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Teachers fear pupils at risk of falling behind due to primary to secondary ‘word gap’

23 Oct 2020

Dr Jessie Ricketts from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway has been working with OUP and CfEY on the latest Oxford Language Report: Bridging the Word Gap at Transition.

ESRC announces finalists for prestigious Celebrating Impact Prize

22 Oct 2020

Professor Kathy Rastle from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway has been nominated for the prestigious Celebrating Impact Prize from the Economic and Social Research Council.

Mathematics and Information Security Group win award for gender equality

15 Oct 2020

The Department of Mathematics and the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway have won a Bronze Athena SWAN award recognising their commitment to gender equality.

The Dictionary of Coronavirus Culture – questions about our new day-to-day life

15 Oct 2020

Professor Alan Bradshaw, Head of the Department of Marketing at Royal Holloway has co-edited ‘The Dictionary of Coronavirus Culture’, which presents an A-Z of life in lockdown.

Stoicism makes people happy and it’s nothing to do with having a stiff upper lip

13 Oct 2020

Research by Royal Holloway has shown that the ancient philosophy of Stoicism has nothing to do with a ‘stiff upper lip’ and in fact can help people become more happy and satisfied in their lives.

BFI London Film Festival and StoryFutures Academy announce new XR commission LAIKA

05 Oct 2020

As part of BFI London Film Festival’s new immersive programme LFF Expanded, the LFF and StoryFutures Academy today announce an exciting new XR commission, LAIKA.

The Choir of Royal Holloway debuts recording on new album

18 Sept 2020

The Choir of Royal Holloway presents the debut recording of Pierre Villette’s Messe Da Pacem in a new arrangement.

Royal Holloway is UK project partner for phase 2 upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider

18 Sept 2020

Academics at Royal Holloway are part of a group of scientists, engineers and technicians from the UK to embark on a £26M project to help upgrade the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Ancient human footprints in Saudi Arabia provide earliest evidence of humans on the Arabian Peninsula

16 Sept 2020

New archaeological research presents the oldest securely dated evidence for humans in Arabia.

Computer scientists from Royal Holloway use Artificial Intelligence to predict the frequencies of drug side effects

11 Sept 2020

A new algorithm has been developed by academics at Royal Holloway to predict the side effects of drugs before they hit the market by using the same principle by which movies are recommended to users.

Royal Holloway moves up in The Guardian University League Table 2021

07 Sept 2020

Royal Holloway has risen ten places to number 32 in the UK in The Guardian University League Table 2021.

Research finds new dietary approach could manage a range of diseases with a particular fatty acid being the key to a longer life

26 Aug 2020

New research by academics at Royal Holloway has identified that a particular fatty acid called decanoic acid may be responsible for the therapeutic effects of the ketogenic diet.