News archive: 2009 releases
Wednesday 23 December 2009
Routine screening for postnatal depression in primary care - as recommended in recent guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - does not appear to represent value for money for the NHS, researchers at the University of York have concluded.
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Some of the novel ideas being developed by researchers at the University of York’s Centre for Usable Home Technology (CUHTec) have featured on national television.
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Two University of York academics have been awarded industry fellowships in recognition of their standing as world leaders in their respective fields.
Thursday 17 December 2009
The link between ill-health and retirement age varies markedly across European countries, according to new research from the University of York.
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Changing teaching methods is more effective at improving standards in maths than investing in different text books or technology, according to a new report.
Tuesday 15 December 2009
A new humanities and educational research centre is to be opened today at the University of York. The building is named in honour of Professor Berrick Saul, the University's Vice-Chancellor from 1979 to 1993.
Friday 11 December 2009
A new course from the York Management School will help experienced professionals turn their expertise into a new business opportunity.
Wednesday 9 December 2009
A new film – Dead Man Running – features visual effects created by two of the first graduates of the MA in Postproduction in the University of York’s Department of Theatre, Film and Television (TFTV).
Tuesday 8 December 2009
The University of York is among a group of leading UK universities that are launching a groundbreaking £1000 scholarship for students who wish to study science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects.
Monday 7 December 2009
Student volunteers from the University of York will put their project ideas to the test when they pitch them to a Dragons Den-style panel of business leaders.
Friday 4 December 2009
Leading business figures are passing on the benefits of their experience to management students at the University of York through a new series of guest lectures and master classes.
Thursday 3 December 2009
The University of York will have a significant presence at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit next week.
Wednesday 2 December 2009
A University of York composer has won one of the 2009 British Composer Awards at a ceremony hosted by British Academy of Songwriters, Composer and Authors (BASCA) at the Law Society in London.
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Pioneering research into using plants to clean up pollution caused by explosives has been recognised with an award from the United States Government.
Monday 30 November 2009
The University of York is a major partner in a project unveiled today that will help scientists harness the potential of fusion energy.
Monday 30 November 2009
The link between understanding how plants work and the development of new medical treatments will be explored in a public lecture at the University of York.
Thursday 26 November 2009
Theatre critic and biographer Michael Billington will visit the University of York to give a masterclass on Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s plays on Friday 27 November.
Wednesday 25 November 2009
A student-run project supporting dementia sufferers in York has beaten off competition from two major companies to win a national award.
Tuesday 24 November 2009
It is Barack Obama’s favourite television show, and legendary Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson says it has done more ‘to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life, and the problems of urban inequality, than any other media event or scholarly publication.’
Monday 23 November 2009
A new species of chameleon has been discovered in Tanzania by a team of scientists.
Monday 23 November 2009
Four art historians will take their audience on an artistic journey in time from the Gothic splendour of York Minster to the portraits of Joshua Reynolds via America and southern Italy today.
Thursday 19 November 2009
Screenwriters Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran have donated their archive, including the original scripts for situation comedies such as The New Statesman and Birds of a Feather, to the Borthwick Institute at York.
Wednesday 18 November 2009
A research unit at the University of York, which has helped to develop a range of policies to support vulnerable people in society over more than 35 years, has been awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.
Thursday 12 November 2009
Scientists at the University of York have discovered how certain bacteria such as Escherichia coli have evolved to capture rare sugars from their environment giving them an evolutionary advantage in naturally competitive environments like the human gut.
Tuesday 10 November 2009
The University of York is at the centre of a £19.7m investment in the region’s technology base by the European Regional Development Fund announced today.
Monday 9 November 2009
The threat posed by the impact of climate change on the Earth’s biosphere will be the focus of a lecture at the University of York.
Friday 6 November 2009
A leading critic and broadcaster will argue supporters of classical music are not doing enough to challenge perceptions that it is elitist, in a lecture at the University of York.
Thursday 5 November 2009
The effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the prospects for peace will be the subject of a lecture by the senior United Nations figure working with Palestinian refugees.
Wednesday 4 November 2009
The first research into how resource efficiency can help the UK meet its climate change targets is published today.
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Smoking during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of behavioural problems in children as young as three, according to research from the University of York.
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Improving the quality of care for people with diabetes in primary care settings will be the goal of a conference in York bringing together experts in the condition.
Monday 2 November 2009
Researchers at the University of York have identified a part of the brain that responds to both facial and vocal expressions of emotion.
