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Julian Assange plans TV chat show

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is to host a TV show interviewing "key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries" from around the world....

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Ironically, strong fears haunt U.S. companies as well. Some of them dread a new, high-cost technology landscape emerging in America, driving innovation, online traffic, and thus jobs and commerce to other countries that guarantee freedom....

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WP shutdown to protest piracy bills

The legislation has jolted technology leaders, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, who are not accustomed to having their free-wheeling online world come under attack....

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"We are all going to live a digital life," he said. "Just as we write well and read well, I think that if you have even a basic understanding of computer coding, it will help you understand the structure of your digital life."...

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“Busy professionals are realising the benefits of sending their children to these schools, which offer excellent facilities, healthcare, education and social environments, that can give them complete peace of mind, rather than paying for a nanny of uncertain quality.”...

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Achieving the American dream gets tougher

Some conservatives say this measure, called absolute mobility, is a better gauge of opportunity. A Pew study found that 81 per cent of Americans have higher incomes than their parents (after accounting for family size). There is no comparable data on other countries. ...

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Forgot your password?

Computer scientists in New York are training their iPads to recognise their owners by the touch of their fingers as they make a caressing gesture. Banks are already using software that recognises your voice, supplementing the standard PIN. ...

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The National Union of Students has claimed more students are turning to jobs in the sex industry to pay for their education. ...

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How popular is the IB in the UK?

We advise readers about the popularity of the International Baccalaureate in the UK education system....

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Rishqyrtimi i konceptit Universitet

A duhet rishqyrtuar vetë koncepti “universitet”? Megjithatë, është e domosdoshme ta riekzaminojmë konceptin “universitet”. A kështu do t’i edukojmë kaq shumë njerëz? A është e mundur të garantojmë cilësinë? A ka profesione, që për arsye të theksimit praktik thelbësor, nuk meritojnë studime universitare?...

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Flaka e dijes, apo flaka e djegies!?

E ç’është më e bukura këtë nuk e bën as ndonjë druvar i pashkollë dhe hallexhi dhe as ndonjë fatkeqësi natyrore, por një institucion, i cili supozohet të jetë edukues, i drejtë dhe shembullor, sepse në duart e tyre besohet e ardhmja e Shqipërisë. ...

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Copyright isn't working, says European Commission

The commissioner said online distribution and cloud computing offered a "totally new way of purchasing, delivering and consuming cultural works", and suggested that the existing legal framework around copyright was not flexible enough to take advantage of this evolution. ...

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Ekspertët ndërkombëtarë, të siguruar nga EURALIUS, paraqitën kuadrin e tyre ligjor dhe përvojën në lidhje me ekstradimin, njohjen e vendimeve të huaja dhe ndihmën e ndërsjellë juridike. ...

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Face to face with Facebook

“It's a shock of civilisations. Americans don't understand the concept of data protection. For them, the person with the rights is the one with the data. In continental Europe, we don't see things like that,” he said. “If a company wants to operate in a country it has to abide by the rules.” ...

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The brightest family in Britain?!

At Oxford there is no single graduation ceremony at the end of a degree as is customary in most universities. Instead, graduates make their own arrangements to attend one of several such events which are held throughout the year. ...

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"I discovered Facebook had kept highly personal messages I had written and then deleted, which, were they to become public, could be highly damaging to my reputation," said Schrems in an interview between law lectures on Thursday. ...

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At least 28 universities are considering slashing their tuition fees under Government pressure to drive down costs. Ministers announced in a White Paper earlier this year that institutions charging £7,500 or less would be able to bid for a share of 20,000 funded student places. ...

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Number of European students soars by a third in a decade

The number of students admitted to British universities from mainland Europe has soared by more than a third in the last 10 years, figures show. ...

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Record numbers of British students are preparing to study at American universities to escape the introduction of £9,000 annual tuition fees, figures suggest. ...

