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Education
How Harvard’s pushback against Trump may embolden more US resistance
It may be a turning point in the White House’s attempt to gut allegedly liberal universities and punish law firms
It might come to be seen as the moment the “woke liberal empire” of Donald Trump’s most fevered imaginings struck back.
Harvard University, the world-renowned institution emblematic of the elitism that Trump and his coterie hold in contempt, received a extortive demand from the...
Wealthiest private schools spend less than 6% on means-tested bursaries, thinktank reports
Data shows England’s 200 leading independent schools devote fraction of fee income to supporting poorer pupils
England’s wealthiest private schools devote only a small fraction of their income towards means-tested bursaries, according to research that undermines claims that adding VAT to school fees would decimate support for poorer pupils.
The Private Education Policy Forum (PEPF), a thinktank...
Farage clashes with teaching union over ‘far right’ claim
National Education Union members call for funds to be used to help campaign against Reform UK candidates.
Nigeria: Final Year Student of Akwa Poly Dies
[Vanguard] –A final year Higher National Diploma, HND, student of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state, popularly known as John has died.
Liberia: Bong County – Loic Graduates 142 Students
[New Dawn] The Liberia Opportunities Industrialization Center (LOIC) Gbarnga Satellite has graduated 142 students from its skills training programs on April 11, 2025, in Gbarnga, Bong County.
Kenya: Nyanza Residents Propose No Education Requirement for Village Elders
[Capital FM] Kisumu — Members of the public who attended a public participation forum in Kisumu on a proposed policy to formally recognize village elders and compensate them financially have called for the removal of education requirements for eligibility.
Nigel Farage is a ‘poundshop Donald Trump’, says teaching union leader
National Education Union calls Reform UK ‘far-right and racist’ as it pledges funds to opposite Reform in elections
The UK’s largest teaching union has called Reform UK “far-right and racist”, and its leader has dismissed Nigel Farage as “a poundshop Donald Trump,” as the union pledged funds to oppose the party’s candidates in elections.
Delegates to the National Education Union’s annual...
Backlash over ‘distressing’ cuts to adoption fund
The amount of funding families can access to pay for therapy for adopted children has been cut by 40%.
Rock-dropping seagull closes university building
The Blavatnik School of Government is closed for almost a week to fix damage caused by the bird.
Nigeria: This Thing Called Imbalance
[This Day] One of the most popular phrases among students during our secondary school days was “balanced diet.” Everyone craved for it, though it was not too well defined. It somehow gave us the life-long idea that everything is best when it is “balanced.”
Nigeria: Noa, Nelfund Uncover Alleged Unethical Practices in Students Loan Disbursement
[This Day] Abuja — Investigations by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) have revealed alleged unethical practices in the disbursement of the federal government’s student loan fund by several tertiary institutions across the country.
Un activista de Columbia fue detenido por ICE en su cita de ciudadanía
Mohsen Mahdawi, residente legal permanente, vive hace 10 años en Estados Unidos y fue detenido en Vermont. No ha sido acusado de ningún delito.
Egypt: Egypt Seeks Stronger Academic Collaboration With Belgium’s VUB
[Egypt Online] Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour has met with President of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Jan Danckaert in Brussels to explore opportunities for academic and research cooperation.
Teachers in England move a step closer to striking
Teachers in England will vote on whether or not to strike if the government stands by its pay offer.
Teacher screened ‘inappropriate’ blackface film
A panel hears a teacher showed a Sinbad film where an actor had blackface make-up to Year 6 pupils.
Liberia: Former Economics Students of UL Donate Chairs to Alma Mater
[Liberian Observer] A group of former students from the Department of Economics at the University of Liberia (UL), who graduated during the 104 Commencement Convocation have donated 60 high-quality wooden chairs to the University, fulfilling a pledge to cease the burden associated with sitting at the University.
Malawi: CSOs Want K30 Billion for Voter Civic Education – Donors Angoti Duuuuuu!
[Nyasa Times] With just five months before Malawi heads to the polls on September 16, civil society organisations (CSOs) are sounding the alarm over a serious funding gap for voter civic education–pleading for K30 billion while donors remain silent.
Atomic Secrets: a Chornobyl scientist warns of a toxic future
Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, first at Chornobyl and now in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan – formerly the Soviet Union’s primary nuclear weapons testing site. He teaches schoolchildren about how bombs were tested, and how – more than 30 years after the site was decommissioned – the community is only beginning to...
Nigeria: 8 Shortlisted Teachers Fail Drug Test in Kwara
[Daily Trust] Eight candidates shortlisted for teaching jobs by the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) have been disqualified after testing positive for banned substances.
Robert Gordon University lecturers go on strike
The action is being taken over redundancies, which the university says comes at an extremely challenging time for the sector.