Monday 2 November 2009
The exciting possibilities offered by nanoscience will be explored in a public lecture at the University of York.
Friday 30 October 2009
Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to secure £250,000 of investment in their ideas in a competition to be launched at the University of York.
Thursday 29 October 2009
A Nobel Prize-winning scientist is to give this year’s Cantor Nanoscience Lecture at the University of York.
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Researchers at the University of York have produced the first comprehensive assessment of the carbon footprint of individual neighbourhoods in York.
Monday 26 October 2009
A total of nearly 90 national and international employers are expected to visit two Careers Fairs at the University of York this term.
Monday 26 October 2009
A leading scientist who has chaired two high-profile inquiries into outbreaks of E.coli food poisoning is to give a lecture at the University of York.
Thursday 22 October 2009
The University of York is launching a major development programme to help senior NHS executives save money by raising quality and productivity, rather than resorting to across-the-board cuts in jobs and services.
Wednesday 21 October 2009
Archaeologists have discovered another skeleton during excavations on the site of the University of York’s campus expansion at Heslington East.
Tuesday 20 October 2009
The launch of a new research centre at the University of York will be marked with a lecture by a leading academic.
Monday 19 October 2009
Calling everyone with an interest in IT in the York area! The University of York is hosting one of just two stops on the UK leg of Microsoft’s Get on the Bus tour.
Monday 19 October 2009
The dangers faced by champions of human rights will be brought home to policy makers at an event organised by the University of York.
Friday 16 October 2009
An innovative programme to improve the leadership skills of academics and support staff at the University of York has won a prestigious national award.
Friday 16 October 2009
Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are ineffective in relieving arthritis pain, according to a new study led by a University of York academic.
Monday 12 October 2009
A positive effect of climate change that is helping to support a £30m industry has been uncovered by new research.
Friday 9 October 2009
Scientists at the University of York have uncovered the structure of an unusual enzyme which can be used to reverse the contamination of land by explosives.
Thursday 8 October 2009
The University of York has achieved its highest-ever position in the world’s top 100 universities in new rankings published today.
Wednesday 7 October 2009
Researchers at the University of York will play a key role in a major study into how Britons adapted to the challenge of surviving ancient Britain.
Tuesday 6 October 2009
An “environmentally friendly” tropical crop could lead to hazardous increases in levels of the air pollutant ozone according to new research by an international team that included scientists from the University of York.
Tuesday 6 October 2009
Scientists at the University of York have identified and successfully silenced a gene that appears essential to cancer cell survival.
Friday 2 October 2009
York’s rich history will be used to inspire creativity in students taking a new course at the University.
Wednesday 30 September 2009
The origin of the ‘Celtic fringe’ of genetically and culturally distinctive people in the northern and western British Isles is the source of fierce academic controversy.
Tuesday 29 September 2009
The dark satanic mills may be a thing of the past, and many of the factories that belched toxic emissions into Yorkshire’s atmosphere have also disappeared.
Friday 25 September 2009
The University of York has launched a Student Internship Bureau, which brings together students seeking project-based work experience with appropriate employers in the York and North Yorkshire area.
Wednesday 23 September 2009
Butterflies basking in the relatively warm South of Britain are likely to be more liberal in their choice of where to live than their cousins in the cooler and wetter North, according to new findings published today in the journal Ecology Letters.
Tuesday 22 September 2009
Researchers are seeking women volunteers to take part in a clinical trial which is searching for a new solution in the battle against HIV.
Monday 21 September 2009
Scientists have shown that the main shoot dominates a plant’s growth principally because it was there first, rather than due to its position at the top of the plant.
Thursday 17 September 2009
The University of York’s Department of Health Sciences and NHS Leeds Community Healthcare have been awarded a £1.75m grant from the National Institute for Health Research to carry out a study into complex wounds.
Wednesday 16 September 2009
A unique event showcasing the links between heritage, sound-art and music will take place in the dramatic setting of York Minster next month.
Monday 14 September 2009
Following a nationwide search, Professor Nicola Spence has been appointed Science City York's new chief executive.
Monday 14 September 2009
Inspiring more people to discover the joy of learning is at the centre of a new venture bringing together a range of educational opportunities at the University of York.
Friday 11 September 2009
The University of York maintained its top ten position of UK universities in the new Sunday Times University Guide.
Friday 11 September 2009
The effects foods can have on the body will be explored in an entertaining evening hosted by two University of York scientists.
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Scientists at the University of York are urging Hull residents to be on the lookout for slime and spines in 2009.
