The University of York will lead a major £8m initiative to train at least 80 industry-ready nuclear scientists, serving as a key part of a national drive to quadruple the number of nuclear specialists in the UK.

The University of York has become the first Russell Group institution to sign a strategic agreement with the National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK (NISAU).

An academic at the University of York has been awarded a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship to accelerate the launch of a spin-out company dedicated to making communications networks fail safe.

Paul Walton, Professor of chemistry at the University of York, has been elected as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS).