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9 novembre 2018

French students accused of ranking levels of Jewishness

University students in France listed and ranked Jewish classmates according to their level of affiliation as part of a string of jokes online and on campus featuring anti-Semitic hate speech, an alleged victim of this behaviour said, reports the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
The medical student at Paris 13 University, a 19-year-old woman identified only as Rose, filed a complaint with police on 20 October, the Europe1 radio station reported. “Jew level 31, involved but capable of interacting with the goyim [or non-Jew],” one remark about a Jewish student read on a Facebook group belonging to Paris 13 students. “Jew level 75, category 4, will do anything for the community,” another said. Rose said the list was part of a series of incidents involving anti-Semitic hate speech that she had experienced in recent months
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9 novembre 2018

UK universities struggle to deal with trans rights row

Professor Rosa Freedman of the University of Reading says she has been treated like a “pariah” by some academics, students and trans activists as a result of being one of a number of feminist academics expressing concerns about proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act that would make it easier for trans people to have their preferred gender legally recognised, writes Anna Fazackerley for The Guardian. More...
9 novembre 2018

African women access university using smartphones

The world’s battle to provide education for all rages on and now technology companies are joining the fray, helping thousands of young women in underdeveloped countries achieve what had, until recently, been deemed almost impossible: the chance to attend university, writes Bianca Barratt for Forbes. More...
9 novembre 2018

Universities say defence plans would stifle freedoms

Labor, Australia’s leading universities and the tertiary education union have warned that a proposal to dramatically expand defence’s control over university research would stifle academic freedom and damage the sector’s competitiveness, writes Christopher Knaus for The Guardian Australia. More...
9 novembre 2018

Brazil high court against police action in universities

Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled last week that military police should not intervene on public university campuses, after they launched campus operations against students who oppose far-right president elect Jair Bolsonaro, reports Agence France Press. More...
9 novembre 2018

Cornell cuts ties with Chinese school after crackdown

Faculty members at Cornell University in New York said that they were cutting ties with Renmin University in Beijing, a leading Chinese tertiary institution, after reports that it was harassing and intimidating students campaigning for workers’ rights, writes Javier C Hernández for The New York Times. More...
9 novembre 2018

North Korean, Russian universities agree exchanges

One of North Korea’s most prominent universities, the Kim Chaek University of Technology, signed a memorandum of cooperation last Thursday in areas including science and engineering with the Russian Far Eastern Federal University, based in Vladivostok, writes Colin Zwirko for NK News. More...
9 novembre 2018

Rajasthan University left with only 15 professors

Research at Rajasthan University has taken a back seat as the university now has only 15 professors, which is directly affecting the admission of students for PhDs. As a result, students have no option but to turn to private universities and spend large sums of money to pursue a PhD, reports The Times of India. More...
9 novembre 2018

Universities attracting foreign students for survival

The decreasing population due to the lowest-ever birthrate in South Korea has already caused multiple social problems and the low number of students at universities is a prominent issue. It has naturally led many universities to turn their eye towards a new business – attracting students from outside the country, writes Kim Jae-heun for The Korea Times. More...
9 novembre 2018

More than half of university teaching staff on contract

More than half the people teaching at Nova Scotia universities are working under contract rather than in a position that might lead to a permanent, secure academic post, according to a recent study, writes Jean Laroche for CBC News. More...
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