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Grant to investigate the role of tropics in driving global climate change

Edge Hill University has been awarded a prestigious grant for its challenging overseas work to investigate the role of the tropics in driving global climate change.

08 Jun 2010


Prestigious grant award for research on President Obama

Edge Hill University and key partners have been awarded a prestigious grant to develop a research network on The Presidency of Barack Obama.

04 Jun 2010


New research encourages a bit of a ‘craic’ in the workplace

Humour in the Northern Ireland workplace actually helps to ease religious and political tensions, according to leading research by Edge Hill University.

26 May 2010


New research from Edge Hill University on group memory to hit America

Ground-breaking new research looks at reasons why surgeons and other groups have memory slips when working on important tasks together.

25 May 2010


The debate on widening participation in higher education

Improving social justice and student success in higher education will be the focus of a free lecture on 14th April.

19 Mar 2010


Pioneering research shows that terminally ill want to die at home

Terminally ill patients want to be cared for and die in their own home, according to Edge Hill's latest leading research.

15 Mar 2010


Out of Africa

A senior lecturer at Edge Hill University has been awarded a prestigious grant for a unique linguistic research project.

11 Jan 2010


Understanding mental health

A new book by two Edge Hill University academics is investigating the complex and controversial issues which link social work and mental health.

11 Jan 2010


Mum battles back to celebrate degree success

A mother-of-three who was made homeless after a house fire is one of more than 30 Wirral students who are celebrating their degree success with Edge Hill University.

11 Jan 2010


Academic examines the origins of the Jewish State

An Edge Hill University academic has given a controversial lecture which examined the conflict surrounding the establishment of the Jewish State.

11 Dec 2009


Boys keep singing

Fear of being branded 'the voice of an angel' is one of the key reasons boys don’t sing, according to a new book by an Edge Hill University academic.

04 Nov 2009


Edge Hill researcher receives national media attention

Research looking at the type of exam pressure exerted on pupils by parents and teachers has received extensive national media coverage including both Sky and ITN news channels.

07 Sep 2009


International praise for Edge Hill historian

The Zionist Masquerade, a book on Britain and the origins of the Zionist-Palestinian conflict by Dr James Renton, Senior Lecturer in History, has received high praise in the United States.

18 Aug 2009