Innovative tutoring programme helping to boost children’s literacy skills, analysis shows
An innovative tutoring programme which pairs university students with children is helping boost their literacy skills, new analysis shows. The...
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Targeted career support for care-experienced academics would help create a new “effective pipeline”, study says
Care-experienced academics should be given additional support by universities because of the impact their early lives have on their career...
Birds need entertainment during avian flu lockdowns
Birds need varied activities during avian flu lockdowns, new research shows. Scientists studied a flock of Chilean flamingos that were...
New report: Embedding social sustainability into marine governance
A new report finds that to effectively consider social impacts of marine developments in marine planning and decision-making cultures, planning...
Community arts projects to receive investment thanks to University-Council project
Seven innovative arts projects designed to build pride in place and provide opportunities for community participation are to receive funding...
Action is needed to tackle Devon’s “housing emergency”, new report warns
Devon is “running out of housing options” and urgent action is needed to tackle the dramatic numbers of families priced...
University becomes the first in the country to launch its own film distribution label
A university has become the first higher education institution in the country to launch its own film distribution label. eXeFilm...
Intensive farming could raise risk of new pandemics
Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialised farming is often thought to reduce...
Research confirms that distant world’s eternal sunrise and sunset are not alike
Pioneering new research has revealed that places where the eternal sunrise and sunset occur on a distant world have different...