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University degrees 'not worth £9,000', students claim

Degrees from Britain’s leading universities are not worth £9,000, students warned today in a fresh attack on the Coalition’s new tuition fees regime. ...

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Talent management is being neglected

Respondents also said that they were more likely to “buy in” talent, rather than develop existing employees. Senior positions are being filled quicker this year - in 2010, it took six months or longer to fill senior vacancies in 71% of cases, and this had plummeted to 11.5% in 2011, with 41% now in place in less than three months. ...

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Vision for a new Nalanda

Nalanda University, the world's oldest centre of higher learning, is being re-established through an Asian initiative, involving India, China, Singapore, Japan and Thailand....

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Giving power back to teachers

Ministers say they have no plans to bring back the cane but how far can teachers go to discipline unruly children? ...

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Universities consider cutting fees

At least 12 reconsider setting maximum £9,000 after white paper offers incentives to charge less, watchdog says.However, universities are now reconsidering their sums after the government gave them incentives to charge less than £7,500, the watchdog said. ...

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Eton could create state school: PM

Asked if Eton should get involved, Mr Cameron said: "Yes, I would like all private schools to engage in this agenda and if you look at most private schools, many of them already run bursaries for children from less well-off backgrounds and partnering state schools. ...

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World university rankings show that good higher education can be a bargain

However, the tables show that if the listings were ranked according to employers' preferences, Harvard would come top, Oxford second and Cambridge third. ...

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But while some continue to search for places through clearing, others will have withdrawn their applications or rejected offers earlier this year, making the final total impossible to predict at this stage. ...

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Finding a university place through Clearing

Clearing is always a competitive business but it provides the opportunity to find a course that suits you. And contrary to popular belief, not all courses are snapped up within the first two days of A-level results coming out. ...

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Tens of thousands of students are still not happy with the quality of their university degree, a major survey reveals.Students were most likely to criticise the level of assessment and feedback from tutors, the amount of academic support and the overall organisation of courses. ...

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Young people 'bored' with social media

New research suggests one in four young people is 'bored' with 'superficial' social media, but more than a third are more enthusiastic than ever... ...

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Students 'face leaving university with £60k debts'

Students starting university next year can expect to graduate with debts averaging almost £60,000, according to research published today. ...

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How to afford school fees

If you are panicking about how you will educate your children, you need to start thinking realistically. The longer you have to plan, the better, but whatever stage you are at, there are things you can do to take the sting out of the prices. Read on for some tips. ...

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Brazil promises 75,000 scholarships in science and technology

The new programme aims to address the shortage by focusing on engineering, health sciences, life sciences and technology. The scholarships will be awarded through the Ministry of Science and Technology's National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Ministry of Education's Federal Agency for the Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES)....

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Graduate students: Aspirations and anxieties

Nature's international student survey reveals changing career preferences — and a need for inspiring mentors. Across all disciplines, PhD students became less pleased with their experience as their degrees progressed. ...

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Education for life, or for work?

The higher education white paper proposes that universities should train students for their future jobs. But not all academics are keen... ...

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Why grandparent are the key to human success

Grandparents are not only important for cuddles, cakes and good advice, they are also key to the evolution of human civilisation, according to new research. ...

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Oxbridge places 'dominated by just five elite schools'

The extent to which a handful of elite schools dominate access to Oxbridge is laid bare in damning figures published for the first time today. ...

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Govt to launch universities revamp

Universities charging low tuition fees, including higher education colleges, could also be told that they can increase their numbers. ...

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British students turning to US Ivy League universities

Students are increasingly turning to universities in the United States amid growing competition for places on British degree courses. ...

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U.S. universities in Africa ‘land-grab'

Institutions including Harvard and Vanderbilt reportedly use hedge funds to buy land in deals that may force farmers out. ...

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Nine million Chinese sit dreaded 'exam of destiny’

Taxis were ordered to stop honking, and construction sites to down tools, as 9.3 million Chinese students sat down to the world’s largest standardised exam on Tuesday. ...

