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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

2025 Swift Student Challenge submissions will open in February

Apple has announced that its next annual Swift Student Challenge will open for submissions in February 2025. You can sign up today to be notified when applications open. As usual, Apple will select 350 winners, and the top 50 of them will be invit.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Study shows how international student mobility can reduce poverty in low and middle-income countries

A new study exploring the effects of international student mobility has found that foreign-educated graduates reduce extreme poverty in low and middle-income countries. The paper, published in the International Journal of Educational Research, uses d.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

71% of Australian university staff are using AI. What are they using it for? What about those who aren"t?

Since ChatGPT was released at the end of 2022, there has been a lot of speculation about the actual and potential impact of generative AI on universities......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

34 of the best MIT courses you can take online for free

The best free online courses from MIT. Find lessons on AI, machine learning, investing, and more. TL;DR: A wide range of online courses from MIT are available to take for free on edX. A massive bank of free online courses can be found on edX. A.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 4th, 2024

Combating promotion and tenure bias against Black and Hispanic faculty

Black and Hispanic faculty members seeking promotion at research universities face career-damaging biases, with their scholarly production judged more harshly than that of their peers, according to an initiative co-led by the University of California.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 4th, 2024

Decolonizing the curriculum hasn"t closed the gap between Black and white students in the UK: Here"s what might work

Students at UK universities are less likely to get a top degree—a first or 2:1—if they are from an ethnic minority......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Best Buy is selling a great Lenovo student laptop for just $330 right now

There's a huge $220 off the Lenovo Flex 5i at Best Buy. It's the ideal touchscreen 2-in-1 laptop for students on a tight budget. Here's what to expect......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Qobuz adds a student plan for $5 per month

French hi-res music streaming service Qobuz has a more affordable price for enrolled students......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Viewpoint: Indigenous students and faculty are on the rise, and universities have a moral obligation to support them

As we close out September, universities across Canada are well into their new year of learning. An exciting change is underway. An increasing number of First Nations, Inuit and Métis students have enrolled in post-secondary studies......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Study suggests simple steps that may improve team ethics

Instead of ending a group meeting asking if anyone has any questions, a professor at UT Arlington suggests asking participants if they can think of anything that might go wrong with the plan discussed......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Retracing walrus ivory trade of Viking Age reveals early interactions between Europeans and Indigenous North Americans

By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ivory trade routes of the Viking Age. They found that Norse Vikings and Arctic Indigenous peoples were probably meeting and trad.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Plan to overturn commercial whaling moratorium sinks in Peru

A four-decade-old moratorium on commercial whaling will remain in force after a proposal to overturn it was withdrawn Thursday at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Peru's capital Lima......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Shedding light on a decades-old protein sorting mystery

Christian de Caestecker, a Ph.D. student in the lab of Ian Macara, Louise B. McGavock Professor and chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, has proposed and validated a mechanism that addresses a decades-old mystery surrounding epi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Swing and a miss? Why golf in Australia is struggling to attract women and girls

Prestigious Victorian golf club 13th Beach Golf Links, famed for award-winning courses and hosting the Victorian Open, has found itself in the middle of a controversy......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 25th, 2024

Daily 5 report for Sept. 24: EV realities set in at Automotive News Congress

It's not all doom and gloom despite EV sales not meeting growth expectations, but clearly the time for happy talk has ended......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsSep 25th, 2024

In the room where it happened: When NASA nearly gave Boeing all the crew funding

"In all my years of working with Boeing I never saw them sign up for additional work for free." Enlarge / But for a fateful meeting in the summer of 2014, Crew Dragon probably never would have happened. (credit: SpaceX).....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsSep 24th, 2024

Six initiatives for prioritizing undergraduate student well-being

In a perspective, Holly C. White and colleagues argue that student well-being should be a goal of pedagogy, along with traditional metrics such as GPA and student retention. Despite evidence linking certain academic experiences with well-being outcom.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 24th, 2024

California becomes latest state to restrict student smartphone use at school

School districts in California will have to create rules restricting student smartphone use under a new law Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Monday......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsSep 24th, 2024

Colleges barred from offering money to student-athletes are offering them multimillion-dollar coaches instead

West Virginia University research has revealed that college football coaches' paychecks influence the quality of the players they're able to recruit......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsSep 24th, 2024

Colombia"s Inirida flower: from "weed" to emblem for UN meeting

When Ruben Dario Carianil began cultivating the unusual, pointy Inirida flower in the Colombian Amazon ten years ago, his relatives made fun of him for growing "weeds.".....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 23rd, 2024