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Uzbekistan cotton harvest disrupts schools
As in years past, Uzbekistan’s annual cotton harvest is wreaking havoc on the educational system.
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As political pressure from Beijing mounts, Hong Kong students demand democracy with class boycott
Student activist groups in Hong Kong have begun to boycott their classes for at least one week to demand that Beijing allow the city to hold a genuine democratic election in 2017 for its next chief executive.
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Postgraduates – public good or job qualification?
An international study of postgraduate education has produced evidence of considerable challenges over a range of countries, from emerging economies to the most developed in North America and Europe.
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Student activism is being sabotaged and this is why it matters
Students have been at the forefront of social and political change throughout modern history. From supporting the anti-apartheid struggle, to standing against racism and against the Vietnam War, student participation has become more crucial than ever for any progressive movement.
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In Georgia, outcry over desecration of Muslim school
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has condemned the nailing of a pig’s head to the door of a planned Islamic school.
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7 lessons from a departing student activist
The lack of memory within student politics is one of its great pitfalls. Every year lessons must be learnt and relearnt. So as I depart, here are seven lessons I’ve learnt and would like to pass on.
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Kyrgyzstan’s Soviet-era poster child gets an iPad
When he wasn’t depicting Kyrgyzstan’s awesome nature, Semyon Chuikov, an Honoured Artist of the USSR born in what is now the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek in 1902, was always careful to make sure his artwork didn’t stray beyond the strict, socialist parameters provided for by Soviet artistic policy.
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No more enclosures: knowledge democracy and social transformation
Just as we recognize the importance of biodiversity for the survival of the planet, so we must preserve the diverse ways of knowing that exist among humanity.
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Five centuries of Bosnian history lost in fire, smoke, and water
Some of Bosnia’s most treasured archival documents appear to have been destroyed amid civil unrest in the country six months ago.
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Activists are connecting Peruvians with their country’s impressive archaeological heritage
Have you ever related archeology with activism? Well, maybe you should start. In Peru, the land of millenary cultures, several groups are working to ensure that the nation’s large archeological heritage is not lost and is part of Peruvian pride.
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