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Privilege, opportunities and "merit"

The success of our policies of reservation should be judged not by their focus on provision of opportunity but on whether they deliver equality of outcomes. ...

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British boy is youngest seven-summit climber

Mr. Atkinson was three days shy of his 17th birthday when he reached the top of the Everest, beating the feat of the previous record-holder, American Johnny Collinson's, of ascending all seven summits when he was 17. ...

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Universities step up overseas recruiting

Universities are recruiting overseas students in greater numbers – and not just to boost funds, they say, but to ensure a diverse student body. ...

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Stress can help when studying for exams

"This is because of the role that stress plays – it is clearly important from a biological point of view to remember something that hurt or threatened us....

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Congolese activist wins World Children's Prize

It says the winner was decided in a vote among 3.2 million children worldwide. ...

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"Arsimi është një ndër investimet më të mira që mund të bëjë një shtet"

– Ne do të paguajmë më shtrenjtë për një shkollim që do të mbetet i njëjti ! nga Annika D. ...

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Presidenti Topi dhe ambasadorët në Vlorë

“Punojmë t’i përgjigjemi ritmit global. Jemi besimplotë për sistemin e vlerave ku mbështetemi, të vetëdijshëm se nga vijmë dhe ku duhet të shkojmë, po shikojmë se ku mund të bëhemi të dobishëm për rajonin..."...

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The class ceiling

The key stumbling block, however, is aspiration. The overwhelming reason for the low take-up of university places is that not enough black Caribbean students ......

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More universities to charge £9,000

In a statement on Monday, Leeds Metropolitan, a former polytechnic, said it was facing "difficult and tough choices" due to huge cuts in Government funding. ...

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Germany to recognise foreign degrees

The new legislation is aimed attracting more skilled labourers and opening access to the labour market to an estimated 300,000 skilled immigrants already in the country. ...

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Assange says the Internet is obstacle to free speech

"It is not a technology that favours freedom of speech," he said. "It is not a technology that favours human rights. Rather it is a technology that can be used to set up a totalitarian spying regime......

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Oxford University tuition fees ‘to hit £9,000’

Students could be charged up to £27,000 in fees to study at Oxford under proposals expected to be backed by the ancient institution next week. ...

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Oxbridge warned on poor students

Top universities such as Oxford and Cambridge will be barred from charging the maximum £9,000 tuition fee unless they accept "dramatically" more poorer students......

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It is not 'fair’ to tie universities’ hands

The UK’s top universities have been an island of excellence in a rising tide of mediocrity. ...

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UCAS: university applications reach record high

Record numbers of students are applying to university this year in a rush to beat a major hike in tuition fees, figures suggest. ...

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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too....

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University applications continue to rise

So far there has been an increase of 2.5% in applicants to UK universities, compared with last year's record level, says the Ucas admissions service. ...

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The Grim Threat to British Universities

In the UK this system has been gathering strength for over twenty years, which helps explain why Oxford and Cambridge dons, and the British academy in general, have never taken a clear stand against it....

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Publishing only with government approval

Amazon's decision to abandon WikiLeaks sends out a clear message: you can publish what you like — as long as it meets with the government's approval. ...

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David Cameron: Fees changes are fair

In fact, the loans, grants and scholarships proposed by the Government will increase in value from £7 billion to £12 billion by 2015, he said. ...

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A history of student protests

Activism by students has produced some of the most transformative movements of the last century. ...

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Snow socks or winter tyres?

Snow socks for tyres are being offered as a solution to winter road conditions and an alternative to winter tyres or snow chains. ...

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Honesty is best policy...

Honesty is the best policy...unless cheating is easy, new research shows. ...

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Wave of student protests in U.K.

The protests were against the proposed cuts in higher education funding and increase in university tuition fees. ...

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Teachers given new powers to discipline pupils

Teachers will be given new powers to discipline pupils as part of a government plan to restore order in classrooms. ...

