Royal Holloway’s School of Business and Management achieves AACSB accreditation

06 May 2021

Joining an exclusive group of less than 6% of the world’s business schools, the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway, now holds business accreditation from AACSB International.

Oldest known human burial in Africa, dating back 78,000 years

05 May 2021

New archaeological research has discovered the oldest human burial in Africa, dating back 78,000 years ago, at a cave site on the Kenyan coast called Panga ya Saidi.

New centre created to explore the rise of ‘emotional politics’

19 Apr 2021

A interdisciplinary ‘Centre for the Politics of Feelings’ will be established in September 2021 at the University of London in a partnership between its School of Advanced Study and Royal Holloway.

Research reveals deceased-donor kidney transplants can improve quality of life as much as living-donor kidney transplants

15 Apr 2021

A new study reveals for the first time that kidney transplants from deceased donors lead to similar improvements in patients' quality of life as kidneys from living donors.

Award-winning film is essential viewing for our younger generation to help fight climate change

08 Apr 2021

A new film has been created by academics at Dundee University and Royal Holloway, highlighting the importance of the diminishing state of the world’s glaciers to younger generation.

Research shows weed killers should be redesigned to save bumblebees

08 Apr 2021

A new study by researchers from Royal Holloway, has concluded that weed killers could easily be redesigned to be more bumblebee friendly by changing ingredients and saving the lives of bees.

Survey reveals public support for UK Government’s zero carbon emissions plan

29 Mar 2021

A new national survey, conducted by Royal Holloway, has found that 64% of the British public strongly support the government’s large scale plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.

New study reveals how people can catch a tendency to jump to conclusions

24 Mar 2021

New findings from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway tell us how people jump to conclusions – even at their own cost – when they see others doing the same.

StoryFutures commissioned for UK-wide festival of creativity in 2022

23 Mar 2021

StoryFutures Academy run by Royal Holloway and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) is one of 10 creative teams to develop its ground-breaking project for Festival UK* 2022.

Organic materials essential for life on Earth are found for the first time on the surface of an asteroid

04 Mar 2021

New research from Royal Holloway, has found water and organic matter on the surface of an asteroid sample returned from the inner Solar System.

Royal Holloway takes on UK-wide challenge to raise awareness and vital funds for young people’s mental health

01 Mar 2021

Royal Holloway and Royal Holloway Students’ Union have joined forces to take part in BRIT 2021 Challenge.

Explicit instruction provides dramatic benefits in learning to read

26 Feb 2021

Research led by academics at Royal Holloway and published in Psychological Science, contributes to an intense debate about how best to teach children to read.