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Does telling the story of a child soldier or a rape victim help improve human rights or intrude on the victims’ privacy and threaten their safety?
Friday 4 September 2009
People in York in the 22nd century will have an insight into life in the city in 2009 thanks to the ingenuity of pupils from two local schools.
Thursday 3 September 2009
The University of York staff cricket team is celebrating after winning the HPH York Vale Cricket League for the first time in its 13 year history.
Wednesday 2 September 2009
A dozen students from Yorkshire and the Humber who are starting courses at some of the UK’s top universities this autumn have won £1,000 scholarships to help with their studies from a York-based charity, The Holbeck Charitable Trust.
Friday 28 August 2009
More teenagers are studying science beyond GCSE level thanks to a course designed by experts from the University of York and the Nuffield Foundation.
Thursday 27 August 2009
Two-thirds of heart attack patients failed to receive a life-saving service, according to research commissioned by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and led by a University of York academic.
Tuesday 25 August 2009
A University of York scientist has been awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship for her research on smart polymer materials that could eventually be used as sensors to detect biological materials and pollutants.
Wednesday 19 August 2009
The University of York today announced a major new collaboration with Crossrail Ltd, to support a new course in Computer Science.
Monday 17 August 2009
A Computer Science student at the University of York has created a new Facebook application that uses the social networking website for monitoring home energy consumption.
Wednesday 12 August 2009
NHS primary care trusts could potentially save thousands of pounds through better management of partnerships with the private sector, according to research from the York Management School.
Monday 10 August 2009
A new nationwide survey of students ranks the quality of teaching at the University of York fifth among UK universities.
Monday 10 August 2009
The University of York has enhanced its links with industry by joining IBM UK’s University Relations Program. The aim is to expand the scope of the resources and experiences offered to students, better preparing them for the careers of tomorrow with skills that will stimulate growth and drive innovation.
Tuesday 4 August 2009
Like other developed countries, England faces the challenge of meeting the needs of a growing elderly population.
Monday 3 August 2009
The growth of the British economy over the last two decades has seen a parallel rise in personal debt across the social spectrum.
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Visitors to the Glasgow Science Centre are to get the chance to take part in the Great Shampoo Showdown, the latest feature in a York initiative to raise awareness of environment-friendly products.
Monday 27 July 2009
A University of York academic will combine art with engineering when he gives a lecture in Trafalgar Square.
Thursday 23 July 2009
In the animal kingdom, everything is not as it seems. Individuals of the same species can look very different from each other – what biologists term ‘polymorphism.’
Tuesday 21 July 2009
The University of York has been recognised for the support it offers to care leavers entering higher education.
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Four University of York academics – two computer scientists, a psychologist and a political philosopher -- have been honoured for the quality of their scholarship.
Friday 17 July 2009
Construction work is starting on new facilities that will help scientists in York develop drugs and vaccines to combat major diseases.
Friday 17 July 2009
A church will celebrate Mass as it would have been performed 600 years ago thanks to a partnership with the University of York.
Thursday 16 July 2009
Biologists at the University of York have played a key role in an international team that has sequenced the genome of Schistosoma mansoni, a water-borne parasitic worm whose eggs spread the deadly disease schistosomiasis.
Wednesday 15 July 2009
As reported in last night’s BBC One broadcast "What's Really in Our Food?" reporter Tom Heap found help from an unexpected source in his investigations of food fraud – the Department of Archaeology at the University of York.
Wednesday 15 July 2009
A controller from a video games console has been transformed into two new musical instruments by a student at the University of York.
Monday 13 July 2009
Waste material from discarded televisions could be recycled and used in medicine, according to new research by scientists at the University of York.
Friday 10 July 2009
The University of York is to award honorary degrees to the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor and an influential jazz musician.
Wednesday 8 July 2009
An open day at Chapman’s Pond in Dringhouses, York, will combine serious science with fun for children.
Tuesday 7 July 2009
A pioneering project that supports care leavers in York has been held up by the Government as a blueprint for employers nationwide to follow.
Monday 6 July 2009
Two University of York academics have been recognised for the outstanding quality of their teaching.
Thursday 2 July 2009
Scientists are to study a group of proteins that are highly effective at killing bacteria and which could hold the key to developing new types of antibiotics.
Tuesday 30 June 2009
The University of York is exploring whether the new extension to its main campus is a suitable site for up to two wind turbines.
Monday 29 June 2009
A scientist at the University of York has played a pivotal role in a breakthrough in the development of quantum communication.
