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Refugee Studies: No atonement for the failure of politics
Policy makers’ interests can be diametrically opposed to those of refugees. Academic research offers important space to step back from the emergency and think beyond the narrow confines of the politically possible, argues Katy Long for Refugee Week.
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Indefinite strike at Lambeth College as the Cinderella sector is squeezed out again
A rolling strike at a London college is part of the defence against a broader attack on a vital but much ignored part of Britain’s education system.
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LASU students reject 60% slash in fees
Students of the Lagos State University (LASU) have rejected the 60 per cent reduction in school fees offered by the state government on Wednesday.
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Video: Why some students migrate to beat China’s “unfair” university entrance exam
It’s time once again for the gaokao. Every June since 1978, millions of young people throughout China have taken the notoriously difficult Chinese National Higher Education Entrance Examination with hopes of going on to university and moving up what is seen as one of the country’s fairest social ladders. Students prep for hours upon hours, pulling grueling all-nighters. Parents do what they can, some in more unique ways than others.
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New studies program in Skopje focuses on family values, ‘deviance’
A new studies program at Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje teaches that homosexuality, divorce, and drug addiction are “socio-pathological problems” and deviant behavior that can and should be prevented with strong family values.
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This boy of Zambian origin is the first student to become a Microsoft certified professional
Fifteen-year-old Samkeliso Kimbinyi of Zambian origin but based in the United Kingdom, is creating a buzz in the information and communication technology (ICT) world by becoming one of the youngest Microsoft Qualified Professionals in Europe.
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#BringBackOurGirls – Not ‘clicktivism’ but growing citizen mobilisation
#BringBackOurGirls is part of an unfolding process of citizen mobilisation given expression through hashtags and protests. It builds on earlier actions. When some said #OccupyNigeria was a failure, I was quick to point out the fact that it’s not correct to isolate on-line citizen mobilisation as single actions.
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Shooting the messenger: Jamaica’s Brendan Bain controversy continues
The controversy over Professor Brendan Bain’s court testimony in the Caleb Orozco case (in which the plaintiff was suing the Attorney General of Belize over the unconstitutionality of the criminalisation of homosexual relations) continues.
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Islamic dress as bar to female education in Tajikistan
Government seems to equate headscarves with security threats posed by militant groups.
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Combatting youth unemployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s youth unemployment crisis threatens to undermine national educational reforms, opportunities for innovation, and economic prosperity by creating a significant ‘brain drain’ of Generation Y workers.
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