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Royal Holloway psychologist awarded Medical Research Foundation Emerging Leaders Prize

31 Oct 2018

Dr Catherine Sebastian, from the Department of Psychology, has been named as one of the Emerging Leaders in her field by the Medical Research Foundation, for her research into mental health.

Royal Holloway’s Geography department recognised for gender equality

31 Oct 2018

The Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, has been awarded the Athena Silver SWAN Award from the Equality Challenge Unit, for commitment to gender equality.

Physics department win award for equality

26 Oct 2018

The department of physics has once again been awarded the Athena Silver SWAN Award from the Equality Challenge Unit, recognising exceptional commitment and excellence in the advancement of gender equa

Bringing ancient history into the 21st century

26 Oct 2018

A professor at Royal Holloway has develop a brand new website dedicated to bringing ancient history into the 21st century for students and teachers alike.

Plants find ways to survive no matter the terrain

25 Oct 2018

Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London, and the University of Osnabrück in Germany, have discovered that a fascinating plant employs two mechanisms to survive.

Lifting the Fog of War

18 Oct 2018

A new paper written by academics at Royal Holloway and George Washington University, predicts reliable patterns in violent events occurring within wars and terrorism.

Improving the control of epilepsy by combining a diet and a drug

16 Oct 2018

Research carried out by a team from the Centre for Biomedical Sciences may have identified a new way to help patients with epilepsy by combining a high-fat diet with low doses of an epilepsy drug.

New report finds modern slavery, which is part of construction boom in Cambodia, is linked to climate change.

16 Oct 2018

The construction boom in Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh, is shown to be built on modern slavery, according to a new report by the ‘Blood Bricks’ project based at Royal Holloway.

One third of fish found in two fresh water estuaries have ingested plastics, new research reveals

09 Oct 2018

New research into the extent of plastic pollution in the UK, has found that one third of fish living in two fresh water estuaries have ingested microplastics.

Royal Holloway graduate’s film screened at prestigious London Film Festival

08 Oct 2018

The critically acclaimed film, Unsettling, by recent Royal Holloway, University of London graduate, Iris Zaki, will be screened at London Film Festival on 11 October.

Royal Holloway and National Film and Television School Awarded £10m funding to Run National Centre of Excellence for Immersive Storytelling

04 Oct 2018

Royal Holloway, University of London, and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) have won a competition to run the new National Centre for Immersive Storytelling

Royal Holloway Historian helps shine new light on modern German cold-case

01 Oct 2018

Historian Dr Barbara Zipser, from Royal Holloway, has used the linguistic profiling skills she normally employs on ancient Greek documents to highlight a potential miscarriage of justice.