Friday 19 June 2009
A new £1.6 million scientific Centre of Excellence at the University of York will provide major benefits for the chemical, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, as well as supporting academic research in the region.
Friday 19 June 2009
Primary school pupils are putting plants under the microscope with a helping hand from experts at the University of York.
Wednesday 17 June 2009
When a steep decline in the wool trade prompted an 18th century version of the credit crunch, many Yorkshire people took to counterfeiting as a way of surviving.
Monday 15 June 2009
A nurse researcher who works in the University of York’s Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School has been awarded a sought-after Harkness Fellowship to study healthcare policy and practice in the USA.
Thursday 11 June 2009
More than 250 voices will recreate the first performance of one of Felix Mendelssohn’s great oratorios when the University of York Choir sings Elijah in York Minster on 24 June.
Wednesday 10 June 2009
The post-war history of food is the focus of new research at the University of York.
Friday 5 June 2009
Residents of York will be given the opportunity make their Street the Greenest in the city in a new campaign launched on World Environment Day – Friday 5 June 2009.
Thursday 28 May 2009
Student entrepreneurs at the University of York will be demonstrating their business acumen next week in a local version of The Apprentice.
Friday 22 May 2009
The way art is presented on television will be debated at an event in York to mark 40 years since the first broadcast of a landmark documentary series.
Tuesday 19 May 2009
A bare courtyard at a special school has been transformed into a stunning sensory garden with the help of volunteers from the University of York.
Friday 15 May 2009
Researchers using the latest scanning techniques have provided new insight into the way the brain processes written words.
Friday 15 May 2009
The start of major investment in the future of education and research at the University of York is to be marked next week.
Thursday 14 May 2009
A sound installation in the foyer of the Music Research Centre at the University of York is proving a big attraction for visitors and concert-goers.
Monday 11 May 2009
The contribution of thousands of student volunteers to their communities will be celebrated at a special awards ceremony at York’s Mansion House.
Thursday 7 May 2009
A website developed by two University of York students is transforming the way people use the micro-blogging site Twitter.
Friday 1 May 2009
A research unit’s expertise in conducting research on adult social care has today secured it membership of the new School for Social Care Research, part of the English National Institute for Health Research.
Thursday 30 April 2009
Primary school children have used the latest computer design techniques to create a 3-D cartoon with the help of University of York experts.
Wednesday 29 April 2009
Ground breaking new research gives a much deeper insight into how Tuberculosis could be passed from badgers to cattle and back again.
Thursday 23 April 2009
An expert in chimpanzee communication from the University of York will present her work at the leading UK science festival after winning a major award.
Wednesday 22 April 2009
A league table of child wellbeing compiled by researchers at the University of York has placed the UK 24th out of 29 European countries.
Tuesday 21 April 2009
School students from Yorkshire are dressing for success and preparing to develop business plans to pitch in a regional version of television’s Dragons’ Den.
Thursday 16 April 2009
Water poverty is increasing as more households face financial difficulties due to rising utility bills.
Thursday 16 April 2009
Research spearheaded by the University of York has used computer models to explain the evolution of the distinctive colouring of many species of wildlife.
Tuesday 14 April 2009
A pioneering new course at the University of York will train scientists whose work could pave the way for a world powered by limitless energy.
Thursday 9 April 2009
The University of York will be offering practical help to individuals and businesses to cope with the economic downturn after winning a share of £27m in new Government funding.
Wednesday 1 April 2009
Climate change could increase the risks to human health posed by farming methods, according to a new study.
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Schoolchildren from across the region will take a series of fascinating steps down the path to scientific understanding when the University of York’s Science Trail returns this week.
Monday 30 March 2009
Music from the 15th Century meets the sounds of the 21st in a new project from musicians at the University of York.
Friday 27 March 2009
Academics from two of the world’s top 100 universities are meeting to discuss potential collaborations on initiatives in evidence-based health and education.
Thursday 26 March 2009
A new technology which dramatically improves the sensitivity of Magnetic Resonance techniques including those used in hospital scanners and chemistry laboratories has been developed by scientists at the University of York.
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Did you know that bubble bath can be made from plants? The University of York-based Green Chemistry Network and Boots UK have launched an exciting new interactive science exhibition "Explore Your Bathroom: Make the Bubble bath of the Future".
Friday 20 March 2009
Using maggots to treat leg ulcers is as effective as more modern methods of wound care, according to a three-year research study led by the University of York.
Thursday 19 March 2009
As the nation prepares to celebrate motherhood, a University of York economist is claiming that the idea that parenting makes us happy is an illusion.
