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20 mai 2013

Studienplatzvergabe: Ein ganz klein bisschen weniger Chaos

Die Studienplatzvergabe über hochschulstart.de kommt weiterhin sehr langsam in Gang: Für nur 170 NC-Fächer können sich Studienanfänger auf der zentralen Website bewerben, für fast 5000 müssen sie sich direkt an die Hochschulen wenden. Ein Ende des Vergabe-Durcheinanders ist nicht absehbar. Nein, so richtig in Gang kommt der Nachfolger der einstigen Zentralen Vergabestelle für Studienplätze (ZVS) nicht. Im kommenden Wintersemester, also 2013/2014, können sich Studienanfänger zwar für immerhin 170 Studiengänge mit Numerus Clausus (N.C.) zentral über die Plattform hochschulstart.de bewerben - beim Start im Jahr 2012 waren es nur 22. Doch ist nach wie vor ein Großteil der fast 5000 zulassungsbeschränkten Studiengänge nicht dabei. Wie bisher müssen sich Studienberechtigte hier bei der jeweiligen Hochschule bewerben. Mehr...

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20 mai 2013

Besondere Studentenzimmer: Ab ins Containerdorf

Berlin, Berlin, wir ziehen nach Berlin: Das denken sich zu jedem Semesterstart Tausende Studenten. Doch bezahlbare Zimmer in halbwegs attraktiven Gegenden sind knapp. Ein Investor will jetzt ein Containerdorf errichten - und einen Waschservice für schmutzige Socken anbieten. Praktisch, diese Überseecontainer, mit denen Bananen, Klamotten oder Autoteile über die Weltmeere transportiert werden. Die Dinger sind groß, stabil und einigermaßen billig. Genau richtig für Studenten, dachte sich der Investor Jörg Duske. Schließlich muss Wohnraum her, weil immer mehr Abiturienten an die Hochschulen drängen und der Wohnraum knapp und teuer wird. Duske kaufte ein 11000-Quadratmeter-Grundstück in Berlin-Plänterwald, eine S-Bahn-Station von Neukölln entfernt. Hier, umgeben von Billig-Supermärkten, Bahnlinien und dem Treptower Park, entsteht nun ein riesiges Containerdorf für Hunderte Studenten. 13 Millionen Euro kostet das erste Bauprojekt dieser Art in Deutschland. Miete: 200 bis 300 Euro im Monat. Bewerbungen für ein Leben im Container sind ab Mai 2013 auf www.eba51.de möglich. Mehr...
See also Mondialisation des containers devenant des résidences étudiantes.

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20 mai 2013

Reading, Writing, Algorithms: Should IT Classes Be Required?

By Hilmar Schmundt. Education experts in Germany are pushing to modernize the country's basic curriculum by making instruction in computer science mandatory. But opponents say it doesn't deserve the same status as subjects like math, Latin and biology. Hannah is creating a red convertible for herself. The bright teenager painstakingly specifies every detail of the vehicle, line by line, using commands like "car.move(50,0)." Hannah is not writing an essay. She is working on the code for a vector graphic with the aid of the programming language called EOS. The final product pops up on screen: A block and two dots that together very vaguely resemble a car.
It's a Wednesday afternoon in the computer lab of Kreuzgymnasium secondary school in the eastern German city of Dresden. A dozen eighth-graders are sitting in front of computer monitors, typing, whispering and programming. The IT class at this school serves as an example for the entire country. These students have been learning how to work with computers since fifth grade. To them, it's just another subject alongside math and biology, supplemented by the usual school standards: Latin, choir, music and drama. Read more...

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20 mai 2013

Universities lure students with upscale dorms

By Masaaki Kameda. Universities in Japan are doing everything they can to attract students amid the aging society and decline in young people. One approach to lure applicants is to provide dormitories with state-of-the-art facilities. Takushoku University opened a dormitory in April last year at its Hachioji campus in western Tokyo. The orange and brown College House Fuso complex includes four four-story buildings and a three-floor one. They only admit residents who have cleared its strict security system.
There are 405 individual rooms in the dorm, each just over 17.5 sq. meters and featuring a bath, toilet, kitchen, bed, desk and a chair. The rent is ¥58,000 a month, which also includes two meals a day. The dorm also boasts a cafeteria, a convenience store and a bicycle shop for students. What makes Takushoku’s Hachioji dorm unique is its upmarket facilities — a large bathing area featuring a sauna and whirlpool spa, and a training gym — for use by dorm residents only. Read more...

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20 mai 2013

Police investigate 'cheating' service for uni students

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Police and education authorities are investigating allegations of mass cheating by international students at tertiary institutes throughout the country.
ONE News spoke to the man who alerted the New Zealand qualification Authority to the potential problem.
He alleges he was contracted to write assignments for students at various universities who could not meet language standards. Read more...

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20 mai 2013

Uni funding cuts spark national outrage

Academics and students have vowed to campaign against university funding cuts of more than $2 billion, holding rallies around the country. The tertiary education union has vowed to launch a major campaign against university funding cuts in the lead-up to the federal election, as hundreds of students rallied in a national protest.
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) general secretary Graham McCulloch said the academics' union would hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss action against $2.3 billion in cuts expected in Tuesday's budget. Read more...

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20 mai 2013

Columbia University still has 'whites only' scholarship

Columbia University still offers a “whites only” tuition fellowship, which is restricted to “a person of the Caucasian race” and may be in violation of the US Constitution, a Manhattan Supreme Court wrote in papers filed Monday.
Facing massive condemnation upon the discovery of this discriminatory restriction, Columbia University has called for an end to the scholarship program that came out of a fund now worth about $800,000.
The Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship, which was established in 1920, only considers Americans who are from Iowa, not studying law, “of the Caucasian race”, and returning to Iowa for at least two years upon graduation. A court order is required in order to change the conditions of the fellowship. Read more...

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20 mai 2013

Mother Tongue: South African University To Make Zulu Language Compulsory For All Students

By Palash Ghosh. A prominent university in South Africa will make learning the Zulu language compulsory for all incoming students starting next year, the first time the country’s higher education sector has ever made such a move to impose the teaching of an indigenous African language. The University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban called the measure a “watershed” moment in its history, requiring students to be at least bilingual in order to obtain their degrees, regardless of their field of study. UKZN explained that the decision would encourage “social cohesion” and promote "nation-building and [bring] diverse languages together" in a country still divided by race and culture. Read more...

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20 mai 2013

State fails to sponsor university students

GOVERNMENT owes $62 million in unpaid fees to its State universities, polytechnic colleges and teacher’s colleges, Parliament heard yesterday.
SENIOR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER
Director of Higher Education Martha Muguti disclosed that the Ministry of Finance had failed to meet its budgetary obligations to finance tertiary institutions since 2012, leaving them in financial dire straits.
Muguti made the disclosure when she appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology chaired by Insiza MP Siyabonga Ncube.
“Since January 2013, no single cent has been released for State universities and we find it difficult to deal with issues of accommodation, meals and the standard of life students now live is appalling,” she said. Read more...

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20 mai 2013

Universities offering cash to students who find a job

Shanghai's universities are offering a variety of incentives such as subsidies for students willing to return to their hometowns to work amid a tough job market. This is meant to ensure a steady enrollment next year by pumping up the proportion of graduating students finding jobs.
Some schools say they will offer career training programs, including communication skills, to the students who failed to land a job.
Around 44 percent of 178,000 senior students at local universities and colleges had secured a job as of last week, 2 percentage points down from last year, the Shanghai Education Commission said yesterday. Read more...

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