Canada's first sex-ed grad school opens at U of T

The University of Toronto will offer Canada's first grad program in sexual diversity studies this fall. Up until now, Canadian universities have only offered undergraduate programs in the discipline, but U of T...

Kirk papers reveal charmed cows

" Kirk papers reveal charmed cows Responsible animal husbandry is practised on today's farms Kirk session records have revealed examples of...

Iranian students banned from nuclear studies in Netherlands

Iran propose to continue 'talks' on uranium enrichment but claims her "nuclear rights", or in other words,  it has no plans to halt enrichment..see here . But Netherlands, in a fair attempt to prevent...

Researchers Studying 'Texting' as its own Language

Oh how I long for someone to release a mashed-up, remixed version of that early-90s Color Me Badd hit...reimagined as "I Wanna Txt U Up".Those crazy kids, they're using their telephones for writing! What will...

First Nigerian-Made Chopper takes flight, draws attention

A 24-year-old Nigerian physics undergraduate student, Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, of Kano's Bayero University, has successfully designed and flown what might in latter years be recognized as Nigeria's first...

Nigerian Physics Undergraduate Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, Builds Helicopter

"Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, takes old cars and motorbikes to pieces in the back yard at home and builds his own helicopters from the parts. "It took me...

Do UK students cheat...because they can?

Any UK undergrad students out there? Would you agree with the Baroness that your education mainly involves a lot of memorization and little creativity? Or does she just have a bee in her bonnet? "A number of...

Australian National University Bungles Admissions: Confused by Surname "Smith"

"The case of mistaken identity was the latest administrative bungle for the ANU medical school's 2007 admissions process in which another department prematurely congratulated 80 applicants and retracted the emails hours later. But Ms Smith, 22, who learns tonight whether she...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

The IIT-K letter and my comments

"I received a copy of the letter written by 125 faculty members of IIT Kanpur to the President of India and the Prime Minister of India. I respect the faculty members of IIT Kanpur. They are all accomplished individuals. However I must say that I was disappointed with the...

10 Things College Financial Aid Offices Won't Tell You

"1. "You waited until April? Sorry, we gave your money away." At first glance, the amount of financial aid available to students seems like a gold mine. According to education testing and information organization The College Board, students received over $122 billion in aid...

Counter the Nazis or Ignore Them?

No Nazis in Madison Coalition, has drawn support from the International Socialist Organization, the Milwaukee-based Anti-Racist Action, the Green Party, the Madison Area Peace Coalition and ACORN.

10-yr-olds mark Meerut univ papers

"It seems looks do matter. The Agra police on Saturday night busted a racket in which 10-12 year-olds were found correcting the answer sheets of undergraduate students from various institutes affiliated to Meerut’s Chaudhary Charan Singh University during a raid on a house...

Life & Fairness.

"As a graduate student, one of the odd jobs that I did was administer tests to undergraduate students. On the first week of Fall 2003, a certain student walked in. He stood there. Told me who he was. Asked for his test. I had to hand him his question sheets. Only, I did not...

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