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LIBYAN STUDENTS OVERSEAS FEAR FINANCIAL AID CUTS AND PERSECUTION IN LIBYA
August 5th, 2011 posted by Jasmine Jaume
We reported back in May that Libyan students studying in North America faced having to return to their home country due to the freezing of the Libyan-North American Scholarship Program in February. Unfortunately, the situation for students has not improved.
WISE PRIZE FOR EDUCATION REVEALS JURY MEMBERS
March 25th, 2011 posted by Ian Maull
Five prominent international figures from the USA, India, South Africa and Qatar will select the winner of the world’s first major international prize for education.
SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHES NEW TERTIARY EDUCATION UNION
December 7th, 2009 posted by Nikki Tarjanyi
South Africa has forged a new higher education union after the key organisations from the university and polytechnic sectors have merged, University World News reported yesterday.
WOMEN THRIVE IN HIGHER EDUCATION WORLDWIDE
October 30th, 2009 posted by Gabrielle Saw
The male dominance of the university system is on the decline as female graduates outnumber men in 75 out of 98 countries, University World News reported. According to Unesco’s 2009 Global Education Digest, the number of females in tertiary education sextupled between 1970 and 2009 with male enrolments quadrupling in the same period.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR NEW MALAWI UNIVERSITY
July 24th, 2009 posted by Felicity Pont
The Malawi Government last week outlined construction plans for the new Lilongwe Science and Technology University.
CONFERENCE OF COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION MINISTERS OPENS IT’S DOORS
June 16th, 2009 posted by Nikki Tarjanyi
The 17th triennial Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers is being held this week in Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia.
