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The government on Tuesday announced that it will grant autonomy to 60 higher education institutions. The list included several top central and state universities. Hindustan Times spoke to their administration and students: JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, DELHI The left-leaning JNU teachers’ association (JNUTA) criticised the move and said the policy...
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March 24, 2018 Loknath Das
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The Union ministry of human resource and development declared Panjab University autonomous under category II. Ifrah Mufti finds out what it entails for the university and how this change will affect its students and teachers. What does the autonomy entail? The Panjab University is among the 60 higher...
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March 24, 2018 Loknath Das
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Rakesh Bhatnagar, a professor of biotechnology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has been appointed as vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, two government officials familiar with the development said on Friday. The government had shortlisted three candidates, which included Devendra Kumar Gupta, a surgeon from the All...
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March 24, 2018 Loknath Das
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Despite widespread protests and rail and road blocks across the city, the University of Mumbai refused to postpone exams for the day. A total of 13 exams for law and BEd courses were conducted in two shifts on Wednesday, as per schedule. “We informed all colleges to allow...
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January 9, 2018 Loknath Das
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Internet giant and search engine Google will give approximately Rs 65 lakh to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University for research work. AKTU vice-chancellor Vinay Pathak said it is the first university to get such financial assistance from Google. “It will help us in strengthening research work in...
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December 9, 2017 Loknath Das
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Educators and students often struggle to learn from each other through the use of feedback. Our research into feedback practices has found that students and staff find feedback practices largely unsustainable, de-motivating and without opportunity for improvement. Researchers generally describe current feedback practices as lacking in detail, difficult to...
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November 28, 2017 Loknath Das
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