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Brown urges action on 'moral' issue of education
Washington - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday urged world leaders to help get children in the developing world an education, calling it a moral issue that could also bring countries out of poverty. I want us to become the first genera...

[Posted on : 2008-04-21 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Half of Hong Kong students admit to bullying at school
Hong Kong - Five out of 10 young people in Hong Kong have admitted to bullying peers at school, a survey published Monday found. The Playgrounds Association said half the 883 young people aged 6 to 24 questioned in the survey confessed to bullying wi...

[Posted on : 2008-04-21 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Spaniard, 82, gains 13th university degree
Madrid - Spaniard Jose Luis Iborte Baque has literally spent his life studying, earning 13 university degrees, including three doctorates, between the ages of 19 and 82, the daily El Mundo reported Thursday. A philosophy graduate at 19, Iborte, now 8...

[Posted on : 2008-04-17 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Vatican blocks appointment of German university chief
Eichstaett, Germany - The Vatican, which has a veto power, has blocked the appointment of a new chief executive at a Catholic university in Germany, the University of Eichstaett said Friday. Without Rome's approval, Ulrich Hemel, 51, cannot take over...

[Posted on : 2008-04-11 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Foundation stone laid for new College of Jewish Studies in Germany
Heidelberg, Germany - The foundation stone was laid Friday for a new building to house the College of Jewish Studies in the German university town of Heidelberg. The college is a meeting place for Jewish and non-Jewish Germans, said Guenter Oetting...

[Posted on : 2008-04-04 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

'Campus Casanova' law professor jailed in doctorates scandal
Hildesheim, Germany - A professor of law at a German university was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for receiving money from students wanting to obtain doctorates. A court in the city of Hildesheim found the 53-year-old guilty on 68 c...

[Posted on : 2008-04-02 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Meeting calls for Islam instruction at German schools - Summary
Berlin - Religious instruction in Islam should be available to Muslims attending German schools, a conference initiated by Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble agreed Thursday. Islam classes was one of a series of proposals discussed at the day-long ...

[Posted on : 2008-03-13 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Conference discusses Islam classes at German schools
Berlin - Muslim leaders met with German government officials on Thursday for a third round of talks designed to improve the integration of their community in Germany. The conference was expected to decide on the introduction of free Islam classes for...

[Posted on : 2008-03-13 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Eight-year-old passes university entrance exam in Brazil
Sao Paulo - An 8-year-old boy passed the entrance exam for the law school of a Brazilian university, local media reported Thursday. Joao Victor Portellinha, who is technically still in primary school, will not be allowed to attend the Universidad Pau...

[Posted on : 2008-03-06 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

UC Berkeley to team with new Saudi university
San Francisco - The mechanical engineering department of the prestigious University of California, Berkeley is teaming up with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, the US university said TuesdayUnder the terms of the all...

[Posted on : 2008-03-04 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

 



 

 


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