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What the FSB is Doing in Russian Universities
In Soviet times, the KGB kept a close watch on intellectuals – they might turn out to be dissidents. Today, the FSB still skulks on university corridors…
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Norway’s shame: educational discrimination against Iranian students
Iranian students are being systematically discriminated against by the Norwegian government. This is a closed minded approach that goes against long term European interests.
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100 young people are vying for the title of world’s best German language student
Young German Olympiad competitors from all over the world arrived at Frankfurt airport on 3 August 2014. They had made their way from Afghanistan, New Zealand, Cameroon, China, Romania, Iran and many other countries in order to put their German knowledge to the test over the following two weeks in the Goethe-Institut’s German Olympiad.
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Honors for an Afghani Migrant II – Education challenges for refugees in Greece
Last year in August we reported on Chalkboard with the article “Honors for an Afghani Migrant – An Afghani asylum seeker excels in Greek national University entry exams”[1], when Thessaloniki Mayor presented Vahit Fasil with an award from the city, honoring refugees during 2013 World Refugee Day.
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As another school and shelter in Gaza is bombed, a UN spokesman breaks down in tears in a video interview
Chris Gunness, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesperson broke down in tears while wrapping a TV interview with Al Jazeera Arabic about a lethal attack on a UN school that was sheltering 3,300 Palestinians in Gaza.
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An open letter to Nicky Morgan
A teacher in England writes anonymously to the UK’s new Secretary of State for Education.
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This woman is leading Baloch students in their struggle for independence from Pakistan
This might come as a surprise to people who follow mainstream media’s coverage of Pakistan: one of the most controversial student organizations in the country is led by a woman.
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The search for a more equitable education system in Chile
Recently, I spoke with Dr. Beatrice Avalos-Bevan, Associate Researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Education, at the University of Chile, in order to follow-up on an earlier post about the recent reforms in Chile.
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A post-Soviet dictatorship vs. an academic researcher
Alexander Sodiqov, a University of Toronto PhD candidate, was detained on June 16 by the Tajik KGB while he was conducting academic research in the country’s Gorno-Badakhshan province. His arrest has sent shockwaves through academic communities in Europe and North America.
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Academies and the neoliberal project: the lessons and costs of the conveyor belt
Having studied one of Britain’s flagship academies it seems that their good results may come at a high social cost – something the media talks far less about…
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