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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...
9 novembre 2018

At least three UK universities on ‘verge of bankruptcy’

Three English universities are on the verge of bankruptcy, research has found. Other educational institutions are also struggling, surviving only by resorting to short-term loans, it has been claimed, writes David Harding for Yahoo! News. More...
9 novembre 2018

Professors criticise government over campus drug dealing

Professors at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki have co-authored a document to protest against rampant drug dealing inside the premises of the institution. It calls on authorities to take immediate measures to remove drug traffickers operating freely on the campus, reports ekathimerini.com. More...
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