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Local or international school? The dilemma facing expats in Hong Kong
As a global financial center, Hong Kong attracts a large number of expat families. For those with young children, education is a priority, but the city’s limited options can prove to be a headache.
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What is education for?
Education can’t be separated from politics. The political system of a society will directly and indirectly influence the education system and this will also motivate challenge and opposition to both.
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Journalist training – where are we after 25 years of transition?
Bankwatch is organising a training to familiarise reporters from EU neighbourhood countries with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and its operations across the neighbourhood region.
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Critical citizenship for critical times
Despite the educational system that stresses memorization and discourages questioning and creativity, people in Egypt, with many different educational backgrounds, displayed skepticism of the Mubarak regime.
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Become an Open Leader – Call for applications for fellowship
Creative Commons (CC) is developing an Institute for Open Leadership (IOL) to train new leaders in education, science, and public policy fields on the values and implementation of openness
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Sexual harassment in UK schools
Sexual bullying in the classroom rarely makes the headlines. But one in three 16-18 year old girls in the UK have experienced unwanted sexual touching at school. What does this tacit acceptance of harassment teach our children?
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Making capacity building events for educators in Azerbaijan
On April 11, 2014 the Center for Innovations in Education (CIE) organized a roundtable meeting which targeted policymakers, education experts, NGO representatives, media and others interested.
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Russia’s media crackdown spills into academia
The crackdown on Russia’s free press is as old as Vladimir Putin’s presidency. In the last two years, since Putin returned to the Kremlin for a third go, the process has accelerated.
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Sudanese university students demand a campus free of violence
In a courageous and unique act of collective action, students at the University of Khartoum in Sudan have gone on strike to protest the killing of a fellow student; demanding justice and a campus free of violence. Will their demands be met?
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Left behind: the rural youth in Afghanistan’s election
Despite the success of Afghanistan’s transparent, peaceful election, engagement with rural populations remained low. Failure to address the growing disaffection resulting from the urban-rural gap threatens the country’s fragile progress.
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