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‘Pop-up’ modular housing solution is no more than a sticking plaster, research finds
13 Sept 2019New research from Royal Holloway finds impact of ‘pop-up’ modular housing for homeless families improves quality of life, but exacerbate feelings of stigma and insecurity.
New public exhibition of Royal Holloway University’s exclusive 20th century art collection
11 Sept 2019Royal Holloway will be showcasing its renowned art collection in a special exhibition from 14 September 2019 until 8 December 2019, in the university’s Exhibition Space on its Egham campus.
Top fashion brands undermine progress on ending garment worker exploitation
04 Sept 2019Top fashion companies pledging to end worker exploitation in their global supply chains are hampering progress through their own irresponsible sourcing practices, concludes a new report.
University academic awarded prestigious fellowship grant
30 Aug 2019Dr Wenqing Liu, Reader in Nano-Electronics at Royal Holloway, has recently been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship Grant.
Brain scans find how we transform written words into meaning
20 Aug 2019The mystery of how readers’ brains transform written words into meanings has always been a controversial matter, yet new research by Royal Holloway has made a new discovery.
Radicalism and reform remembered in museum-inspired online course
25 Jul 2019The legacy of the Peterloo Massacre will be explored in a new free-to-join online course, launching August 2019: 200 years on from this milestone in British democracy.
New study finds the size of a community group determines how complex grammar can be in a language
17 Jul 2019Academics at Royal Holloway and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands have shown that the number of people that speak a language influences how complex its grammar would be.
Narayana Murthy awarded Honorary Doctorate
16 Jul 2019On Friday 19 July, Narayana Murthy was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science, (Honoris Causa), by Royal Holloway for his outstanding contribution to the field of Computer Science
Professor Dame Jane Francis DCMG awarded Honorary Doctorate
16 Jul 2019Professor Dame Jane Francis DCMG, will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science, (Honoris Causa), for her outstanding contribution to environmental science and polar research on 19 July.
Rising turnout and more switching means parties must address low-income voters’ economic concerns to win at next General Election
15 Jul 2019Voters struggling to make ends meet on low incomes are ‘up for grabs’ like never before and are set to have a bigger influence on who ends up winning the next General Election.
Tuition fee rises mean children are less likely to aspire to go to university
11 Jul 2019The rise in university tuition fees in 2010 had an impact on whether children aged 10 to 15 aspired to study for A-levels or attend university, according to a new report from Royal Holloway.
Royal Holloway joins universities from the UK, US and Japan to tackle international cybersecurity challenges
11 Jul 2019Royal Holloway has joined five universities from the UK, the United States and Japan to establish a new consortium to tackle the growing international challenges facing cybersecurity experts.