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India’s media – captured and censored

Today at 11:08 AM, via Al Jazeera

Across almost every form of media in India – social, broadcast and print – Narendra Modi and the BJP hold sway.

Education

‘Cultural and social vandalism’: mass redundancy plans at Goldsmiths attacked

Yesterday at 21:24 PM, via The Guardian

Union claims up to a quarter of all academic roles at financially pressed London institution face the axe

Plans for mass redundancies at Goldsmiths, University of London, have been called a “horrifying act of cultural and social vandalism” and the “biggest assault on jobs at any UK university in recent years”.

The job cuts, which are now subject to a consultation, are the latest in a series of...

Education

Beatings, humiliation and a loss of self-worth: how Edinburgh Academy victims were scarred

Yesterday at 19:16 PM, via The Guardian

Former schoolboys at the private school gave raw testimonies about abuse meted out by John Brownlee

‘Sadistic’ teacher found to have assaulted pupils for 20 years

The enormity of the abuse suffered at the hands of the Edinburgh Academy housemaster became clear when the first witness was asked a simple question about the moment his mother left him alone at the elite private boarding...

Entertainment

Brand SA pays homage to amapiano music genre

Today at 08:39 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Amapiano is SA’s best cultural export internationally,” proclaims Jimmy Ranamane, Brand South Africa’s general manager for global markets.

Science/Tech

Best smartphone contracts under R500 a month

Today at 11:16 AM, via MyBroadband

We compared some of the best 24-month smartphone contracts available from Cell C, MTN, Telkom, and Vodacom for under R500 monthly.

Health

Ice Skating and the Brain

Yesterday at 21:38 PM, via New York Times

How do champion skaters accomplish their extraordinary jumps and spins? Brain science is uncovering clues.