Further Education News

7:20 AM EST
2/6/2012 Abu Dhabi’s outsized cultural ambitionsAbu Dhabi’s resurrection of its three-museum project to promote the emirate as a go-to tourist destination will give a boost to its economy, but raises questions about the role Western cultural institutions in a Muslim country

Source:TML Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Arts, Economy, Business And Finance, Tourism And Leisure, Education, Further Education

1:12 PM EST
2/4/2012 American Lindsey Vonn picks up 50th World Cup victoryLindsey Vonn added a rare milestone to her accomplishments in what is a dominant season. Vonn earned her 50th World Cup victory Saturday.

Source:AHN Sports Topics:Sports, Alpine Skiing

8:37 PM EST
1/29/2012 Hoefl-Riesch denies Vonn sweep at St, Moritz with Super-combined winMaria Hoefl-Riesch picked up her first win of the season and denied Lindsey Vonn a sweep at St, Moritz with Super-combined win Sunday.

Source:AHN Sports Topics:Sports, Alpine Skiing, Combined

11:14 PM EST
12/4/2011 Lindsey Vonn completes sweep at Lake Louise with Super-G victoryLindsey Vonn won the super-G Sunday at Lake Louise to complete a weekend sweep of World Cup races. It was the first competition for the 27-year-old Vonn since she announced she was going through a divorce with her husband of four years.

Source:AHN Sports Topics:Sports, Alpine Skiing, Super G

11:08 AM EST
11/7/2011 Thousands of girls forced out of educationPoverty, abuse and cultural practices are preventing a third of Zimbabwean girls from attending primary school and 67 percent from attending secondary school, denying them a basic education, according to a recent study which found alarming dropout rates for girls.

Source:IRIN Topics:Social Issue, People, Children, Education, Further Education

7:34 AM EST
11/7/2011 Education critical to build on Karamoja's new-found security"We need a generation that looks at things differently and we will only get that if they go to school," says James Bisheko, who spent two years in Karamoja as a project manager with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Education, Further Education

8:26 AM EDT
11/4/2011 Ethnic minorities face higher school drop-out riskEthnic minority children in Bangladesh from the southeast Chittagong Hill Tracts are among the country's least literate and at heightened risk of dropping out of school, say experts and community leaders.

Source:IRIN Topics:Social Issue, People, Children, Education, Further Education

8:19 AM EDT
11/4/2011 Education - could do better in the eastThe decades-long conflict has ended in Sri Lanka, but the damage to the country's educational system lingers, particularly in the disaster-prone east, say families and experts.

Source:IRIN Topics:Education, Further Education

8:10 AM EDT
11/4/2011 Changing the mindset around blindnessIn Sierra Leone misconceptions about blindness are widespread, and people often blame blindness and other disabilities on witchcraft, but local and international work is being done to reduce stigma and open up opportunities, according to campaigners.

Source:IRIN Topics:Education, Further Education, Social Issue, Disabled

2:09 PM EDT
9/13/2011 Applications for business school on breakApplications for two-year, full time M.B.A. programs that start this fall have fallen an average of 9.9 percent from last year.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Business, Institution, Education, Further Education