Young kids in the UK wants to be more involved in issues such as climate emergency and ecological crisis. The younger generation wants to be more involved The audience of interest in today’s climate emergency issues is getting younger, and it’s a good thing! Just last year, Greta Thunderberg, at age 16, took the stage […]
Coronavirus conspiracy theories arise after an outspoken critic of the epidemic suddenly went missing. A truth-teller went missing On the recent happenings in Wuhan, China, over the deadly coronavirus outbreak, a cause of concern and havoc emerges from conspiracy theories leaking out on social media sites everywhere. Especially now that one of the coronavirus whistleblowers, […]
Blatant data fabrication in international research journals is now a cause of concern in Indian educational institutions. Data fabrication in science journals Recently, a senior faculty in the Department of Urology at the Government Medical College and Hospital 32 (GMCH32) is under scrutiny over an alleged case of data fabrication in a published international journal […]
Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, is seeking $1 million funds from the state to pay off the lunch debt of students whose parents haven’t paid their bills. The Michigan governor proposal would also bar schools that receive money from this fund from stigmatizing students who have lunch debt. According to the proposed school, practices such as […]
President Donald Trump awarded an “opportunity scholarship” to a Philadelphian fourth-grader during the State of the Union address. Expanding school choice Last Tuesday’s State of the Union by President Donald Trump concluded with the awarding of an “opportunity scholarship” to a fourth-grader from Philadelphia. The opportunity scholarship that President Trump awarded gives the student the […]
The first Korean transgender student to qualify for an all-women university canceled her application at the last minute of enrollment. The First Korean transgender student in an all-women university A Korean transgender student who preferred to be anonymous was given an offer of admission into an all-women university in South Korea. This was the first-ever […]
British universities with branches in China have extended their academic resumption date after Beijing announced it would extend the closure of China’s higher education sector into March due to the continuous spread of the coronavirus. Nottingham, Birmingham City, and Leeds universities were among the British universities that delayed the return of academics and students until […]
Homophobia is now illegal in Switzerland, greenlighting an amendment to an anti-discrimination law that has not protected lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people. The referendum was vehemently opposed by the populist rightwing Swiss People’s Party (SVP), who noted that the law would stifle freedom of expression. Currently, the projection published by GFS Bern polling and […]
Researchers at the South China Agricultural Institute have linked the coronavirus source to the endangered pangolin as a potential intermediate host. According to reports, after testing of over 1,000 samples from wild animals, scientists from the university found the genome sequences of viruses in pangolins to be 99 percent identical to those on coronavirus patients. […]
UK students are staging protests over the proposed 14 days of strike action from university staff, which will reportedly disrupt their exams, dissertations, and coursework. The students are demanding a percentage of their tuition fees to be refunded due to the upcoming strikes. The strike is slated to run from 20 February to 13 March. […]
