Universities

London students march amid heavy police presence

LONDON, Beatrice Debut and Sam Reeves- Thousands of students marched through London Wednesday against cuts in university funding as a massive police operation prevented a repeat of the violence at...

British universities complacent on Islamists: minister

LONDON- Britain's universities are complacent in tackling Islamic extremism on campus, the interior minister warned Monday. Home Secretary Theresa May said universities were not taking the issue...

US student quits over 'appalling' Japan rant

LOS ANGELES- A US student whose "appalling" anti-Asian and anti-Japanese rant went viral on YouTube announced Friday she was quitting college, after receiving death threats. The University of...

Hamed bin Zayed inaugurates new campus of the University of Paris Sorbonne Abu Dhabi on Al Reem Island

Abu Dhabi - Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Chairmanof Abu Dhabi Education...

US college students don't learn core skills: study

WASHINGTON- A large number of US university students fail to develop critical thinking, reasoning and writing skills because of easy classes and too little time spent studying, a study found...

Controversial university reform passed by Italian Senate

ROME- The Italian Senate on Thursday approved a plan by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to radically reform the university system that has sparked mass student protests. The university...

US, Indian universities deepen ties

NEW DELHI- A leading American university Wednesday announced a tie-up with an Indian business school in a further sign of foreign institutions looking to benefit from India's giant further education...

Chinese university recruits HIV pioneer Montagnier

SHANGHAI- A Chinese university said Saturday it had recruited Luc Montagnier, the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine who jointly discovered the virus that causes AIDS. Jiaotong University...

Court orders police off Egypt campuses

CAIRO- An Egyptian court issued a final ruling on Saturday against the permanent presence of police on university campuses, saying they restricted academic independence. The administrative court...

Runaway chimp joins university class in Gaza

GAZA CITY- A female student at Al-Quds University in the Gaza Strip attended class on Saturday only to find she was not the first to arrive and had been beaten to it by a young male chimpanzee....
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