The university, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious, follows over 200 other organisations who have banned some investments in fossil fuels because of their role in driving climate change.
9. Apprentices with the highest qualifications can earn £50,000 more than a graduate from one of Britain's most prestigious universities over the course of their lifetime, new research claims.
More than 50 authors and artists have returned prestigious awards over what they say is institutional inaction following a series of violent incidents including the lynching of a Muslim over rumours he ate beef.
Pfusch means "botch" in German, and some critics have read the play's title as a nod to the off-stage farce that has distracted from real stagecraft at the prestigious theatre over the last 20 months.
The composer Elliott Carter, who turns 104 in December and is still composing prolifically, has collected his share of prestigious awards over the decades, among them two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Medal of Honor in the United States, Germany's Ernst von Siemens Music Prize and the Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, from France.
In a scene repeated at some of the nation's most prestigious universities over the last week, students and employees have found themselves face-to-face with federal law enforcement agents offering them a choice: Talk to us about thrill-seeking software piracy gangs or face a prison cell.
The X-Files received prestigious awards over its nine-year run, totaling 62 Emmy nominations and 16 awards.
It immediately became fashionable with Parisian socialites, hosting many prestigious personalities over the years, such as Marcel Proust, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, King Edward VII, and the couturier Coco Chanel, who made the Ritz her home for more than thirty years.
It's the final major production for actor-turned-director Daniel Evans, who is set to take over the prestigious Chichester Festival Theatre in July.
The prestigious £20,000 award, handed over by the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Architects' Journal and construction products manufacturer Benchmark at a ceremony in Rotherham, is intended to celebrate the best new European building "built or designed in Britain".
