Routine screening for postnatal depression in primary care - as recommended in recent guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - does not appear to represent value for money for the NHS, researchers at the University of York have concluded.

Some of the novel ideas being developed by researchers at the University of York’s Centre for Usable Home Technology (CUHTec) have featured on national television.

Two University of York academics have been awarded industry fellowships in recognition of their standing as world leaders in their respective fields.

The link between ill-health and retirement age varies markedly across European countries, according to new research from the University of York.

Changing teaching methods is more effective at improving standards in maths than investing in different text books or technology, according to a new report.

A new humanities and educational research centre is to be opened today at the University of York. The building is named in honour of Professor Berrick Saul, the University's Vice-Chancellor from 1979 to 1993.

A new course from the York Management School will help experienced professionals turn their expertise into a new business opportunity.

A new film – Dead Man Running – features visual effects created by two of the first graduates of the MA in Postproduction in the University of York’s Department of Theatre, Film and Television (TFTV).

The University of York is among a group of leading UK universities that are launching a groundbreaking £1000 scholarship for students who wish to study science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects.

Student volunteers from the University of York will put their project ideas to the test when they pitch them to a Dragons Den-style panel of business leaders.

Leading business figures are passing on the benefits of their experience to management students at the University of York through a new series of guest lectures and master classes.

The University of York will have a significant presence at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit next week.

A University of York composer has won one of the 2009 British Composer Awards at a ceremony hosted by British Academy of Songwriters, Composer and Authors (BASCA) at the Law Society in London.

Pioneering research into using plants to clean up pollution caused by explosives has been recognised with an award from the United States Government.

The University of York is a major partner in a project unveiled today that will help scientists harness the potential of fusion energy.

The link between understanding how plants work and the development of new medical treatments will be explored in a public lecture at the University of York.

Theatre critic and biographer Michael Billington will visit the University of York to give a masterclass on Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s plays on Friday 27 November.

A student-run project supporting dementia sufferers in York has beaten off competition from two major companies to win a national award.

It is Barack Obama’s favourite television show, and legendary Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson says it has done more ‘to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life, and the problems of urban inequality, than any other media event or scholarly publication.’

A new species of chameleon has been discovered in Tanzania by a team of scientists.

Four art historians will take their audience on an artistic journey in time from the Gothic splendour of York Minster to the portraits of Joshua Reynolds via America and southern Italy today.

Screenwriters Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran have donated their archive, including the original scripts for situation comedies such as The New Statesman and Birds of a Feather, to the Borthwick Institute at York.

A research unit at the University of York, which has helped to develop a range of policies to support vulnerable people in society over more than 35 years, has been awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.

Scientists at the University of York have discovered how certain bacteria such as Escherichia coli have evolved to capture rare sugars from their environment giving them an evolutionary advantage in naturally competitive environments like the human gut.

The University of York is at the centre of a £19.7m investment in the region’s technology base by the European Regional Development Fund announced today.

The threat posed by the impact of climate change on the Earth’s biosphere will be the focus of a lecture at the University of York.

A leading critic and broadcaster will argue supporters of classical music are not doing enough to challenge perceptions that it is elitist, in a lecture at the University of York.

The effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the prospects for peace will be the subject of a lecture by the senior United Nations figure working with Palestinian refugees.

The first research into how resource efficiency can help the UK meet its climate change targets is published today.

Smoking during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of behavioural problems in children as young as three, according to research from the University of York.

Improving the quality of care for people with diabetes in primary care settings will be the goal of a conference in York bringing together experts in the condition.

Researchers at the University of York have identified a part of the brain that responds to both facial and vocal expressions of emotion.

The exciting possibilities offered by nanoscience will be explored in a public lecture at the University of York.

Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to secure £250,000 of investment in their ideas in a competition to be launched at the University of York.

A Nobel Prize-winning scientist is to give this year’s Cantor Nanoscience Lecture at the University of York.

Researchers at the University of York have produced the first comprehensive assessment of the carbon footprint of individual neighbourhoods in York.

A total of nearly 90 national and international employers are expected to visit two Careers Fairs at the University of York this term.

A leading scientist who has chaired two high-profile inquiries into outbreaks of E.coli food poisoning is to give a lecture at the University of York.

The University of York is launching a major development programme to help senior NHS executives save money by raising quality and productivity, rather than resorting to across-the-board cuts in jobs and services.

Archaeologists have discovered another skeleton during excavations on the site of the University of York’s campus expansion at Heslington East.

