Findings: Lichen's global warming story
Humble lichens have long been silent witnesses to humankind's impact on the environment. Now for the first time scientists have coaxed these organisms into revealing the extent to which climate...
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Findings: Water threat to infants
Scientists have found a significant association between the use of chlorine dioxide as a disinfectant in the domestic water supply and the incidence of severe congenital heart defects in infants,...
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NHS to offer bursary for BSc
The National Health Service is offering student bursaries and providing salaried placement years for degrees, signalling a new government strategy to plug healthcare skills gaps. The NHS is to...
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Stress hits half Down Under
Half of Australia's academics are at risk of psychological illness as a result of extreme stress and over-work, a national survey has said. In the survey, staff reported a variety of health problems...
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Down-to-earth scientist looks for life on Mars
When Scott McLennan began his academic career delving into the history of the earth's surface, he never thought he would eventually be joining a Nasa Mars mission. Now Professor McLennan, from the...
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US debates ending universities' monopoly on .edu suffix
The coveted US internet domain suffix .edu may be opened up to thousands of non-university education institutions later this year. Educause, the non-profit academic body that took over the...
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Pick up a degree, gain $1m
A university degree increases an American's lifetime earnings by nearly $1 million (£630,000), a US Census Bureau report says. University graduates earn almost twice as much as non-graduates. People...
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Deputy steps up
Monash University's stand-in leader has dismissed claims that the institution's reputation has been damaged by the accelerated departure of vice-chancellor David Robinson, writes Geoff Maslen....
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Students say cheers to £5
Doubling the government stipend that Russian students receive is one proposal under discussion in Moscow, where the modernisation of university funding is high on the political agenda. Boosting...
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EU Fulbright plan nets £125m
The European Commission has decided to invest €200 million (£125 million) more in a European equivalent of the Fulbright programme. Erasmus World will open universities in the European Union to...
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Wollongong
An Australian academic whose sacking early last year for claiming that he had been ordered to raise the marks of two students resulted in an international boycott of the University of Wollongong has...
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Jerusalem
As a result of international pressure, the East Jerusalem offices of Sari Nusseibeh, president of the University of Al-Quds, re-opened on Monday after he promised to refrain from acting on behalf of...
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Cotonou
Students at Benin's national university are threatening to boycott lectures when the next session begins in October. The action is a protest against the arrest in March of two student union leaders...
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Whistleblower suspended
A Dutch academic who wrote a report exposing fraud and corruption in the overseas recruitment of Chinese students has been suspended by his university. The Polytechnic University of Leeuwaarden (NHL...
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Florence's rising fashion stars to take over asylum
The University of Florence is to move all its fashion-related courses to a former lunatic asylum on the outskirts of the city to create Italy's first University of Fashion. This month, the university...