University of Birmingham

Medical student studies at library he once worked as laborer

A medical student is now studying in the very same university's library where he once worked as a construction worker in 2017 in the eastern province of Elazığ.

"I have gained success after real hard work. I am happy, and this is a fantastic feeling," 23-year-old Hasan Coşkun told the Demirören News Agency.

Anarchist group advertises meeting room in university

The anarchist group Rouvikonas, whose members smashed the windows of the guard's booth outside the Iranian Embassy last month and threw paint at the building's facade, has reached out to students, advertising meetings with its members at Athens University's philosophy faculty in a post on Facebook.

Oldest Quran in the world discovered in dusty British library (vid)

Fragments of what could be the oldest version of the Quran in existence have been found by researchers from the University of Birmingham after they lay unrecognized in a library for a 100 years. Scientists say that the fragments, written on sheep or goat skin are at least 1,370 years old.