The launch of a new research centre at the University of York will be marked with a lecture by a leading academic.

Calling everyone with an interest in IT in the York area! The University of York is hosting one of just two stops on the UK leg of Microsoft’s Get on the Bus tour.

The dangers faced by champions of human rights will be brought home to policy makers at an event organised by the University of York.

An innovative programme to improve the leadership skills of academics and support staff at the University of York has won a prestigious national award.

Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are ineffective in relieving arthritis pain, according to a new study led by a University of York academic.

A positive effect of climate change that is helping to support a £30m industry has been uncovered by new research.

Scientists at the University of York have uncovered the structure of an unusual enzyme which can be used to reverse the contamination of land by explosives.

The University of York has achieved its highest-ever position in the world’s top 100 universities in new rankings published today.

Researchers at the University of York will play a key role in a major study into how Britons adapted to the challenge of surviving ancient Britain.

An “environmentally friendly” tropical crop could lead to hazardous increases in levels of the air pollutant ozone according to new research by an international team that included scientists from the University of York.

Scientists at the University of York have identified and successfully silenced a gene that appears essential to cancer cell survival.

York’s rich history will be used to inspire creativity in students taking a new course at the University.

The origin of the ‘Celtic fringe’ of genetically and culturally distinctive people in the northern and western British Isles is the source of fierce academic controversy.

The dark satanic mills may be a thing of the past, and many of the factories that belched toxic emissions into Yorkshire’s atmosphere have also disappeared.

The University of York has launched a Student Internship Bureau, which brings together students seeking project-based work experience with appropriate employers in the York and North Yorkshire area.

Butterflies basking in the relatively warm South of Britain are likely to be more liberal in their choice of where to live than their cousins in the cooler and wetter North, according to new findings published today in the journal Ecology Letters.

Researchers are seeking women volunteers to take part in a clinical trial which is searching for a new solution in the battle against HIV.

Scientists have shown that the main shoot dominates a plant’s growth principally because it was there first, rather than due to its position at the top of the plant.

The University of York’s Department of Health Sciences and NHS Leeds Community Healthcare have been awarded a £1.75m grant from the National Institute for Health Research to carry out a study into complex wounds.

A unique event showcasing the links between heritage, sound-art and music will take place in the dramatic setting of York Minster next month.

Following a nationwide search, Professor Nicola Spence has been appointed Science City York's new chief executive.

Inspiring more people to discover the joy of learning is at the centre of a new venture bringing together a range of educational opportunities at the University of York.

The University of York maintained its top ten position of UK universities in the new Sunday Times University Guide.

The effects foods can have on the body will be explored in an entertaining evening hosted by two University of York scientists.

Scientists at the University of York are urging Hull residents to be on the lookout for slime and spines in 2009.

Does telling the story of a child soldier or a rape victim help improve human rights or intrude on the victims’ privacy and threaten their safety?

People in York in the 22nd century will have an insight into life in the city in 2009 thanks to the ingenuity of pupils from two local schools.

The University of York staff cricket team is celebrating after winning the HPH York Vale Cricket League for the first time in its 13 year history.

A dozen students from Yorkshire and the Humber who are starting courses at some of the UK’s top universities this autumn have won £1,000 scholarships to help with their studies from a York-based charity, The Holbeck Charitable Trust.

More teenagers are studying science beyond GCSE level thanks to a course designed by experts from the University of York and the Nuffield Foundation.

Two-thirds of heart attack patients failed to receive a life-saving service, according to research commissioned by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and led by a University of York academic.

A University of York scientist has been awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship for her research on smart polymer materials that could eventually be used as sensors to detect biological materials and pollutants.

The University of York today announced a major new collaboration with Crossrail Ltd, to support a new course in Computer Science.

A Computer Science student at the University of York has created a new Facebook application that uses the social networking website for monitoring home energy consumption.

NHS primary care trusts could potentially save thousands of pounds through better management of partnerships with the private sector, according to research from the York Management School.

A new nationwide survey of students ranks the quality of teaching at the University of York fifth among UK universities.

The University of York has enhanced its links with industry by joining IBM UK’s University Relations Program. The aim is to expand the scope of the resources and experiences offered to students, better preparing them for the careers of tomorrow with skills that will stimulate growth and drive innovation.

Like other developed countries, England faces the challenge of meeting the needs of a growing elderly population.

The growth of the British economy over the last two decades has seen a parallel rise in personal debt across the social spectrum.

Visitors to the Glasgow Science Centre are to get the chance to take part in the Great Shampoo Showdown, the latest feature in a York initiative to raise awareness of environment-friendly products.

