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A photo campaign launched on Saturday by the group End Rape on Campus (EROC) shows women holding up placards demanding their universities take stronger action against sexual assault on campuses and provide better support for victims. EROC ambassador Nina Funnell said they launched the campaign to put a...
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July 29, 2017 Loknath Das
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The state higher education department has drawn up a detailed plan for introducing reforms in higher education institutes to make colleges future-ready. Called “Vision Goals 2022”, the plan document states that plans are there to set up two new state universities, 32 new degree colleges, 14 new girls’...
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July 28, 2017 Loknath Das
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MELBOURNE: The University of Melbourne and Monash University on Monday (Jul 24) spoke out against “racist and hate-filled” anti-Chinese posters that have been plastered at the campuses of both universities. The posters, which were written in awkwardly phrased Chinese, said Chinese students were not allowed into the building or...
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July 26, 2017 Loknath Das
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THE’s Asia-Pacific University Ranking 2017 analysed universities across 38 nations in East Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania. The overall ranking features just over 200 universities from 13 different nations. The ranking uses the same performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings 2016-17, however the weightings were adjusted to reflect...
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July 5, 2017 Loknath Das
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Rising numbers of students from more disadvantaged homes are dropping out of universities in England before completing their studies, figures show. The proportion of youngsters from disadvantaged families who do not continue after their first year has reached the highest level for five years, says the Office for...
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July 1, 2017 Loknath Das
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There are warnings of confusion over university admissions from changes to GCSE exams in England which will create two different pass grades. A number of universities have minimum entry grades at GCSE level – such as a C grade pass at maths and English. But GCSEs are switching...
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June 28, 2017 Loknath Das
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