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Education

Climate Change as a 2026 Campaign Issue

Today at 18:36 PM, via New York Times

Readers largely disagree with a guest essay that argued that Democrats should not focus on it. Also: Violence against Latinos; school closings.

King’s College London to merge with Cranfield University

Today at 13:18 PM, via The Guardian

Merged institution will become second largest mainstream university in UK with about 47,000 students

King’s College London has agreed to merge with Cranfield University, creating a new UK “super-university” that would rival many of its international competitors in size and research output.

The merger would result in King’s taking on another 5,000 mainly postgraduate students and becoming the...

Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds

Today at 13:09 PM, via The Guardian

Privilege being mistaken for competence as study reveals no evidence to suggest companies run by state-educated peers underperform

Chief executives who attended private school are perceived as a “safer bet” by investors, according to a study, despite there being no evidence they perform or behave differently to their state-educated counterparts.

Companies run by privately educated bosses tend...

Nigeria: Tetfund to Operationalise Four Zonal Labs Before 2027

Today at 10:29 AM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] Abuja — The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has disclosed that four out of the six proposed multi-purpose zonal laboratories across Nigeria would be fully equipped and operational before 2027 as part of efforts to strengthen research and industrial development in the country.

Nigeria: 24,000 Nigerians’ll Benefit From $65m World Bank Funding – Govt

Today at 07:57 AM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] Abuja — The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said no fewer than 24,000 Nigerians will benefit from a new $65 million funding phase of the World Bank-supported Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) project.

Africa: 100 Million African Children Are Not in School. What’s Driving the Trend and How to Reverse It

Today at 07:08 AM, via AllAfrica

[The Conversation Africa] Many countries across Africa have embraced universal basic education policies in recent decades. But recent data has revealed that more than 100 million children and adolescents remain out of school, out of a total potential population of 469 million. The latest statistics suggest that after some years of progress, the situation is deteriorating. Education and youth...

The south London community where ‘pioneering’ scholarship choristers are made

Yesterday at 20:29 PM, via The Guardian

St John the Divine, Kennington has built one of UK’s largest youth choral programmes in area marked by deprivation

St Paul’s Cathedral school, one of the UK’s most prestigious private schools, has long been associated with the musical elite. So was seven-year-old N’raeah, from south London, nervous about auditioning for its internationally renowned choir?

“No,” she said, beaming....

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