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Cambridge University 'may go private'

Cambridge University may be forced to go private amid fears a rise in tuition fees is not enough to allow it to compete with elite institutions in the United States, it was claimed yesterday. ...

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“You cannot simply fill a new bottle with old wine,” said Su Wei, director of the climate change department of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the country's chief climate negotiator....

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Reviving Confucian thought

Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears but with your mind; do not listen with your mind but with your essence....

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Dita e parë e shkollës

Në ditën e parë të shkollës, nxënësit i uroi edhe Presidenti i Republikës Bamir Topi....

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Dilemmas of equality in education

In keeping with its egalitarian philosophy, the government has provided generally equal support to all of the universities and has not identified any one of them as a “flagship.” ...

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“My Dream, Chinese Dream”

“It is hoped that it will inspire and educate young people to have dreams and work hard to realise their dreams.” ...

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University candidates selected on their GCSE results

Pupils who fail to excel at their GCSEs are being discriminated against by universities increasingly using the exams to weed out candidates for degree courses, leading teachers have claimed. ...

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Signalling a transition

This makes growth vulnerable, as governments respond either with protectionist measures or with demands for adjustments on China's part that could be expensive....

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Gates: Webi, e ardhmja e arsimimit

“Për pesë vjet në internet do të mund të gjeni të gjitha ligjëratat më të mira në botë, dhe shpesh falas. Nuk do të ketë më nevojë për të shkuar në universitete”, ka thënë Gates....

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Ancient Greek 'to be taught in state schools'

“Ancient Greek is just a wonderful language, full of beautiful words and fascinating concepts.” ...

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University applicants urged to consider apprenticeships

Thousands of university applicants should give up hopes of getting a place this year and consider taking an apprenticeship instead, the head of the admissions service has admitted. ...

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South Africa holds education summit

The summit is the culmination of 1GOAL, a campaign supported by football's governing body FIFA to use the attention the World Cup commands to publicise the need ......

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Language police

The academy's battle plan is one long rear-guard action against natural language change. Anything that focused our attention on the validity of the rules themselves would be a great thing for English. ...

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Diplomat s’vlejnë asgjë, por asgjë s’vlen sa diplomat

Të përfundosh studimet me notën maksimale, normalisht tregon një farë ekselence , por a i përgjigjet kjo notë maksimale përgatitjes reale të të rinjve shqiptarë të vlerësuar nga kjo notë? ...

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Cambridge University 'to run a state school'

Under plans, it would offer up to 630 places on a new development in the north-west of Cambridge. ...

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University cheats targeted

Cheating students face being thrown out of university for plagiarism under a points-based disciplinary code drawn up by academics. ...

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Oxford essay tradition comes to this: ‘death'

For a number of years, the one-word essay question has not proved to be a very valuable way of providing insight into the merits of the candidates....

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World's smallest 3D map 'created'

The complete 3D map of the world measuring only 22 by 11 micrometers was "written" on a polymer. At this size, 1,000 world maps could fit on a grain of salt. ...

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Password-stealing virus on Facebook

"With Facebook as your lure, you potentially have 400 million people that can click on the attachment. If you get 10 per cent success, that's 40 million," he said....

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Ways to improve your adolescents' health

A review of school records showed meditating adolescents miss fewer days and generally behave better, he pointed out. ...

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No place for women? Harvard's changed

Universitywide, slightly more than a quarter of Harvard faculty members are women, an all-time high, with the senior faculty accounting for most of the increase....

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Why PCs understand women more than men

Voice recognition computers find men harder to understand than women, Edinburgh University scientists have found....

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Cambridge University offers B&B

Bed and breakfast accommodation is to be offered in some of the most historic buildings in the UK as Cambridge University opens its doors to tourists. ...

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In China, a chorus for reforms

Household registration, or hukou, essentially identifies each Chinese citizen as urban or rural. It dates back to the time when the Chinese revolutionary Mao wanted to control migration to cities. ...

