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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.

Researchers highlight the need to address remote control of self-driving cars by human operators

19 Feb 2021

A new article highlights that the self-driving vehicles of the future will require occasional remote human intervention in the event that the vehicle's technology fails.

Child tooth of Neanderthal discovered alongside tools originally thought to be unique to Homo sapiens

10 Feb 2021

New analysis of a fossilised child’s tooth and stone tools reveals for the first time that Neanderthals used special stone tool making technology thought to have been unique to modern humans.

Fishes from the depths of the ocean show significant signs of microplastic ingestion

10 Feb 2021

Scientists from Royal Holloway and the Natural History Museum have found that 66.7% of ocean fish contain microfibres.

Study shows early behavioural problems predict adolescent mental health difficulties

10 Feb 2021

A substantial proportion of adolescent mental health and behavioural difficulties can be predicted years before they arise, a new study indicates.