Posts Tagged ‘Education’
Genome brings extinct man to “life” – news bulletin
Scientists in Denmark have reconstructed the nuclear genome of an extinct human being, shining new light on extinct cultures, heredity and disease. Julie Gordon reports.
Read MoreLiquid assets – Writing exercise
More about water use than business!
Read MoreAsian cities face population boom – news bulletin
Urban planners in India and Hong Kong face different challenges amid global population growth. Arnold Gay reports
Read MoreCambridge University’s outreach initiatives to schoolchildren – Writing Exercise
Most UK universities have outreach programmes for schoolchildren to encourage an interest in learning and universities. Here is one organised by Cambridge University!
Read MoreChina’s young elite take to polo – news bulletin
The popularity of polo is rising in China amongst the nation’s wealthiest children.
Read MoreJapan’s iPhone school
A Japanese university is bringing iPhones to the classroom, tracking attendance and aiming to enhance the classroom experience.
Read MoreMaria’s experiences as a postgraduate student in England
Maria is an American student who came to England to do a master’s degree in art conservation. Here she describes what the experience has been like.
Read MoreThinking about creativity – exercise 1
TED is a website that showcases often unknown speakers with powerful ideas to enable them to reach a global audience through web videos. Be warned! There is a noisy start to this video, in which Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. There are…
Read MoreCERN creates mini Big Bang – news bulletin
Scientists at the world’s foremost nuclear research facility are attempting to replicate the conditions under which our universe was created. Shannon Knapton reports.
Read MoreTaking classical music to children
Initiatives to introduce children and young people to classical music have a very long tradition in the UK. Often musicians and teachers have devoted huge parts of their lives to fostering links with orchestras and choirs, and maintaining them. This correspondence is typtical of some of the sort of correspondence which emerges every now and then in newspaper columns on the subject.
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