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South Korea Commits $9 Million for Scholarships in Sub-Saharan Africa
News Education Study Abroad International News
December 13, 2018
Earlier this year in Nairobi, the South Korean government announced that it would provide $9 million to support the Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF) in Africa. Now comes news that the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) has signed a $3.8 million grant agreement with the World Bank as part of the larger scheme.
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Australian-German Collaboration Aims to Change Lives
News Education Study Abroad International News
December 6, 2018
Early career university researchers from Australia and Germany are ramping up their collaborative efforts thanks to the Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme. Now comes news of $2.7 million in funding for two projects -- one for customized 3D bone implants and the other for low-cost de...
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Why Female Department Chairs Matter
News Education International News
November 29, 2018
We often talk about the importance of gender diversity on college campuses -- particularly as it relates to institutional leadership. Now more concrete evidence on the value of female chairs has emerged. Let's take a closer look at the issue.
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Number of Later-in-Life PhD students rises
News Education International News
November 15, 2018
'Lifelong learning' is one of the biggest buzzwords in education right now. Recent news from both Canada and the US indicates people of all ages are eager to get in on the educational action, including more older students in pursuit of PhDs -- many of them without plans to work in their fields. Here...
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Humanities PhDs: It’s Good Now But It Gets Even Better
News Education
November 8, 2018
Humanities PhDs don’t always have the easiest path. In fact, between an extremely competitive job market and high student debt, life with a humanities doctorate has its fair share of obstacles. If you’re thinking of letting these obstacles deter you from graduate school, however, a survey by the...
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Is Author Gender Linked with Research Impact and Usefulness?
News Education International News
November 7, 2018
Gender disparities in academia have been widely discussed, with research suggesting that male researchers not only produce more papers every year, but are also more cited overall. Now comes news, however, that women -- while often under-represented in academia -- may actually have a greater educatio...
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European Research Funders Want To Cut Ties With Journal Subscriptions
News Education International News
October 25, 2018
A radical new open-access plan in Europe could spell doom and gloom for scientific journal subscriptions, but also open up research. Let's take a closer look.
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Grad Student Makes Quantum Leap in Computing
News Education International News
October 18, 2018
If any field of computing is outside the box it's quantum computing. It's theoretical and confusing. One grad student, though, has just answered an essential question in the field. The big discovery took her eight years. Let's take a closer look.
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How is Brexit Affecting Higher Education in The UK?
News Education Study Abroad Visa International News
October 5, 2018
Earlier this year, the UK’s Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) released data for the 2016-2017 year. While significant in and of itself, the report was particularly significant for one reason: the 2016-2017 academic year was the first to fall entirely post-Brexit. Here’s a closer look at ...
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How One Man's PhD Inspired Improv With a Robot
News Education International News
September 27, 2018
A robot and a scientist walk into a bar... So begins the marriage of comedy and robots. Turns out robots are funny, at least when artificial intelligence, or AI, is involved. Let's take a closer look at how AI led to comedy for a PhD student.

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South Korea Commits $9 Million for Scholarships in Sub-Saharan Africa
December 13, 2018

Earlier this year in Nairobi, the South Korean government announced that it would provide $9 million to support the Regional Scholarship and Innovatio...

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Australian-German Collaboration Aims to Change Lives
December 6, 2018

Early career university researchers from Australia and Germany are ramping up their collaborative efforts thanks to the Australia-Germany Joint Resear...

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Why Female Department Chairs Matter
November 29, 2018

We often talk about the importance of gender diversity on college campuses -- particularly as it relates to institutional leadership. Now more concret...

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