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Top universities 'doubled pay for senior staff'
Leading universities doubled their spending on senior staff in less than a decade, a report claims.
Russell Group universities spent £382m on staff earning £100,000 or more last year, twice as much as in 2003-04, the research suggests.
The study by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts says the proportion of spending on top staff rose from 1.8% to 3.8%.
The Russell Group said top st... |
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First edition Audubon book sells for $7.9m
NEW YORK: A full-size, complete first edition of John James Audubon’s “The Birds of America” sold for $7.9 million at auction on Friday in New York to a private American collector, Christie’s said.
The four-volume, bound “Duke of Portland” set of 435 hand-colored engravings in excellent condition and more than 3 feet (1 meter) in height is considered one of the most prized books of ornithologic... |
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Scholarships panel set up
Students studying abroad to get $20,000 - MUSCAT — Dr Rawya bint Saud al Busaidiya, Higher Education Minister, issued a ministerial decision to form a committee for 1,000 foreign scholarship. The committee will be in charge of preparing the registration process, unveiling the details of the study opportunities abroad, preparing the list of the recommended universities in each country, ensuring tha... |
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Chinese students get a taste of Europe work life
LONDON: Shan Jie has been working at the Radisson hotel in central London since July, waitressing in one of the restaurants or setting up for conferences.
The friendly 24-year-old laughs as she remembers how many glasses she broke by accident when she first started. Now she has settled into her job, where she is the only Chinese employee.
"Some of my colleagues ask me how to say things in Ch... |
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Social networking
It is now an almost impulsive act for many — turning on the computer and logging on to Facebook and Twitter. College students may say a quick ‘hi' to friends or check out new photographs and updates, but after that it is not merely campus gossip or the canteen fare that figure in their social networking activity. There is academic work happening too.
Students are putting to use the immense pote... |
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Design education for future economic growth :CHINA
China and other countries in the region are looking to improve design education. A number of new design schools have opened up in universities, and more are planned.
Manufacturing industry needs to "to move from cheap products that others specify to developing their own designs and brands," said John Heskett, acting head of the design school at Hong Kong's Polytechnic University (PolyU), where ... |
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Another world is not only possible, she is on her way
Two young girls from Pakistan took Pakistan’s name across the globe to the Unreasonable Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
The institute annually unites 25 high-impact entrepreneurs, to live and work with 50 world-class mentors in order to pitch their ventures to over hundreds of investors in San Francisco and Boulder.
The fellows obtain legal advice and design consulting and form relationship with... |
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Education for All
The State government has finally notified the rules under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.
While the notification was published in the Government gazette dated November 12, the rules were displayed in the public domain (www.tn.gov.in) on Tuesday evening.
With this, the State has taken an important milestone in ensuring education for all children between six a... |
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"future criminals" comments could be the reason to be fired
A first-grade teacher in New Jersey who described her students as "future criminals" on Facebook could be fired under a judge's decision issued this week after parents complained her remarks were offensive.
Administrative Law Judge Ellen Bass ruled that the Paterson teacher, Jennifer O'Brien, "demonstrated a complete lack of sensitivity to the world in which her students live" and recommended t... |
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Brain analysis can help predict psychosis: study
LONDON: Computer analysis of brain scans could help predict how serious or long term a psychotic patient's illness may become and help doctors make more accurate decisions about how best to treat them, researchers said on Monday.
In a study in the journal Psychological Medicine, scientists from King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry and University College London's computer science depa... |
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