Former MSP Dennis Canavan is among those being given honorary degrees by the University of Stirling.

Former soap star and Middlesbrough actress Thelma Barlow receives an acolade from a North East university.

Bangor University is planning to award its own degrees, rather than those of the University of Wales, from next September.

The University of Wales' links to a controversial bible college in the USA have made it a "laughing stock", an education expert says.

Newcastle University is to open a campus in Malaysia, offering degrees in medical subjects.

Sir David Frost receives an honorary degree from the University of Kent at a ceremony in Rochester Cathedral.

Lord Mandelson says he has been watching Strictly Come Dancing with "a degree of envy" and told the BBC it would be nice to be asked to take part

The composer of the music in the most recent James Bond films is to receive an honorary degree.

A man suffers second degree burns to his face after accidentally drilling through a gas pipe in Wiltshire.

Rock and jazz guitarist Andy Summers of The Police receives an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Bournemouth University.

Scotland's universities should consider making a three-year degree the norm, a lecturers' union says.

Iran's supreme leader warns against undermining the government after a minister is sacked for faking a degree.

Universities have defended the effectiveness of self-regulation in maintaining standards - rejecting further external scrutiny

A report on the quality of sea water around the Isle of Man shows its temperature has risen by one degree.

The impeachment of Iranian interior minister Ali Kordan over false claims he held a prestigious university degree could spell further trouble for President Ahmadinejad, says the BBC's Jon Leyne in Tehran.

A selection of reader's emails commenting on the Iranian parliament's sacking of Interior Minister Ali Kordan after he admits his degree from Oxford was in fact a forgery.

Iran's parliament votes to sack Interior Minister Ali Kordan after he admits his degree from Oxford was in fact a forgery.

The Iranian parliament debates the impeachment of the interior minister over a faked degree he said he received from Oxford.

A girl who suffered first degree burns when her Halloween costume caught fire goes home from hospital.

A Commons committee is to hold a wide-ranging inquiry into issues affecting universities and students.