There has been a major reduction in deaths involving the pain-relief drug co-proxamol since it was withdrawn in the UK in 2005, an Oxford University-led study has found.

Research led by Oxford University refutes claims that assessment reports by independent social work experts have caused delays in care proceedings.

The newest building on the University of Cambridge's Sidgwick Site has been named in honour of the previous Vice-Chancellor.

A film about the downfall of the East German head of state, Erich Honecker, which includes an astonishing with his apparently unrepentant widow, will receive its UK premiere next week.

Older people who self-harm are at much greater risk of suicide than both the general population and younger adults who self-harm, a new study has found.

Prisoners tend to be more generous than the general public because they could be looking for ways to atone for their crimes, research has shown.

An Oxford University study has put the number of children who were living in the UK without legal immigration status in 2011 at around 120,000 – about 0.9 per cent of the total population of children below the age of 18.

University of Birmingham archaeologist, Jeffrey Rose is among the 15 visionary, young trailblazers from around the world who have been named as the 2012 class of National Geographic Emerging Explorers.