Education
Parental education brings large benefits for child survival, researchers find
SEATTLE, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study conducted by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine and the Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research (CHAIN) found significant reductions in children's risk o...
CGTN: Education in China's fight against poverty: Leaving no one behind
BEIJING, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- An old Chinese saying goes "to dig a well, you begin with a shallow pit and eventually get a deep one." The sentence means that a long journey starts with a single step. It comes from "Liu Zi · Chong Xue," a book written around 1,500 years ago. &amp...
Huawei held the Asia-Pacific Higher Education Innovation Forum: The Digital Transformation of Higher Education
SINGAPORE, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Themed "Embracing the New Era of Intelligent Education", Huawei recently held the Asia-Pacific Higher Education Innovation Forum through live streaming. The forum invited renowned industry experts from UNESCO ICHEI, NUS, Open University,Thammasat University...
Taylor's University still #1 in Malaysia and Southeast Asia in new QS rankings
SUBANG JAYA, Malaysia, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylor's University kicks off the QS World University Rankings 2022 series with a repeat outstanding performance, as the university leaped a further 47 spots to rank 332 globally. The institution remains in the top league of universities in the ...
QS World University Rankings 2022
MIT celebrates decade as world's best university; Harvard falls to lowest rank
ever
LONDON, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher
education analysts, have today released the eighteenth edition of theQS World
University Rankings
Vietnam X Victoria (V2): Virtual Trade Mission Leverages Future Trade, Education and Investment Opportunities
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Through Global Victoria's newly opened Trade and Investment (VGTI) Vietnam office, the Victorian Government will deliver the inauguralVietnam x Victoria (V2): Virtual Trade Mission from 15 -25 June 2021 in both Melbourne and Ho Chi Minh City...
Students from JA Denmark Win First-Ever JA Global Entrepreneurship Award; Receive **s, Cash Prize, and Further Educational Opportunities
BOSTON, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Until recently, the highest award that a JA youth-entrepreneurship company could earn was the coveted first-place prize at one of JA's six regional competitions. But this year, JA Worldwide has added a global prize for student companies: The de la Vega Global ...
BIAL Award in Biomedicine worth 300,000 Euros, nominations until 30 June
PORTO, Portugal, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The second edition of the BIAL Award in Biomedicine is currently underway. Worth three hundred thousand Euros, this prize is intended to reward a work with exceptional quality results and scientific relevance published in the last ten years in the bro...
WeBank and SMU Nurture Future-Ready Fintech Talent with Blockchain Courses
SHENZHEN, China, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- WeBank, the world's leading digital bank and the first digital-only bank inChina, announced that its summer enrichment programme onFISCO BCOS[1] Blockchain Experience at the Singapore Management University (SMU), a premier university in Asia internati...
The Classroom Door (TCD) Launches Global Educational Platform Bringing Together Expert Tutors, Advisors And Proprietary College Counseling Content
Woman-owned virtual tutoring and college counseling marketplace to bring equity and access to all students MIAMI, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Classroom Door (TCD), a comprehensive global educational platform and tutoring marketplace that provides access to world-class tutors, certified teac...
Duke Kunshan University attracts largest, most diverse international class
KUNSHAN, China, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Kunshan University (DKU) in China will welcome its largest, most diverse class this fall after receiving record applications from international students, highlighting the growing interest in DKU's distinct liberal arts experience. Almost 180 stud...
United States/France: a new programme dedicated to the entertainment industry
PARIS, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SKEMA is launching a new programme with the prestigious US university UCLA Extension to meet the challenges of transformation and expansion in the entertainment industry sector (film, streaming platforms, television, concerts, etc.). From the start of term in S...
Global Chinese learning books exhibit & sell season begins in June
BEIJING, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 1, 2021 (Beijing Time), the first Sunshine Reading Program is launched inBeijing by China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Co., Ltd (CNPIEC) and China Soong Ching Ling Foundation. During the Program, Nearly 300 popular book titles on lear...
Hertie School mourns the loss of former President Henrik Enderlein
BERLIN, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing ofHenrik Enderlein, who served as President of the Hertie School until earlier this year and was a founding member of our faculty since 2005. Enderlein had been undergoing treatment for advanced cancer (mel...
Singapore-based Impact Investor Heritas Capital Announces US$60M First Close of Heritas Growth Fund III to Back Asian Emerging Champions Driving Sustainable Covid-19 Recovery
* Pan-Asia Impact Fund to back high-growth emerging champions developing smart platforms that enhance access to affordable quality healthcare and education for sustainable post-Covid recovery, in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) * Builds on successful track record of earlier ...
PolyU develops biomimetic nanosheet for cancer therapy and imaging
HONG KONG, May 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A research team from the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a novel type of biomimetic nanosheet with a multi-modal imaging function, which can track tumour development ...
An Taiwanese Hearing-impaired Actor, Easton Dong Calls Out the "Listen Love" Project, to Raise Concerns for Hearing-impaired Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
TAIPEI, May 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Listen Love" donation project, led by Easton Dong, a hearing-impaired actor inTaiwan, and co-sponsored by TaerInno, aims to bring transparent masks to hearing-impaired students. Mr. Dong advocates this campaign to bring people awareness of difficulties en...
OutSystems Platform Used by Asia Pacific College to Equip Students with Modern Application Development Skills
MANILA, Philippines, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- OutSystems, a leading modern application platform, today announced that it is integrating its platform with Asia Pacific College's School of Computing and Information Technologies curriculum. All second- and third-year students will learn modern ap...
Star Professor from UNNC was Invited in International Dialogue Programme 'Tianyi Talking' to celebrate the International Museum Day
NINGBO, China, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On 20th May 2020, as part of the International Museum Day activities, Ningbo Tianyige Museum introduced an international dialogue programme 'Tianyi Talking'. Dr. Mueller was invited to be the guest on the first programme and talk about the international...
Crystal Delta Empowers Educators to Deliver Web-Like Online Learning Experiences in Blackboard
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Crystal Delta
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