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It’s time to celebrate the people behind our community 🏆
Nominations for the 2026 GÉANT Community Award are open, and we need your help to recognise individuals across our global #Research & #Education networking community whose work made a real impact.
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The less educated you are, the more likely you'll vote for Trump/MAGA.
And this is why Republicans:
▫️defund the Dept of Education
▫️ban books
▫️call college a scam
▫️tell people to go to trade schools
Two surveys from the WSJ & FOX News below:
#trump #education

Which instrument should you play?
#music #education

"Schools told to keep children indoors and flights cancelled as air pollution peaks in Sarajevo"
#Sarajevo #Education

Air pollution is keeping children indoors in Bosnian capital
IQAir has ranked the air quality as “unhealthy".

A taste of "empires and vassal states" for boomers and later generations:
#imperialism #experience #education #history #USA #Venezuela

Defunding the Dept of Education.
Calling colleges "a scam".
Denouncing #science.
Cutting public TV/radio.
Banning books.
Republicans advocate ignorance, denounce #education & push non-intellectual pursuits... because educated voters don't vote

🛡️ 25 years of security in #Research & #Education
For over two decades, GÉANT & the European NREN community have helped shape the R&E #security landscape, combining technical expertise with…

Defunding the Dept of Education.
Calling colleges "a scam".
Denouncing #science.
Cutting public TV/radio.
Banning books.
Republicans advocate ignorance, denounce #education & push non-intellectual pursuits... because educated voters don't vote

If you want common knowledge to be true,
you have to let true knowledge be common.
-- Joe Hanson, from his Be Smart TV show episode named "7 Scientific Urban Legends Debunked!"
#Love #Caring #Education

"Poland’s Ministry Of Health Pledges Plant-Based Meals For Schools And Nurseries"
#Poland #Food #Education

Poland's Ministry Of Health Pledges Plant-Based Meals For Schools And Nurseries
Poland is expected to introduce plant-based meals in schools and nurseries after it pledged to update its draft nutrition guidance

An incredible legal victory today, won by faculty!!! Thank you American Association of University Professors and #UCLA_Faculty for standing up for #AcademicFreedom, #Education,

"'I Go Green': Children in Cyprus schools lead the way in environmental protection"
#Cyprus #Environment #Education

Cyprus schoolchildren lead the way in environmental protection
The programme is starting to deliver results, with Cyprus school children at the forefront of the effort

Oh look, the #BCNDP Government finally noticed the Post-Secondary system is collapsing. *slowclap*
Can hardly wait for that report next spring... maybe I will still have a job by then...
PS: I have a crazy idea: perhaps post-secondary should be majority-funded by government, not by exploitative international tuitions that can just *disappear*)
PPS: Domestic enrolment is not declining in any significant kind of way in the sector. From the “State of Post Secondary Education in Canada 2025” by Alex Usher:
"This decline in per-student funding is therefore not primarily a result of a significant decline in total funding; rather, it is a result of expenditures remaining more or less
constant while enrollments increased.”
WHICH IS WHAT EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR DECADES
#layoffs #education #educationIsaRight #PostSecondary #VIU #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #University #College
https://albernivalleynews.com/2025/11/25/b-c-launches-independent-review-of-post-secondary-education-system/

That moment when Mallory O'Brien realizes Deputy White House Communications Director, Sam Seaborn, is a champion for national education... & as a public school teacher, her hero. 😁
#thewestwing #education

You still have time to submit a proposal for GÉANT Security Days 2026 🔒
Now in its third year, #SecurityDays brings together the #Research & #Education community to share real-world experiences…

"How to empower teachers and help students prepare for a sustainable future"
#Sustainability #Education

How to empower teachers and help students prepare for a sustainable future
Teachers play a pivotal role in helping young people live with futures shaped by local and global environmental challenges.

#Republicans view #education as BAD. This is why people like Mike Rowe gaslight people with simpleton arguments that trade schools & rote physical labor is better & "#college is a sca…

just registered for my continuing Spanish (200) class next semester.
The enrollment problems at VIU (and all across the sector) have made it difficult to fill these classes. The fall semester class didn't run because there were not enough students enrolled.
I really really hope it gets up to the number needed to run the course!
There always seems to be good uptake of the 100/101 classes but 200 is a struggle.
#Education #VIU #LifeLongLearning #Español

Remember the time when we all bemoaned people learning from "YouTube University"? What do we say now? 😭
*I do admire the hustle and entrepreneurial spirit of the kids in this piece.
#NYT #news #education #AI #LLM

RE: #Canada #DigitalSovereignty #Microsoft #Education #Work #M365 #Network #Cloud

Heute startet das #Wissenschaftsjahr 2026. 🧪📝 Das Motto: die #Medizin der Zukunft.
Aus unserer Sicht sind #Mastodon & #Fediverse die beste Wahl für #SocialMedia- #Wissenschaftskommunikation. Warum zeigt unsere #SocialMediaMatrix:
👉 #Wissenschafts-Akteuren folgen und empfehlen wir sie! Nutzen wir relevante Hashtags.
Viele Akteure findet ihr den #Startpaketen in der Antwort👇
#Science #SciComm #WissKomm #2026 #Bildung #FediLZ #FediCampus #education #research

Solidarity to union members and students facing cuts at North Island College. VIU and NIC have a friendly rivalry, but more importantly, we each serve as access-focused post-secondary institutions for portions of Vancouver Island north of Victoria.
The list of program suspensions is long. And unfortunately includes some skills in my field… but they are generally... broad cuts. I've included the list below.
The #BCNDP Government seems perfectly ok with post-secondary institutions in BC going through the worst cuts in at least 25 years (my career) and I would dare say - ever.
Adventure Guiding Certificate.
Hospital Unit Clerk Certificate.
Bachelor of Business Administration – Marketing.
Global Business Management Post-Graduate Diploma.
Digital Design and Development Post-Graduate Certificate.
Digital Design and Development Post-Graduate Diploma.
Web and Mobile Application Development Diploma.
Web Design Fundamentals Certificate.
Advanced Digital Design and Development Diploma.
Android Application Development Certificate.
Fine Arts Diploma.
Coastal Forestry Diploma.
Coastal Forestry Certificate.
Furniture Design and Joinery Certificate.
Human Services Diploma.
#Education #VIU #NIC #Courtenay #CampbellRiver #PortAlberni #BCPoli #NDP
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/north-island-college-program-cuts-9.7045740

🚀 Wow! Seit Montag ist die #Hochschulrektorenkonferenz #NeuHier im #Fediverse!
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Herzlich willkommen 👋, es freut uns sehr!
Mit gutem Beispiel voran für unabhängige und souveräne #Wissenschaftskommunikation!
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#WissKomm #SciComm #Science #Wissenschaft #Bildung #FediLZ #Universität #education #Hochschule #FediCampus #DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #SocialMedia #SaveSocial #WissXit #Musk

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