University

Aspiring teachers are graduating university without basic literacy skills and failing a simple test

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How aspiring teachers are graduating university without basic literacy skills and failing a simple test – so could YOU pass? Future Australian teachers are paying tutors to help them qualify as educators There’s been a five per cent jump in teachers failing a literacy test from 2016-18 While tutoring agencies are reporting an increase in … Read more

Extinction Rebellion fears force Cambridge University to move its graduation ceremony

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Extinction Rebellion fears force Cambridge University to move its graduation ceremony after eco-warriors ripped up its lawn while police officers stood and watched University received ‘credible intelligence’ the group ‘may disrupt congregation’ The ceremony is usually held at Senate House but will now be moved elsewhere Attendees will now be informed of the new venue … Read more

Going to university could help you to live longer: Every step of education adds 1.37 years to life

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Going to university could help you to live longer as scientists discover every extra step of education adds 1.37 years to your life expectancy Researchers combed through data of more than 5,000 American people  Race and income were not as strong life predictors as education level Each qualification added around one year and four months … Read more

The outrageous way Australian university is getting around coronavirus travel ban

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REVEALED: How an Australian university is getting around the coronavirus travel ban by PAYING Chinese students to exploit loophole Australian university offering to pay Chinese students $1500 to dodge travel ban The ban stops those travelling from mainland China from coming into Australia The Australian government extended travel ban on Thursday until February 29  Western Sydney … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine could be available ‘within months’, claims Oxford University scientist

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A coronavirus vaccine could be available ‘within months’, an Oxford University scientist has claimed. Professor Sarah Gilbert and colleagues at the Jenner Institute are ‘rapidly’ working out how to stop COVID-2019 spreading further. A ‘seed stock’ will soon be developed into a real vaccine in Italy, with an initial 1,000 doses for clinical trials.  The World Health … Read more

Oxford University shocks classics students as it proposes to drop two key texts by Homer and Virgil

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Oxford University proposes dropping Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid from Classics syllabus in bid to modernise and attract more state school pupils Virgil’s Aeneid and Homer’s Iliad may be made optional on the classics course But Oxford undergraduates say the works are vital to understanding the subject Classics professor Jonathan Prag said no decision has … Read more

We need to make space for dialogue: Swara Bhaskar at Panjab University

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Written by Chahat Rana | Chandigarh | Published: February 17, 2020 6:34:52 pm Actor Swara Bhaskar with other artistes at PU. (Express Photo: Jasbir Malhi) “WHILE THE whole country is engulfed in protests, we need to also make sure we make space for dialogue. Not the kind of screaming and yelling that we hear on … Read more