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RLC-Lab and University join forces to inspire next generation of scientists
Share RLC-Lab, an analytical and chemistry research company has teamed up with Loughborough University to launch a national initiative to support excellence in science education. The service will enable state and private schools and colleges teaching A-level and BTEC science ... Read More »
University programme first to offer training to cosmetics industry
Share A new study programme at Coventry University is set to become the first in the country to offer an accredited qualification to practitioners working in the cosmetic enhancement industry. The foundation module in aesthetics practice, developed by the University ... Read More »
Student defense program to extend to other universities
Share The elements of earth, wind, fire and water have proven too strong to contain at Ball State University as the Elemental Self Defense program, created by students, will be expanding to other universities next year, including Antioch College in ... Read More »
Colleges, universities slow to offer multiyear athletic scholarships
Share By Mark Dent At first, Tyler Boyd couldn’t tell the difference between the Pittsburgh scholarship deal that sounded right and the one he was actually receiving. Was his full-ride scholarship to play football for Pittsburgh guaranteed for four years, ... Read More »
Universities veto adverts for unpaid interns
Share A growing number of Britain’s leading institutions are refusing to advertise unpaid internships, arguing that they are discriminatory and exploitative. Oxford, York, Leeds, Liverpool, Essex, Sussex and Nottingham are among the universities that took this decision after Labour MP ... Read More »
At universities, too, the rich grow richer
Share By Dr. Lawrence Wittner Although many Americans believe their universities are places where administrators and faculty members coexist on a fairly equal basis, the reality is that this is far from the case. According to recent surveys by the ... Read More »
Mississippi universities seeking $30 million more in 2015 budget
Share The College Board will seek roughly $30 million more in state money in the 2015 budget year. The board members voted Thursday to ask the Legislature for the money for Mississippi’s eight public universities. Although the 2014 budget year ... Read More »
Students experience Antarctica to explore fire impact on global climate
Share Two Curtin University PhD students have ventured to Antarctica under Curtin’s ice core program to determine if fire has an effect on global climate. Led by Dr Ross Edwards, senior researcher at Curtin’s Department of Imaging and Applied Physics, ... Read More »
New Zealand plans to woo more foreign students to its universities
Share New Zealand announced a multi-million-dollar marketing push to attract more foreign students especially from Asia to its universities. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said the government had committed $ 33 million in its new budget to promoting New Zealand ... Read More »
Columbia University seeks to change whites-only fellowship
Share Columbia University is seeking to alter the 1920 charter of one of its graduate school fellowships which is still limited “to persons of the Caucasian race,” though the fellowship has not been granted in years. The Lydia C. Roberts ... Read More »
