 2013
Researchers into the colourful history of the Vikings in Britain have staged their own invasion of the Orkney isles in the North Atlantic to look for new clues to our Norse heritage.
They will be revealing their discoveries to Viking enthusiasts, academics and students from all over the country at the annual Midlands Viking Symposium at The University of Nottingham this weekend.
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PhD student Sachiyo organises symposium about the fascinating story of ‘comfort women’
19 Apr 2013
The fascinating story of ‘comfort women’ — the women and girls recruited by force or by deception into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War — will be the focus of a symposium to be staged at The University of Nottingham next week.
The symposium, featuring a filmed testimony from the survivor of a Japanese military ‘comfort station’, will be held in the Sir Clive Granger Building on University Park between 2.30pm and 5.30pm on Wednesday 24 April 2013....
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Protected wildlife areas are ‘welcome mats’ for UK’s bird newcomers
16 Apr 2013
A new study by scientists at the University of York and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) shows that bird species which have colonised the UK in recent decades breed initially almost exclusively in nature reserves and other areas specially protected for wildlife.
First author, Jonathan Hiley, a PhD student in the Department of Biology at York, said: “Nature reserves provide ecological welcome mats for new arrivals.”
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PhD student Mark develops new app that powers better sanitation in Africa
11 Apr 2013
A new mobile phone app developed by a University of Nottingham researcher is changing the lives of millions of people in Africa by giving them the power to instantly report problems with poor sanitation.
More than a third of the world’s population lacks access to adequate sanitation facilities which perpetuates disease and high rates of child mortality. Now a new competition, the Sanitation Hackathon sponsored by the World Bank, is challenging researchers in communication technology to...
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