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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) ]

Sex with professor earns German student good marks - and a fine
Hildesheim, Germany - A female student was fined 1,800 euros (2,640 dollars) Tuesday for trading sexual favours for inflated marks that landed her a job at the law faculty of a German university. The unnamed 30-year-old admitted at her trial in the c...

[Posted on : 2008-02-26 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

UNESCO warns about deteriorating Arab education
Doha - The United Nations' top education official, Koichiri Matsuura, warned Tuesday that Arab nations were in danger of falling behind in education, with the illiteracy rate in Arab countries among the highest in the world. Despite the efforts exer...

[Posted on : 2008-02-19 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Australian grads nonchalant with resumes
Sydney - Bad grammar, slang terms and texting shorthand in applications is making it difficult for some Australian university graduates to find good jobs, companies said Tuesday. We talk to a lot of people in the graduate recruitment industry and th...

[Posted on : 2008-02-18 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Merkel unveils programme for young Israeli musicians
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday announced a scholarship programme for young Israeli musicians to spend two years studying at the Berlin Philharmonic's orchestra academy. The programme is named for Polish violinist Bronislaw Huber...

[Posted on : 2008-02-17 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

BACKGROUND: Deadly shooting sprees at schools and universities
Hamburg - The shooting spree at Northern Illinois University added to the growing list of bloodshed committed by students at schools and universities. Following is a list of the bloodiest incidents:-- February 14, 2008: Seven people, including the gu...

[Posted on : 2008-02-15 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Merkel rejects Turkey-trained teachers - Summary
Hamburg - German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected Monday a proposal from Ankara to provide Turkish-trained teachers to educate minority children in German public schools. She said she had rebuffed Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he ...

[Posted on : 2008-02-11 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Merkel rejects Turkish-trained teachers for Germany - Update
Hamburg - German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected Monday a proposal from Ankara to provide Turkish-trained teachers on secondment to educate minority children in German public schools. Merkel said she had made that clear to Turkish Prime Minister Re...

[Posted on : 2008-02-11 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Merkel rejects Turkish-trained teachers in German schools
Hamburg - German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected Monday a proposal from Ankara to provide Turkish-trained teachers to educate minority children in German public schools. Speaking in the northern city of Hamburg, Merkel said she had nothing against ...

[Posted on : 2008-02-11 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Arab students to get funds for master's degrees in Singapore
Singapore - Top students from 22 Arab countries will attend a National University of Singapore master's programme with funds from the premier of the United Arab Emirates, organizers said on Friday. Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum gave a 10-billion-...

[Posted on : 2008-02-08 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

 



 

 


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