In 2018, the University of Sheffield made a bold move of establishing solitary LGBT accommodation flats. Thus, it became the first university in the United Kingdom to take such a direction. Initially, stereotypes were inevitable as the coverage of the LGBT flats was based on exaggeration and untruths. For instance, the public was made to […]
The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) reveals thirty-nine percent (39%) wage gap between black women and white men after analysis of statistics from the 2018 United States (US) Census Bureau. Data show that black women received sixty-one (61) cents to every one dollar ($1) earned by white men. The disparity is more evident among female […]
According to Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), girls surpass boys for the first time in A-level science entries this 2019. The entries reached fifty and three-tenths percent (50.3%) in science fields such as biology, physics, and chemistry. It was hailed by scientists as “a cause for celebration” since female students started to take the initiative […]
Attainment standards in reading and math have been adjusted upwards in almost every state in the United States for the last ten (10) years. Expressly, each state has the mandate of setting individualistic standards on what proficiency should entail in every subject. According to research by the National Center on Education Statistics, state assessment tests […]
Josh Stein, North Carolina’s attorney general, adjudged Robocalls as “scourge, scamming and annoying” and urged industry players to eliminate robocalls. Robocalls are phone calls that utilize computerized autodialers in the delivery of illegitimate pre-recorded information. They have become a menace in the US. As a result, various US state attorneys and telecom companies resolved to […]
A student at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has developed a 3D model of a human kidney, which can be used to improve the practical training of surgeons in the field. Surgeons from all fields of medicine will be able to benefit from such 3D models, and most often, such practice will be aimed […]
Philippine SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) obtained a net positive score (NPS) of almost ninety-three and a half percent (93.3%), making them second in the region after Vietnamese SMEs recorded ninety-four percent (94%). Based on a survey carried out by Ernst & Young Global Ltd.(EY), a UK audit firm, Philippine SMEs are optimistic about growth […]
As the Amazon rainforest is being ravaged by wildfires, conservationists and Brazil’s government leaders roast each other in social media. Conservationists have blamed Brazil’s government for Amazon’s plight charging Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro as encouraging the clearing of land by loggers and farmers, thereby speeding up the deforestation of the rainforest. The result is very […]
The University Grants Commission (UGC) of India has announced that they are currently looking to achieve a thirty percent (30%) enrolment rate in higher education institutions in the country by 2020. Currently, the enrolment rate of the country is a little over twenty percent (25.4%); however, the UGC is going to aim to achieve thirty […]
China started the five-year plan on implementing 5G technology from 2015 to 2020. According to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), eight (8) million new jobs are set by 2030. It was also released that China spent a total of nine hundred billion US dollars ($900 billion) so far which exceeded the […]