Tuesday 17 March 2009
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), led by the University of York’s Departments of Biology and Chemistry and brand protection specialists Authentix Limited, has been named the best in North East England.
Friday 13 March 2009
To coincide with International Year of Astronomy, the University of York is taking to the road to alert people across Yorkshire and the Humber to the fascination of the night sky.
Wednesday 11 March 2009
Save the planet – and save money at the same time. That is the challenge facing York citizens on Saturday 14 March.
Tuesday 10 March 2009
One of Britain’s leading sopranos Lynne Dawson is the soloist at a concert of the University Symphony Orchestra at the University of York on Wednesday 11 March.
Monday 9 March 2009
The University of York is the venue for a major international research conference that will help to plot the roadmap for the future development of computer software.
Friday 6 March 2009
Primary school pupils are getting their first taste of foreign languages thanks to student volunteers from the University of York.
Wednesday 4 March 2009
A virtual reality device that aims to stimulate all five senses with unprecedented realism developed by a University of York scientist is to be showcased at a major London exhibition today.
Tuesday 3 March 2009
The University of York has been named one of the best places in the world to work for postdoctoral science researchers.
Friday 27 February 2009
The most unequal societies are damaging for the better-off as well as for the poor, according to a groundbreaking new book by two University of York academics.
Wednesday 25 February 2009
New research shows the importance of habitat conservation in helping threatened species to survive environmental change.
Tuesday 24 February 2009
The work and legacy of a poet who gave voice to Palestinian experiences for more than 40 years will be examined at an event at the University of York.
Friday 20 February 2009
Breastfeeding is a vitally important public health issue but is ignored or dismissed by many, a leading expert will argue as part of a lecture series at the University of York.
Friday 20 February 2009
The University of York has appointed BAM Construction to deliver a £66 million development of new buildings, which will be the centrepiece of the first phase of the University’s expanded campus at Heslington East.
Thursday 19 February 2009
A group of University of York students have contributed to a ground-breaking study on African rainforests published today in Nature.
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Butterflies show that ‘assisted colonisation’ can play a vital role in helping wildlife to survive in a warming world.
Tuesday 17 February 2009
University of York expertise is at the heart of a spectacular contemporary art project unveiled in Seville and set to feature in leading galleries around the world.
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Students are playing a pivotal role in the University of York’s new approach to ‘designing’ out plagiarism.
Friday 6 February 2009
The desire to improve our health has made food and diet a modern obsession but discovering what our ancestors ate and how they prepared food can reveal remarkable details about the way they lived.
Monday 2 February 2009
New light will be shone on a neglected period of British art history as the result of a major research project.
Thursday 29 January 2009
Researchers at the University of York are to carry out a major survey of vulnerable homeless people as part of a £700,000 research initiative to inform efforts to help bring them in from the margins of society.
Wednesday 28 January 2009
Scientists have worked out the mechanism of a bacterial ‘TRAP’ that is a key component in the colonisation of the human body by some disease-causing bacteria.
Wednesday 28 January 2009
A competition designed to boost trade between Britain and China will be launched at the University of York.
Tuesday 27 January 2009
For centuries a wood-boring marine isopod was considered little more than a nautical nuisance. It bored its way into the wooden hulls of ships, turning seafaring into an even more perilous undertaking.
Monday 26 January 2009
A University of York student could complete her PhD and win a Grammy award in the same week.
Wednesday 21 January 2009
When three undergraduates set off on an expedition in 1965 to trap moths on Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, little did they realise that they were establishing the groundwork for a study of the impacts of climate change.
Tuesday 20 January 2009
The University of York is to award honorary degrees to a clinical psychologist and television presenter, a leading expert in Viking archaeology and City of York Council’s former Chief Executive.
Friday 16 January 2009
Business expertise from the University of York has helped a Yorkshire manufacturer increase its profits by more than 10 per cent.
Thursday 15 January 2009
An ongoing study into the reconstruction of Gaza is being led by the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York.
Monday 12 January 2009
Experts at the University of York are to help aerospace companies produce safer aircraft at lower costs after winning a €1m European grant.
Wednesday 7 January 2009
The Bioscience Business Centre at the University of York is just a year old but is already playing an important role in building new links with industry.
Tuesday 6 January 2009
Children who struggle in the classroom are being given a helping hand by academics at the University of York using a pioneering software package.
Friday 2 January 2009
Professor Ottoline Leyser has been made a Commander of the British Empire in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of her pioneering work in plant biology.
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