Policies favouring black and mixed-race students in Brazil is closing the educational gap, but disadvantages still persist.

A 13 per cent hike in Saudi Arabia's higher education budget, has reignited a debate about university rankings.

Pakistan's science academy hosted six scientists from its Indian counterpart this week, leading to pledges on joint research projects.

Asia now collectively invests slightly more than the United States in research and development, says a report.

Ecuador is offering 2,000 scholarships to its undergraduates and graduates to study science in foreign countries.

Colombia is seeking to become an ‘academic campus’ at which foreign students and scholars can pursue graduate studies and do research.

Peru has unveiled an ambitious innovation project to improve collaboration between the public and private sectors, and boost science.

A conference has called for new agricultural universities in East and Central Africa with a focus on innovation.

Secondary school students in Latin America and Spain are not interested in pursuing careers in science, a regional survey has found.

UNESCO has launched a website that will collect information on the status of open access to scientific information across the world.

A plan has been launched to link the new Zewail City of Science and Technology, with research institutions sharing similar interests.

Climate change mitigation in vulnerable countries gets a boost with US$ 1 billion from Climate Investment Funds.

A scheme that provides three-year awards for collaborative research projects between UK and African researchers is to enter a second round.

A new ranking of regional universities shows that Brazil produces the largest number both of publications and of academics with doctoral degrees.

A new ministry in Burkina Faso has a remit to unite science and innovation across government departments, in pursuit of development.

Top talent, abundant resources and vision are key to building world-class research universities, finds a report.

Uruguay almost quadrupled its spending on S&T over the last six years, from 0.3% to 0.5% of GDP, but the goal of 1% remains distant.

Pakistan has promised to increase research spending to two per cent of GDP, as part of a ten-year roadmap to develop its science.

Brazil's science community has started a petition urging that seven per cent of oil royalties go to science, technology and innovation.

Unsupportive families and a lack of science in rural schools make it hard for Ugandan women to pursue careers in computing, a study says.