A woman cries during the funeral of a victim of a fire at a children’s shelter in Guatemala.
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Young people from Central America continue to cross the U.S. border. Can programs funded by humanitarian assistance targeting root causes of migration help?
The chronarium sleep lab.
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Science festivals are booming and with their mixture of music and art they are opening the field to a whole new audience who are keen to be amazed.
Growing up digital.
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They have some big ideas.
Kenyan medical and public health students provide healthcare to communities.
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Kenyan tertiary institutions are learning from each other by sharing experiences on overcoming challenges they face during medical training.
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Muslims students’ experiences of higher education are not always positive.
Statue of the Greek philosopher Aristotle.
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It nurtures empathy and rational thought.
It’s not enough for textbooks just to be present in a classroom. They must support learning.
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Textbooks in sufficient quantities are effective in improving the quality of education but in Africa language poses a problem to how pupils interact with the material they are taught.
The most reliable way to find the best school for your child is to visit and find out about its philosophy and programs.
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My School data does not show the quality of teaching, and school comparisons and rankings can be misleading.
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How to define the public role of universities in the age of post-truth populism.
All smiles at 11 Downing Street.
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March 8, 2017
Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Andrew Gunn , University of Leeds ; Catherine Needham , University of Birmingham ; Donald Hirsch , Loughborough University ; Geraint Johnes , Lancaster University ; Ian Greenwood , University of Leeds ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Kevin Farnsworth , University of York ; Michael Devereux , University of Oxford , and Simon Wren-Lewis , University of Oxford
Philip Hammond delivers his last Spring Budget on the state of the UK economy. Our panel of experts dissect what it says.
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New analysis shows access to grammar schools is highly skewed by a child’s socioeconomic status.
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Does sport really improve young people’s development?
The majority of retiring South Africans look to the state for support.
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South Africa might want to consider raising its retirement age to 70 to cope with a challenge of an ageing population that’s under-insured and relying on an already pressured public purse.
Black South African students need fewer excuses and more support from universities.
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Students from South Africa’s public school system battle to cope with the rigorous demands of any university degree without genuine, committed support.
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Saving students through the medium of comics.
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Providing women with credit improves gender inequality.
Children at a refugee camp in Greece.
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Child refugees need to have access to quality language programs so they have a chance at doing well at school - and teachers also need to be given appropriate training.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer and senior advisor Kellyanne Conway chat.
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How do we determine what is fact? An archaeologist explains how the answer has changed over time and why it matters so much now.
The study found business students were concerned about their future employers’ corporate social responsibility.
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Results from a study of business students show how committed they are when it comes to working for socially responsible companies.
Workers at Medupi coal-fired power station during its construction, one of South Africa’s most costly and environmentally unfriendly projects.
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In preparing the 2017 national budget South Africa needs to take heed of warnings that its historical austerity measures are hurting the poor and even costing lives.