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7 octobre 2017
6 octobre 2017
If You Love Something, Set It Free
If You Love Something, Set It Free
Tim Sweeney, Unreal, 2015/03/03
The 'Unreal Engine' is a gaming system that has been available by subscription for some time, but as the headline suggests, it has now been made available for free. More...
26 septembre 2017
New cyber law threatens academic freedoms and activism
By Zachariah Mushawatu. A proposed Cyber Crime and Cyber Security Bill is likely to have a devastating effect on academic freedom and student activism in Zimbabwe. More...22 septembre 2017
Free Public Universities in the Philippines
The Philippines Senate unanimously passed the Affordable Higher Education for All Act, which will give free tuition to students at all state universities and colleges. More...
21 septembre 2017
G20 Hamburg summit demonstrations
"I am saddened by the images of the demonstrations in Hamburg. Freedom of assembly is one of the core rights enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights," said the Secretary General. More...
21 septembre 2017
What freedoms do ‘institutions of eminence’ need?
By Alan Ruby and Matthew Hartley. Early in August 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet agreed to a proposal to fund the creation of 20 ‘institutions of eminence’ in India’s already complex higher education system. More...21 septembre 2017
When does ‘free speech’ become ‘offensive speech’?
By Peter Scott. Threats to free speech and academic freedom are legion – from authoritarian regimes in China, Hungary, Russia and Turkey, and Middle East states beleaguered by religious fundamentalism, to right-wing populists who believe their cultures and communities are under attack (and often see universities as bastions of liberalism and cosmopolitanism). More...21 septembre 2017
Put UK universities at the centre of free trade deals
By Ludovic Highman. British higher education is the fifth-largest export sector in the United Kingdom. According to the Treasury (2015), the UK has a target to increase educational exports from £18 billion (US$23 billion) in 2012 to £30 billion (US$38 billion) by 2020. More...20 septembre 2017
Duterte makes education free in state universities
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law making education free at all state universities in the Philippines, despite warnings from his economic advisers that the country cannot afford it, reports Agence France-Presse. More...20 septembre 2017
England embraces the delusion of free tuition
By Ariane de Gayardon. The United Kingdom’s main opposition party proposed to scrap university tuition fees in England in its general election manifesto, and saw its political fortunes soar in the popular vote. But how realistic is the international movement for free tuition. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)