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University says it is ‘redesigning’ commencement plans days after it decided to prevent Asna Tabassum from speaking on 10 May
The University of Southern California is “redesigning” its entire commencement plans – just days after making the controversial decision to cancel the valedictorian speech of a Muslim student – and will also cancel the keynote speech by film-maker Jon M Chu.
The Los...
Nick Bostrom’s Future of Humanity Institute closed this week in what Swedish-born philosopher says was ‘death by bureaucracy’
Oxford University this week shut down an academic institute run by one of Elon Musk’s favorite philosophers. The Future of Humanity Institute, dedicated to the long-termism movement and other Silicon Valley-endorsed ideas such as effective altruism, closed this week...
Protesters into seventh day of hunger strike in support of Palestinians and in effort to demand university divestment
A group of students at Yale University were on Friday into the seventh day of a hunger strike in support of Palestinians in Gaza and in a protest to pressure the university to divest from any weapons manufacturing companies potentially supplying the Israeli military.
The group...
The EU Commission said UK and EU citizens under 30 should be able to work or study for up to four years.
Labour also turns down European Commission’s proposal, which would allow young Britons to live, study and work in EU
Rishi Sunak has rejected an EU offer to strike a post-Brexit deal to allow young Britons to live, study or work in the bloc for up to four years.
The prime minister declined the European Commission’s surprise proposal of a youth mobility scheme for people aged between 18 and 30...
[The Herald] The liberation war was fought and Independence won in 1980 but some subversive elements continue to undermine the gains of the struggle.
David McCormick has often spoken about his modest upbringing on a farm in Pennsylvania. A close look at his past tells a different story.
If Columbia can’t protect free speech, what hope is there for America’s institutions?
Compulsory maths and English retakes speak of a system that ignores pupils’ real talents. But hope is on the horizon
That time of year approaches when we ritually sacrifice 40% of our 16-year-olds to mark them down as failures. Exam season is coming up – that summer rite when we sit down all the young, hunched over cramped desks day after day for weeks, to sit far too many GCSE papers. The...
[Liberian Observer] The Education Advocacy Coalition recently concluded a meeting with lawmakers to rally for an increase in the national educational budget from 16.3 percent to 20 percent.
Will more stringent tactics subdue protests? Or fuel them?
The new regulations extended legal protections to L.G.B.T.Q. students and rolled back several policies set under the Trump administration.
Pilot to explore how to repurpose unused school space to increase capacity for funded childcare
An estimated 85,000 additional childcare places would be required by September 2025 to enable the government’s planned expansion of funded childcare for working parents in England, according to the Department for Education.
A pilot will explore how to repurpose unused school space to support...
Hamilton actors teach Belfast children confidence and to speak up for what they believe in.
The Department for Education estimates about 40,000 staff are also needed in England by September 2025.
Rising inflation and falling pupil numbers also forcing schools to cut spending on extracurricular activities
Primary schools across England are having to shed staff and cancel trips and activities this year as rising inflation and falling pupil numbers cause a rapid deterioration in their finances.
A survey of more than 1,000 school leaders and teachers by the National Foundation for...
After years of tolerating unruly protests, some schools are starting to suspend and expel students, raising questions about where they should draw the line.
The president’s campaign has featured initiatives aimed at young people, union workers and environmentalists, but it is not clear that they will be sufficient to rekindle support in those groups.
[The Herald] Education, through science and technology, is a tool of national development and economic growth that all children should embrace in line with the country’s economic blueprint, the National Development Strategy 1, President Mnangagwa has said.
Statement says it made clear to Michaela community school that ‘in winter it would not be possible to pray later’
One of the UK’s most prominent mosques has denied providing advice to the Michaela community school that all afternoon prayers could be deferred, disputing claims heard in court.
Katharine Birbalsingh, who runs the non-faith state school in Wembley and is often called “Britain’s...
[Leadership] Participants thrilled by news of inclusion of trainees of Vocational and Skills Acquisition Centres in the Students Loan Bill