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Goodbye to kiss-and-tell journalism?

The good news, if the move goes through, will be that it will put an end to Britain's notorious kiss-and-tell media culture that has made nonsense of any notion of privacy. ...

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Microsoft to deactivate PC network

A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, granted a request by Microsoft to deactivate 277 Internet domains, which the software maker said is linked to a "botnet", the paper said. ...

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Twitter users hit by phishing attack

The attack, which is ongoing, began on Saturday, as Twitter users found members of the micro-blogging network had posted ......

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Australia tightens visa rules

The reforms are designed to ensure the selection of “the best and brightest” foreigner-applicants for skilled jobs....

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Australia to tighten immigration process

"It will be because either we have concluded that the real intention is not to study or we are satisfied that the documentation is not authentic and fraudulent."...

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Handwriting, new tool...

"Handwriting analysis could eventually complement other lie detection methods and would add a new dimension because......

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"US weapons have verses from Bible"

The sights are used by US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers....

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Biggest online threats in 2010

A computer security firm has advised PC owners to keep their computer safe from new security threats in the New Year. ...

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Cambridge to issue bonds to raise money

For the first time in its 800-year history, Cambridge University is planning to issue bonds to raise money from the markets, a varsity. ...

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Tehran academics denounce crackdown

The letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — signed by 88 professors — was the latest daring challenge to the Iran’s clerical leadership. ...

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Looking back on the pandemic

One key difference is that while seasonal flu predominantly kills the old, the new virus has proved life-threatening to younger people too.......

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Swine flu pandemic: Flashback

Latin cultures have made physical proximity one of their trademarks: people regularly kiss each other hello and goodbye....

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Fit boys make smarter, successful adults

During early adolescence and adulthood, the central nervous system displays considerable plasticity. ...

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Europe of knowledge

Reports from Brussels on how the Bologna process is shaping the future of higher education in Europe while aiming to facilitate student mobility across the globe. ...

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Televizori pengon zhvillimin e të folurit

Ngadalëson zhvillimin e tyre gjuhësor, ndërsa në marrëdhëniet prindër – fëmijë, televizori bëhet pengesë për komunikim... ...

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Education in the 21st Century

WISE was organised in Doha, Qatar recently. The aim was to draw a 10-point agenda to create a vision for ‘21st century education’ that ensures education for all. ...

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Forca si koncept, i marrjes së pushtetit në demokraci...!?

Sot....një revolucion i tillë i mendjeve të forcës...shkatërron jo vetëm pamjen dhe shtetin, por pasurinë e njerëzve....

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Perfectionism can be healthy

As long as it is not insatiable and compulsive, perfectionism can be beneficial to students....

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Exam results "need a health warning"

School exam results should be published with a "health warning", according to researchers....

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Scientists: You can really smell fear

Researchers have shown that we subconsciously detect whether others are scared by picking up chemicals they release from their bodies....

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More graduates 'out of work'

More graduates failed to find a jobs last year after leaving university in the midst of the economic downturn, according to an official report....

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Sponsor to pay for Aristotle school roof

All men by nature desire knowledge. (Aristotle )...

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Facebook students underachieve in exams

Students who use Facebook, the social networking site, are underachieving in exams, research suggests. ...

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Jobless bankers can teach

Specialist teacher-training courses usually last for 12 months....

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Writing helps brain

Writing poems or songs - no matter how bad they are - could be good for mental and physical health. ...

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Oxford students threatened over unpaid rent

Hundreds of Oxford University students could fail to graduate after amassing debts of £200,000. ...

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Social class still determines success

"Education has, quite properly, been seen as the great leveller but children from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds all too often end up in the worst schools and achieve the worst results."...

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Face scanners at school

Each system - costing around £1,000 - can verify a face in 1.5 seconds and claims to be more accurate at identifying people than a human. ...

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