Higher Education

Amrita University Steps Up to Support Indian Medics Fighting COVID-19

KOLLAM, India, April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The front-line fighters against COVID-19, namely the healthcare workers world over, are facing shortages of critical medical supplies. Due to this, several doctors and nurses are contracting COVID-19, sometimes even succumbing to this deadly virus. Th...

2020-04-17 19:00 2369

New cancer treatments could follow research into cancer evolution

SUZHOU, China, April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- New treatments designed to prevent cancer from developing, based on changing the microenvironment in which cancer cells evolve, could be both feasible and effective. This is the outcome of research published by Open Biology today, exploring the theor...

2020-04-16 04:49 1934

Pascale Cossart, Sven Hagströmer, and Thomas Sakmar Appointed Honorary Doctors at KI 2020

STOCKHOLM, April 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Three new honorary doctors have been appointed by The Board of Research atKarolinska Institutet. Pascale Cossart, Sven Hagströmer, andThomas Sakmar will have their doctorates formally conferred atStockholm City Hall on 13 November 2020. An honorary docto...

2020-04-15 19:30 1110

SKEMA Business School's EQUIS Accreditation Renewed for Another Five Years

PARIS, April 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The accreditation body of EQUIS (EFMD) has just voted to reaccredit SKEMA Business School for five years, the maximum duration of the accreditation. Alice Guilhon SKEMA Business School - Photo by ...

2020-04-15 09:07 3063

Cialfo Launches Free Version to Help Students Apply to College During COVID-19

WASHINGTON, April 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In light of school closures globally, Cialfo today announced that their college and career readiness platform is available free of charge to all high schools worldwide. The free plan launches next week and is currently accepting registrations.  This ann...

2020-04-13 12:21 1637

Huawei and UNESCO IITE & UNESCO-ICHEI Organize Webinar for Online Higher Education to Practice Its Learn ON Program

SHENZHEN, China, April 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 11th, Huawei held a live webinar for online higher education to help ensure continuous online education during the suspension of schools and universities. The webinar, as a special part of Huawei's Learn ON Program, was jointly organized by...

2020-04-13 08:38 5776

Tarena Announces New Chief Executive Officer and Board Committee Changes

BEIJING, April 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Tarena International, Inc. (Nasdaq: TEDU) ("Tarena" or the "Company"), today announced that its board of directors (the "Board") has appointed Mr.Yongji Sun as the Company's Chief Executive Officer, effective onApril 9, 2020. While resigning from the positio...

2020-04-09 20:00 11379

NUS Expands its Quantum Computing Efforts in Southeast Asia with IBM

SINGAPORE, April 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) today announced a new three-year collaboration in quantum computing research and training. At NUS, the partnership will be led by the Quantum Engineering Programme (QEP), a national initiative ...

2020-04-09 08:00 6199

Program Keusahawanan Taylor's-CIMB Islamic takes its community programmes online

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylor's Education Group and CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad ("CIMB Islamic" or "the Bank") have unveiled a joint effort to take their yearly entrepreneurial programme, "Program Keusahawanan Taylor's-CIMB Islamic" ("the Programme"), into the digita...

2020-04-08 09:30 3786

Bracing for a long battle against COVID-19: General Use Face Shields designed by PolyU ready for mass production

HONG KONG, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The situation in Hong Kong has become more critical amid the rise of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections. Experts have warned that members of the public should prepare for a long fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past few months, The Hong Ko...

2020-04-02 21:02 2580

Sunlands Technology Group Announces Management Change

BEIJING, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunlands Technology Group (NYSE: STG) ("Sunlands" or the "Company"), a leader inChina's online post-secondary and professional education, today announced Mr.Steven Yipeng Li, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, has tendered his resignation for personal re...

2020-04-02 20:34 6744

#ToughTimesTogether Wave 3 HKBN Offers Career Kickstarter to 100 University Graduates

HONG KONG, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In line with its core purpose to "Make Our Home a Better Place to Live", HKBN Group ("HKBN" or the "Group") today announced the launch of"#ToughTimesTogether - Career Kickstarter for Graduates" . This programme offers 100 university graduates a three-month ...

2020-04-02 18:04 2581

Great Learning Launches 'Great Learning Academy'

Offers free online courses with high quality content in career critical skills like Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing and Digital Marketing NEW DELHI, April 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Learning, one of Asia's leading or one of the leading global players w...

2020-04-01 14:51 1512

IMA(R) Launches New Data Analytics & Visualization Fundamentals Certificate(TM)

SINGAPORE, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants), the association of accountants and financial professionals in business, has announced a newIMA Data Analytics & Visualization Fundamentals Certificate™

2020-03-30 18:03 2674

Preply Raises $10 million as Online Language Learning Comes Into Its Own

LONDON, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Online learning platform, Preply , today announces an additional USD $10 million of funding, doubling the total raised in its' previous rounds.  The funding will be invested to grow the Preply network of 10,000 verified tutors teachi...

2020-03-30 16:00 3348

PHBS, CJBS, and Qianhai Authority Sign Memorandum of Intent for a Joint Initiative in Shenzhen

SHENZHEN, China, March 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS), theUniversity of Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS), and Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone ofShenzhen ("Qianhai") signed a memorandum of intent (MOI) to jointly adv...

2020-03-28 15:27 1832

Sunlands Technology Group Announces Unaudited Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Financial Results

Q4 net revenues decreased by 3.4% year-over-year Q4 gross billings (non-GAAP) decreased by 15.5% year-over-year Q4 new student enrollments[1] decreased by 22.6% year-over-year BEIJING, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunlands Technology Group (NYSE: STG) ("Sunlands" or the "Company"), a leader inCh...

2020-03-27 19:19 5562

CamScanner Provides Free Premium Service to Educational Institutions Until the End of June

SHANGHAI, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CamScanner, a document scanning and sharing app has made its premium service free to educational institutionsuntil the end of June. From March 21 to June 30, 2020, users creating email accounts with domain name ending with.edu on CamScanner can enjoy prem...

2020-03-27 15:49 15047

PHBS Alumni Donate COVID-19 Test Kits to UK Hospitals

Shenzhen, China, March 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Threatened by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, the whole world is in urgent need of medical supplies to take preventive measures and to diagnose patients who have contracted the virus. Eleven board members of Peking University HSBC Busines...

2020-03-27 11:20 1696

Two-thirds of businesses worldwide are willing to share their data with third-parties, says MIT Technology Review Insights

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SINGAPORE, March 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A new research program by MIT Technology Review Insights explores trends in global AI adoption and the potential for companies across industries to share data with each other in the future. The program, The global AI agenda, is devel...

2020-03-26 22:00 2066
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