Education
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Child marriage comes with a heavy cost for young girls in Africa – but there’s one clear way out
That’s one of the startling figures contained in a 2021 UNICEF report about child marriage. Sathiya Susuman Appunni The Conversation Africa’s sub-Saharan…
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Zim students stuck in Turkey
CYPRUS has said students lured to the country on dubious scholarship programmes are held in prisons in the Northern region…
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Five Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for conspiracy to ‘brainwash’ children with cartoons
Five Hong Kong speech therapists were sentenced to 19 months in jail for conspiracy to publish seditious children’s books, featuring…
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Modern language GCSEs continue to fall in popularity – but new research shows language knowledge will last you a lifetime
But this isn’t true. Language knowledge will stay in your brain for decades. Monika Schmid The Conversation In 2022, around 25,000…
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Five books you’ll like if you love The Odyssey
The poem, which tells of Odysseus’ return from the Trojan War, is both the origin of our concept of nostalgia…
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Primary school offering treatment hope for children with ‘callous-unemotional traits’
It’s the first clinic of its kind: purpose-built on primary school grounds to deliver a new therapy for children who…
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28-07-2022 – Εναλλακτικές Μέθοδοι Διδασκαλίας & Μάθησης μέσα από Γελοιογραφίες
Η Agora Dialogue διοργανώνει διαδικτυακή εκδήλωση με τίτλο «Εναλλακτικές Μέθοδοι Διδασκαλίας και Μάθησης μέσα από Γελοιογραφίες». 📌 Πέμπτη 28 Ιουλίου…
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‘Can you come to my party?’: What it’s like to have your novel studied at schools
For Maxine Beneba Clarke, the excitement of being included on school reading lists was quickly matched by the realities of…
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To tackle sexual violence at universities, topple the corporatised, box-ticking culture
On Wednesday, a survey of more than 40,000 Australian university students revealed that one in six has been harassed in…
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Africa’s Governments Can Do More to Protect Pregnant Students
Across Africa each year, tens of thousands of adolescent girls drop out of school or suffer discrimination or exclusion from schools because…
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An RMIT University project is giving asylum seekers a chance to transform their lives
Farzaneh Dehghani has just achieved her dream to graduate as a civil engineer. Stephanie Corsetti SBS Ms Dehghani, who came to Australia…
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Principals and teachers are vital to success for refugee families
As the American withdrawal from Afghanistan culminated in the tragic scenes at the Kabul airport in late August, Australians were…
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Kowanyama Aboriginal language program revives cultural connection
Kowanyama, north-west of Cairns, is home to three distinct language groups that were almost eradicated. Mark Rigby ABC News But…
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Institute of Turkish Studies Caught in Turkey’s Crackdown on Academic Freedom
Widely recognized as one of the most prestigious centers for Turkish studies, the ITS awarded research grants to more than…
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Free speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want, wherever. Here’s how to explain this to kids
Many protesters hold right-wing and extremist views. Authors : The Conversation Police say people have been arrested for breaching the…
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The School That Tried to End Racism aims high, but risks reinforcing race’s power
Are we marked at birth, trapped in a world where colour seals our fate? The ABC tried to answer those…
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