A University of York academic will combine art with engineering when he gives a lecture in Trafalgar Square.

In the animal kingdom, everything is not as it seems. Individuals of the same species can look very different from each other – what biologists term ‘polymorphism.’

The University of York has been recognised for the support it offers to care leavers entering higher education.

Four University of York academics – two computer scientists, a psychologist and a political philosopher -- have been honoured for the quality of their scholarship.

Construction work is starting on new facilities that will help scientists in York develop drugs and vaccines to combat major diseases.

A church will celebrate Mass as it would have been performed 600 years ago thanks to a partnership with the University of York.

Biologists at the University of York have played a key role in an international team that has sequenced the genome of Schistosoma mansoni, a water-borne parasitic worm whose eggs spread the deadly disease schistosomiasis.

As reported in last night’s BBC One broadcast "What's Really in Our Food?" reporter Tom Heap found help from an unexpected source in his investigations of food fraud – the Department of Archaeology at the University of York.

A controller from a video games console has been transformed into two new musical instruments by a student at the University of York.

Waste material from discarded televisions could be recycled and used in medicine, according to new research by scientists at the University of York.

The University of York is to award honorary degrees to the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor and an influential jazz musician.

An open day at Chapman’s Pond in Dringhouses, York, will combine serious science with fun for children.

A pioneering project that supports care leavers in York has been held up by the Government as a blueprint for employers nationwide to follow.

Two University of York academics have been recognised for the outstanding quality of their teaching.

Scientists are to study a group of proteins that are highly effective at killing bacteria and which could hold the key to developing new types of antibiotics.

The University of York is exploring whether the new extension to its main campus is a suitable site for up to two wind turbines.

A scientist at the University of York has played a pivotal role in a breakthrough in the development of quantum communication.

A new £1.6 million scientific Centre of Excellence at the University of York will provide major benefits for the chemical, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, as well as supporting academic research in the region.

Primary school pupils are putting plants under the microscope with a helping hand from experts at the University of York.

When a steep decline in the wool trade prompted an 18th century version of the credit crunch, many Yorkshire people took to counterfeiting as a way of surviving.

A nurse researcher who works in the University of York’s Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School has been awarded a sought-after Harkness Fellowship to study healthcare policy and practice in the USA.

More than 250 voices will recreate the first performance of one of Felix Mendelssohn’s great oratorios when the University of York Choir sings Elijah in York Minster on 24 June.

The post-war history of food is the focus of new research at the University of York.

Residents of York will be given the opportunity make their Street the Greenest in the city in a new campaign launched on World Environment Day – Friday 5 June 2009.

Student entrepreneurs at the University of York will be demonstrating their business acumen next week in a local version of The Apprentice.

The way art is presented on television will be debated at an event in York to mark 40 years since the first broadcast of a landmark documentary series.

A bare courtyard at a special school has been transformed into a stunning sensory garden with the help of volunteers from the University of York.

Researchers using the latest scanning techniques have provided new insight into the way the brain processes written words.

The start of major investment in the future of education and research at the University of York is to be marked next week.

A sound installation in the foyer of the Music Research Centre at the University of York is proving a big attraction for visitors and concert-goers.

The contribution of thousands of student volunteers to their communities will be celebrated at a special awards ceremony at York’s Mansion House.

A website developed by two University of York students is transforming the way people use the micro-blogging site Twitter.

A research unit’s expertise in conducting research on adult social care has today secured it membership of the new School for Social Care Research, part of the English National Institute for Health Research.

Primary school children have used the latest computer design techniques to create a 3-D cartoon with the help of University of York experts.

Ground breaking new research gives a much deeper insight into how Tuberculosis could be passed from badgers to cattle and back again.

An expert in chimpanzee communication from the University of York will present her work at the leading UK science festival after winning a major award.

A league table of child wellbeing compiled by researchers at the University of York has placed the UK 24th out of 29 European countries.

School students from Yorkshire are dressing for success and preparing to develop business plans to pitch in a regional version of television’s Dragons’ Den.

Water poverty is increasing as more households face financial difficulties due to rising utility bills.

Research spearheaded by the University of York has used computer models to explain the evolution of the distinctive colouring of many species of wildlife.

A pioneering new course at the University of York will train scientists whose work could pave the way for a world powered by limitless energy.

The University of York will be offering practical help to individuals and businesses to cope with the economic downturn after winning a share of £27m in new Government funding.

Climate change could increase the risks to human health posed by farming methods, according to a new study.

