Codecademy scholarships offer silver lining amid prolonged school closures E-Learning United States

10,000 Codecademy scholarships offer silver lining amid prolonged school closures

Leading online education platform Codecademy is offering ten thousand free Codecademy scholarships to high school and college students around the world to help them make the most of prolonged school and college closures and learn to code in the most fun and interactive way. The deadly coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the workplace and school […]

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Fast-tracking medical student requirements in UK to help fight off the COVID-19 outbreak

Medical students in the UK are expected to skip clinical trials and fast-track registration as licensed doctors. Fast-tracking requirements of graduating medical students in the UK The recent crisis on the COVID-19 outbreak is pushing medical schools in the UK to push through in a hasty manner the accreditation of graduating medical students to be […]

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Traditional Chinese Medicine and Covid-19 face-off, risks worth taking?

Traditional Chinese Medicine in a face-off versus Covid-19? China’s National Health Commission (NHC) issued a notice asking medical institutions to “actively promote the role of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) during treatment” of coronavirus (Covid-19). In a bid for risk mitigation, China is dealing with the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the steps that can […]

BAME mentoring of white academics fizzles in Cambridge Europe Social Issues

BAME mentoring of white academics fizzles in Cambridge

BAME mentoring program is about bringing different ethnicities together and creating an environment where all can thrive. However, the program has faced challenges with some speculating that it might be shutting down. Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff (BAME) mentoring scheme for senior white peers at Cambridge University is facing difficulties according to Joanna Jasiewicz, […]

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Teaching on Twitch: Terrible for Robert Yang, an innovative NYC professor

Robert Yang, a professor and software developer at New York University Game Center, instructs a course on sociology to his students through teaching on Twitch. However, he has been experiencing mixed results teaching on the Twitch software due to echo. Conventionally, Yang does not stream content in his classes but recently, he has been compelled […]