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Nigeria"s universities need to revamp their entrepreneurship courses. They"re not meeting student needs

Youth unemployment has been a problem in Nigeria for decades. This is why policymakers are increasingly turning to entrepreneurship education as a solution. It is hoped that entrepreneurship will reduce reliance on formal jobs and create more opportu.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxNov 1st, 2024

Math-selective US universities reduce gender gap in STEM fields, analysis finds

Nationally, men in colleges and universities currently outpace women in earning physics, engineering, and computer science (PECS) degrees by an approximate ratio of 4:1. To better understand the factors driving these gaps, NYU researchers analyzed ba.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Arts universities found to have significant societal role in promoting social sustainability

In her doctoral research, Outi Niemensivu explores how arts universities' principles of internationalization and social sustainability intersect and are realized in local, intercultural contexts......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Study reveals importance of student-teacher relationships in early childhood education

Are student–teacher relationships critical to early childhood education? With roughly 33 million students enrolled in public elementary school education throughout the United States, (National Center for Education Statistics, 2022), there is an acu.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 20th, 2024

Empowering entrepreneurship to advance inclusivity and deliver greater value

For Asper School of Business professor Kiran Pedada, rigorous and thorough academic research is also personal, passionate, and a way to broaden perspectives. Together with colleagues, Pedada, Assistant Professor of Marketing and The Associates Fellow.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

Research challenges traditional wisdom on entrepreneurship among marginalized groups

Research in the International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, is set to challenge the received wisdom on entrepreneurship among marginalized groups, particularly people with disabilities. The work shows how inclusivity and diversity can per.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

A clean break: Scientists convert plastics into soaps and detergents

As an undergraduate student at Zhejiang University in eastern China, Greg Liu went with some of his classmates on a university-sponsored trip to tour a host of chemical industries within the area......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 18th, 2024

Student-free days may be tricky for parents, but they can be vital for teachers and schools

Pupil-free or student-free days may seem like an extra holiday for students and an inconvenience for parents, who are juggling work and family......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 15th, 2024

44,000 deaths and $10 billion: Study quantifies annual cost of child marriage in Nigeria

A study authored by Xiangming Fang, a research associate professor in the Georgia State University School of Public Health, provides the first estimates of the significant economic burden that child marriage imposes on the people and economy of Niger.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 15th, 2024

Microsoft brought back this feature to the new version of Outlook

Microsoft aims to revamp the new Outlook with a pair of Narrator features that make checking your emails easier......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 15th, 2024

BAFTA-nominated actors five times more likely to have attended private school than UK population

New research from the Sutton Trust, including work by Dr. Mark Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods in the School of Education, highlights the disparity within creative jobs and related higher education courses. Those who attended private.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024

Poor teacher training partly to blame for stalled engineering diversity goals

Diversifying the science, technology, engineering and math fields has long been a top priority of many universities and tech companies. It's also a goal of the National Science Foundation, the biggest funder of university-led research and development.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024

Early Black Friday Lenovo Laptop deals 2024: 20% off the best Lenovo Laptops

All kinds of Lenovo laptops are on sale for Cyber Monday, so whether you're a student, a work-from-home employee, or a gamer, there's an offer waiting for you......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 14th, 2024

Book examines the appeal of military rule

On a college trip to Nigeria, Assoc. Prof. Samuel Fury Childs Daly was struck by just how many people wore uniforms. There were different colors and every pattern of camouflage imaginable; some were conventional military uniforms, while others were b.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

New type of weather radiosonde can find its way back to where it was launched

Some 80% of weather radiosondes—remote measurement instruments containing plastic, batteries and electronic parts—end up lost in nature after one flight. But a startup created by an EPFL master's student is set to change that with a new, ultra-li.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

BeReal: The attention war on social media

During a vocational training class one morning, the teacher was discussing the possible solutions to a problem with her students when a notification signal suddenly rang out from a mobile phone. A student took his device out of his backpack, and aske.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

Rising student absenteeism may be hurting teacher job satisfaction

As student absenteeism reaches record highs in schools across the United States, new research finds that student absences are linked to lower teacher job satisfaction, raising concerns that this may exacerbate growing teacher shortages. The findings.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

Birds, bees and bats working together means more macadamia nuts

An international research team led by the universities of Göttingen and Hohenheim in Germany has gained new insights into how the interaction of birds, bees and bats significantly increases the quantity and quality of macadamia nuts. Furthermore, th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 12th, 2024

How a stubborn computer scientist accidentally launched the deep learning boom

"You’ve taken this idea way too far," a mentor told Prof. Fei-Fei Li. During my first semester as a computer science graduate student at Princeton, I took COS 402: Artificial In.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 11th, 2024

Student fees set to rise in UK but at what cost to graduates" mental health?

After months of discussion and speculation about how British universities will fill budget deficits, the UK government confirmed that tuition fees will be increasing to £9,535 a year in England in 2025. The impact of this price rise on graduates' me.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsNov 10th, 2024

I hate the new Photos app in iOS 18

After many years, Apple decided to revamp the Photos app in iOS 18. And I can't stand it......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 10th, 2024