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Jobless, new college graduates return home to live with Mom and Dad
Like many new college graduates, Narmeen Iqbal feels dejected about the job market.
Teaching hospitals 'should take students with lower A-level grades'
Alan Milburn said selecting students with lower grades from underperforming schools would widen medicine's 'pool of talent'. Photograph: Rex Features The first of a series of reports by the government's independent reviewer of social mobility , the former Labour minister Alan Milburn, has recommended that medical teaching hospitals actively select ... (more)
Bryce Edwards: Political round-up: May 30
'Must do better' is the least criticism Education Minister Hekia Parata can expect from her colleagues over the shambolic class sizes policy.
Govt hypocrisy protects small classes at private schools
QPEC remains implacably opposed to any increase in class sizes at public schools despite yesterday's backdown when schools were given the "good news" they wouldn't lose more than two teachers.
Maths brains seek help for Argentina contest
Four of the six students set to represent Uganda at this year's International Mathematics Olympiad in Argentina.
Gladys Chan re-elected President of the Mass. Medical Society Alliance
Gladys Chan, of Shrewsbury, has been re-elected president of the Massachusetts Medical Society Alliance, the organization of physicians' spouses that supports and promotes good health practices among the citizens of the Commonwealth.
Why distance learning in IP has come a long way
Reading the recently-published details of the LLM and postgraduate diploma distance learning courses in UK, EU and US copyright offered by Kings College London in conjunction with what is described as the Informa Academy, this Kat recalls with no little embarrassment that he was once asked to contribute his input to a distance learning postgraduate ... (more)
The event, held appropriately at the student bar on campus Kings College London, brought togetherA someA 200 studentA alumniA from different academic backgrounds and graduation years.
LEGOS and LEGO Robotics camps for kids slated for Penn State and Kings
Summer camp classes promising a lot of fun with a lot of little bricks will be taught this June and July at both Penn State, Lehman Campus, and Kings College in Wilkes Barre.
Newcastle University aims to attract USA's top scholars
AMERICA'S brightest young people could be on their way to the North East after a university set out to attract the USA's most talented students.
Book Review: 'Working for Peace and Justice': Lawrence...
Home A Entertainment A BOOK REVIEW: 'Working for Peace and Justice': Lawrence Wittner, Distinguished Scholar on Nuclear Disarmament, Social Justice Recounts His Battles in Academia, Progressive Groups BOOK REVIEW: 'Working for Peace and Justice': Lawrence Wittner, Distinguished Scholar on Nuclear Disarmament, Social Justice Recounts His Battles in ... (more)
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School staff 'fight' academy move
SUCCESS Anna Shahid and Rebecca Hardman both received 4A* and 2As and are going to Kings College and Birmingham respectively, both doing medicine More than 60 staff have written expressing 'grave' concerns to the chair of governors at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School about the idea.
A CALLIGRAPHER from Chapel St Leonards has had a piece of her work recognised by her peers at a London exhibition.
Face to Face with Jennifer Musisi
The Executive Director of the Kampala City Council Authority must be one of the most written about person in Uganda.
Prof. Kajubi: The dignified Professional
BY Stephen Ssenkaaba Distinguished gentlemen do not come easy; but you saw one when you looked at Prof.
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