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[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Higher Education and Training is in the process of conducting a sector-wide workshop on international relations, which is aimed at strengthening coherence and strategic alignment across the higher education and training sector.
[Parliament of South Africa] The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education will tomorrow continue with its oversight programme with on-site visit to the Walter Sisulu University to assess the state of readiness of the university for the 2026 academic year.
Government has ‘learned lesson’ of botched welfare overhauls but MPs say they will not back cost-saving measures
Ministers have “learned the lesson” of botched welfare changes and are on a sustained lobbying blitz of Labour MPs over an overhaul of special educational needs, Labour MPs told the Guardian, as they said they would not back measures aimed at saving money.
The changes will raise the...
Across the country, Americans who love K-pop and K-dramas are flocking to Korean language classes.
Readers respond to a guest essay about the state’s effort to bar “officially disapproved ideas” from its university classrooms.
Labour’s changes to the student loan system have turned frustration into full-blown fury, which its opponents are likely to reap at the ballot box
Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’
“It is not right that people who don’t go to university are having to bear all the cost for others to do so,” Rachel Reeves remarked this week, amid the increasingly angry...
Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to fraudsters’ bank accounts
Foreign students attending independent schools in the UK are being targeted by fraudsters seeking to intercept their fee payments, according to new research.
Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to the bank account of a criminal, after receiving a fake...
The physician work force is aging fast, and some hospitals now require that older clinicians undergo testing for cognitive decline. Many have resisted.
Readers discuss ways to rescue the industry.
Jacob Leland, who taught Russian, jailed for three years for sexually assaulting student on school trip
The headteacher of Eton College has apologised and said he was “appalled” after a former teacher was jailed for sexually assaulting a pupil.
Jacob Leland, who taught Russian, was jailed on Friday for three years and three months for sexually assaulting one of his students during a school...
In Fridley, a Minneapolis suburb, school officials are driving nervous teachers and buying families groceries. At dismissal, the superintendent patrols for federal agents.
Lawyers have filed lawsuits against corporations, law firms, health care companies, art groups and nonprofits. And they are mostly winning.
The school’s principal said he brought two children to federal custody at the request of their mother, who was detained. Last week, another student, Liam Conejo Ramos, was picked up by immigration agents.
It is rare for schools to work in concert with immigration officials, and it remains unclear if the partnerships have led to deportations.
An Iranian government official said some children had been detained, the first such acknowledgment in weeks of anti-government protests.
Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; cursive writing.
New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.
[SAnews.gov.za] Students, including first-time applicants and continuing students, who were rejected by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for funding, have until 31 January to appeal the decision.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Education continues to receive the largest share of government spending among ministries, but critical funding gaps remain, particularly in school capitation and scholarships, Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo has told Members of Parliament.
[Premium Times] The event marked the formal admission of fresh students to the Classes of 2028, 2029, and 2030, as well as the official commencement of the university’s Spring 2026 semester.
After 22 wonderful years, I’ve decided to take the exciting and terrifying step of leaving in order to try to build something new.