A Brazilian Oxford University grad has left academia to earn a living as a fortune teller. Nayara Moura, 25, who hails from the municipality of Divinopolis in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, racked up three academic degrees before making the unorthodox career move. After completing her undergraduate degree…
A 104-year-old Manchester University student whose life was so busy he never had time to finish his PhD has thanked lockdown for finally giving him the time to finish his thesis which has now been sent for approval. Lucio ‘Chiquito’ Caicedo was born in the city of Cali in the…
This is the viral moment a Syrian refugee tortured by the Assad regime shouts for joy after being admitted to Georgetown University in the US capital. Omar Alshogre, a protester of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, posted the video on Twitter where it is has been seen 160,000 times.…
A Japanese man who downplayed his qualifications in order to get a job as been sacked after 24 years because his employer decided he had lied. The man, who worked as an official in the city of Kobe, was fired following an official investigation after they received a tip off…
A Chinese university is offering housekeeping as an undergraduate course. The undergraduate program in 'home support services' is available at Shanghai Open University in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai. The course, the first course of its kind in the city, was accredited by the Ministry of Education in July…
