The Vatican has stripped one of Latin America’s top universities of the right to call itself Catholic or Pontifical, saying it has damaged the interests of the church. The University in the Peruvian capital, Lima, has been locked in a ...

The latest course to be offered by the University of Edinburgh is a little out of this world Charles Cockell, a professor of astrobiology, is set to teach a free online course called Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life ...

The Solomon Islands Government has announced plans to open a university within 12 months. A bill to turn the Solomon Islands College of High Education into a national university will be discussed in the next parliamentary sitting. Prime Minister Gordon ...

Climate change and the need for natural resources are two big threats to the frozen south, say international researchers. Experts from around the globe, led by Monash University's Professor Steven Chown, have set out the current and future conservation challenges ...

UK research is a big beneficiary of the European Union but officials are calling for restraint in these tough times. Efforts by the UK to curb rises to the overall European Union budget are threatening to cut the €80 billion ...

A Sydney student who competed in a Mandarin competition in China believes the best way to know a country is to learn its language. Competing in the finals of an international language contest, University of NSW law student Andrew Blackie ...

Pilotless aircraft may be feared in war zones but they also have the potential to save lives at sea and boost biosecurity.  Unmanned aircraft have been deployed by the US military in combat zones for many years. Now the pilotless ...

A Sydney student who competed in a Mandarin competition in China believes the best way to know a country is to learn its language. Competing in the finals of an international language contest, University of NSW law student Andrew Blackie ...

The United States is losing its cutting edge in innovation, an economic survey of the country has claimed. The report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris says that fissures are appearing in the US economy, in ...

  Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has praised Oxford University for standing up for her during “difficult times”.   After being presented with an honorary doctorate by the university’s chancellor, Chris Patten, she said that recalling fond memories ...