Daily Archives: January 8, 2014

It is doubtful the students learned much about blacks, North Carolina or anything else, though they received grades for papers they supposedly turned in and Mr. Nyang’oro, the instructor, was paid $12,000. University and law-enforcement officials say AFAM 280 never met. One of dozens of courses i… http://pakedu.net/world-education/as-for-athletes-but-charges-of-fraud-at-north-carolina/ Continue reading →

Nida Ul-Naseer disappeared on 28 December. Her family’s attempt to seek asylum in the UK from Pakistan was turned down a year ago.
A teenager who disappeared after taking out the rubbish was upset because her family’s asylum-seeker status barred her from attending university.
Nida… http://pakedu.net/world-education/nida-ul-naseer-missing-teenager-wanted-to-attend-university/ Continue reading →

IOE graduates include policymakers and education programme managers in NGOs and the UK government’s Department of International Development.
Few master’s courses count a former child soldier among their students, as well as development workers in the world’s major charities… http://pakedu.net/world-education/on-course-for-global-success-with-the-institute-of-education/ Continue reading →

Tradition dictates that the start of a new year is a fitting time to make plans and promises for the 12 months to come. Eat and drink less, exercise more, keep in touch with friends and family regularly – these are the stock fixtures on many a list of new year’s resolutions, whether s… http://pakedu.net/world-education/new-year-new-career-10-questions-academics-should-ask-themselves/ Continue reading →

 You’ll need to put more in your personal statement for veterinary science than ‘I like cats’.
If you’re applying to study veterinary science, a personal statement will be just one part of your application. Chances are you will also have to fill out a work… http://pakedu.net/world-education/how-to-write-a-personal-statement-for-veterinary-science/ Continue reading →

Link to video: Prince William begins agricultural course at Cambridge University
The Duke of Cambridge was welcomed by University of Cambridge officials as he began a 10-week course on Tuesday.
William travelled on the 9.44am train from London King’s Cross to begin his studies on an… http://pakedu.net/world-education/prince-william-begins-agriculture-course-at-university-of-cambridge/ Continue reading →

Prince William shouldn’t be discriminated against at Cambridge University because of the circumstances of his birth, a professor has said.
William travelled to Cambridge to study a tailored 10-week agricultural course this week and has already been criticised by some students.
Speaking to… http://pakedu.net/world-education/william-shouldnt-be-discriminated-against-says-professor/ Continue reading →

One of the doctorates sponsored by the MoD will examine the ‘hacktivist’ group Anonymous.
A branch of the Ministry of Defence is funding postgraduate research into the culture of computer hackers, crowd behaviour at music festivals and football matches, and the impact of Twitter,… http://pakedu.net/world-education/ministry-of-defence-funding-research-into-online-habits-defence-science-and-technology-laboratory-dstl/ Continue reading →

 You need to do more than read books.
How do you get the most out of your revision time, and end up with the best grades you can? Or, if you’re a different sort of student, how can you get the same grades you’re getting now, but spend less time revising?
Either way, you need to… http://pakedu.net/world-education/five-secrets-to-revising-that-can-boost-your-grades-2/ Continue reading →

Students at the University of Leeds on a fieldtrip in Mumbai. Photograph: Ayona Datta
Impact in recent years has become the most dreaded and controversial concept that has taken over both the Research Excellence Framework (REF) – how university funding and the fate of academic careers is m… http://pakedu.net/world-education/why-student-fieldtrips-make-an-impact/ Continue reading →