Schoolchildren from across the region will take a series of fascinating steps down the path to scientific understanding when the University of York’s Science Trail returns this week.

Music from the 15th Century meets the sounds of the 21st in a new project from musicians at the University of York.

Academics from two of the world’s top 100 universities are meeting to discuss potential collaborations on initiatives in evidence-based health and education.

A new technology which dramatically improves the sensitivity of Magnetic Resonance techniques including those used in hospital scanners and chemistry laboratories has been developed by scientists at the University of York.

Did you know that bubble bath can be made from plants? The University of York-based Green Chemistry Network and Boots UK have launched an exciting new interactive science exhibition "Explore Your Bathroom: Make the Bubble bath of the Future".

Using maggots to treat leg ulcers is as effective as more modern methods of wound care, according to a three-year research study led by the University of York.

As the nation prepares to celebrate motherhood, a University of York economist is claiming that the idea that parenting makes us happy is an illusion.

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), led by the University of York’s Departments of Biology and Chemistry and brand protection specialists Authentix Limited, has been named the best in North East England.

To coincide with International Year of Astronomy, the University of York is taking to the road to alert people across Yorkshire and the Humber to the fascination of the night sky.

Save the planet – and save money at the same time. That is the challenge facing York citizens on Saturday 14 March.

One of Britain’s leading sopranos Lynne Dawson is the soloist at a concert of the University Symphony Orchestra at the University of York on Wednesday 11 March.

The University of York is the venue for a major international research conference that will help to plot the roadmap for the future development of computer software.

Primary school pupils are getting their first taste of foreign languages thanks to student volunteers from the University of York.

A virtual reality device that aims to stimulate all five senses with unprecedented realism developed by a University of York scientist is to be showcased at a major London exhibition today.

The University of York has been named one of the best places in the world to work for postdoctoral science researchers.

The most unequal societies are damaging for the better-off as well as for the poor, according to a groundbreaking new book by two University of York academics.

New research shows the importance of habitat conservation in helping threatened species to survive environmental change.

The work and legacy of a poet who gave voice to Palestinian experiences for more than 40 years will be examined at an event at the University of York.

Breastfeeding is a vitally important public health issue but is ignored or dismissed by many, a leading expert will argue as part of a lecture series at the University of York.

The University of York has appointed BAM Construction to deliver a £66 million development of new buildings, which will be the centrepiece of the first phase of the University’s expanded campus at Heslington East.

A group of University of York students have contributed to a ground-breaking study on African rainforests published today in Nature.

Butterflies show that ‘assisted colonisation’ can play a vital role in helping wildlife to survive in a warming world.

University of York expertise is at the heart of a spectacular contemporary art project unveiled in Seville and set to feature in leading galleries around the world.

Students are playing a pivotal role in the University of York’s new approach to ‘designing’ out plagiarism.

The desire to improve our health has made food and diet a modern obsession but discovering what our ancestors ate and how they prepared food can reveal remarkable details about the way they lived.

New light will be shone on a neglected period of British art history as the result of a major research project.

Researchers at the University of York are to carry out a major survey of vulnerable homeless people as part of a £700,000 research initiative to inform efforts to help bring them in from the margins of society.

Scientists have worked out the mechanism of a bacterial ‘TRAP’ that is a key component in the colonisation of the human body by some disease-causing bacteria.

A competition designed to boost trade between Britain and China will be launched at the University of York.

For centuries a wood-boring marine isopod was considered little more than a nautical nuisance. It bored its way into the wooden hulls of ships, turning seafaring into an even more perilous undertaking.

A University of York student could complete her PhD and win a Grammy award in the same week.

When three undergraduates set off on an expedition in 1965 to trap moths on Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, little did they realise that they were establishing the groundwork for a study of the impacts of climate change.

The University of York is to award honorary degrees to a clinical psychologist and television presenter, a leading expert in Viking archaeology and City of York Council’s former Chief Executive.

Business expertise from the University of York has helped a Yorkshire manufacturer increase its profits by more than 10 per cent.

An ongoing study into the reconstruction of Gaza is being led by the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York.

Experts at the University of York are to help aerospace companies produce safer aircraft at lower costs after winning a €1m European grant.

The Bioscience Business Centre at the University of York is just a year old but is already playing an important role in building new links with industry.

Children who struggle in the classroom are being given a helping hand by academics at the University of York using a pioneering software package.

Professor Ottoline Leyser has been made a Commander of the British Empire in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of her pioneering work in plant biology.