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Education

Liberia: World Bank Launches U.S.$88.7m Excel Project to Tackle Liberia’s Learning Crisis

Today at 19:32 PM, via AllAfrica

[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta — The World Bank has launched the Excellence in Learning in Liberia (EXCEL) project, a landmark education initiative aimed at reversing Liberia’s deep learning deficits, with officials warning that two out of three Grade 3 pupils cannot read a simple story and four out of five struggle with basic numeracy.

Britain rejoining Erasmus+ won’t halt the nativist tide – but it’s a step in the right direction | Julian Baggini

Today at 19:30 PM, via The Guardian

In an era of rising nationalism, this move represents a brief flicker of hope for the internationalist ideal

‘I am a citizen of the world,” so the great Renaissance thinker Desiderius Erasmus is reputed to have said. It is because of his cosmopolitanism that 521 years after his birth, the EU named its exchange programme for students after him. It was part of a project aiming to create...

How will Erasmus work for the UK and who can take part?

Today at 17:58 PM, via The Guardian

The UK’s membership explained as it prepares to rejoin the EU education and training programme it left after Brexit

The UK is to rejoin Erasmus, the European Union’s education and training scheme, five years after the country pulled out following Brexit. The move will allow UK institutions to tap into Erasmus’s wide network of training, educational and cultural opportunities, with the UK...

A Harvard scholar’s ouster exposes a crisis of institutional integrity | Eric Reinhart

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academia

Last Tuesday afternoon, Dean Andrea Baccarelli at the Harvard School of Public Health sent out a brief message announcing that one of the country’s most experienced and accomplished public health leaders, Dr Mary T Bassett, would...

EU chiefs welcome UK’s decision to rejoin Erasmus as ‘big step forward’ – Europe live

Today at 12:30 PM, via The Guardian

Negotiations among EU leaders continue ahead of critical European Council meeting in Brussels on Thursday

We are also getting first reactions from members of the European Parliament.

Sandro Gozi, an Italian politician elected to European Parliament from France, welcomed the agreement on the UK rejoining Erasmus+, saying it was “excellent news”.

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Share your views on the UK rejoining the EU Erasmus student exchange programe

Today at 12:29 PM, via The Guardian

We’d like to hear from people who think they may want to participate in the programme from 2027 and those who have taken part in the past

The Erasmus scheme, officially called Erasmus+, is to reopen after the government announced an agreement to rejoin the student exchange programme.

British students and staff will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027. They will be...

Nigeria: Ebonyi – Provost Expresses Concern Over Security Challenges in Institution

Today at 12:07 PM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] The provost, Ebonyi State College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ngbo, Mrs Chetachi Jerry Usulor, has expressed concern over security and other challenges facing the institution and called for concerted effort by the state government and other individuals in the state in addressing such challenges.

EU Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit

Today at 11:59 AM, via The Guardian

Deal agreed for £570m to rejoin exchange programme in 2027, fulfilling Labour election manifesto pledge

Europe live – latest updates

Young people across the UK will be able to study or gain work experience through the EU’s Erasmus scheme for the first time since Brexit, after the government announced an agreement to rejoin at a cost of £570m.

The scheme officially known as Erasmus+ will be...

MIT grieves shooting death of renowned director of plasma science center

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

Nuno FG Loureiro, 47, was shot multiple times at his home, and no details about a suspect or motive have been released

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) community is grieving after the “shocking” shooting death of the director of its plasma science and fusion center, according to officials.

Nuno FG Loureiro, 47, had been shot multiple times at his home in Brookline on Monday night...

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