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Academic reveals that drinking water for up to 1.9 billion people globally is at threat from climate change

10 Dec 2019

New research from Royal Holloway academic found that water resource systems derived from mountain glaciers are under threat, impacting 1.9 billion people globally

Mobile Museum research webpage goes live online

10 Dec 2019

An overview of the three year Mobile Museum research project is now live. The project is a collaboration between Royal Holloway & Kew Gardens exploring the movement of objects in and out of the museum

Royal Holloway academic awarded prestigious five-year grant from European Research Council

10 Dec 2019

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced today that Professor Hawkins, from Royal Holloway has been awarded a prestigious five-year Consolidator Grant, worth 1.95m Euros.

New research reveals that sleep doesn’t improve the accuracy of eyewitness identifications

10 Dec 2019

Research, led by PhD student, Dr David Morgan and Dr Jakke Tamminen from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, investigates the effect of sleep on eyewitness memory

The Waiting Room Film and VR to premiere in London

06 Dec 2019

Professor Victoria Mapplebeck's film and Virtual Reality, The Waiting Room, explores each step of her cancer journey from diagnosis to recovery and will premiere in London.

Royal Holloway students win Cyber Crime Cup

28 Nov 2019

Students from Royal Holloway have won The Cyber Crime Cup™ 2019, the first time a cyber security competition has been held live as a spectator eSport.

UK business at risk as cyber skills gap reaches breaking point

27 Nov 2019

A new, in-depth piece of research conducted with UK CIOs and senior IT professionals has revealed that the cybersecurity skills gap has reached a crisis point.

Being the best host Roman style: How the Romans lived in their homes

27 Nov 2019

A new book by Dr Hannah Platts at Royal Holloway will be on sale on 28 November 2019, and will look at how the Romans lived and used their homes to enhance their lives.

Prints from The Courtauld Gallery to be exhibited at Royal Holloway for the first time

14 Nov 2019

Royal Holloway will present Impressions of Modern Life: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, an exhibition showcasing 24 prints by world-renowned artists such as Pablo Picasso and Édouard Manet.

New CBD insight gives hope to patients with drug resistant epilepsy

08 Nov 2019

New research by academics at Royal Holloway, has identified a way that cannabidiol (CBD), derived from cannabis plants, functions in brain cells to protect people against epileptic seizures.

Lack of awareness and treatment delays put people with wet macular degeneration at risk of avoidable sight loss, new study finds

31 Oct 2019

A new study that has found healthcare professionals and the general public still lack awareness of the most common form of sight loss in the UK.

Why ancient monsters still enthral

31 Oct 2019

An academic at Royal Holloway has written a new book on classical monsters in film and explains how they are still as relevant today as when they first appeared in the human psyche generations ago.