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Behind the #TNC26 branding concept: Part 2
It's a design that celebrates the spirit of Finland and our wonderful host, CSC, who are welcoming the global #Research & #Education networking community…

🎓 Why student samples can mislead: Higher education may shift values toward Western norms
#education

Why student samples can mislead: Higher education may shift values toward Western norms
A new study published in Nature Communications finds that worldwide, people with higher levels of education are more culturally similar to those in Canada, the U.S., U.K., and other Anglo, industrialized countries and countries in Western Europe.

"How Climate Education in Madagascar is Connecting Classrooms to Local Environmental Crisis"
#Madagascar #Climate #ClimateChange

How Climate Education in Madagascar is Connecting Classrooms to Local Environmental Crisis | Happy Eco News
Climate education in Madagascar offers a replicable model for countries seeking to align national education goals with urgent local environmental and development challenges.

While the financial picture seems to be stabilizing at VIU in Nanaimo, it has been a very rough past 2 years. The worst in my 25 years. I have seen so many colleagues forced into retirement and others, sessionals just not be around.
In total just on the Faculty, IT, Librarian and Advisory forces alone, my union has lost close to 100 members.
The really really frustrating thing is faculty unions and others have warned administration and government for YEARS... Decades... that the over reliance on massive international student fees and enrolments was a huge risk.
The chicken is now officially home and roosting and it sucks. We are deeply hurting the ability of our young people to be successful. 😢
(Trades and Staff are in different Unions - BCGEU and CUPE respectively - from VIUFA faculty at VIU. They have suffered greatly too. BCGEU possibly a little less as a percentage, but CUPE, definitely more. )
#bcpoli #education #higherEducation #viu #immigration

"Building and designing schools for clean air to protect health and the climate"
#Schools #Education #AirPollution

The first release of the EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP) is now live 🎉
This marks an important step towards simplifying and unifying access to Europe’s supercomputing ecosystem for researchers, businesses and public sector organisations.
Leveraging the trusted identity frameworks developed by GÉANT and the European #Research &

Teacher Appreciation Week should consist solely of letter writing campaigns to the school board and state calling for a 50% across the board pay increase for all faculty and a guaranteed inflation-adjustment raise every year.
#Education #Budget

"Do schools' car-free drop-offs really work?"
#Schools #Education #Cars #Vehicles

Do schools' car-free drop-offs really work?
It's a familiar sight at schools across the country: a line of slow-moving vehicles pulling up to the curb before a child jumps out. A similar scene plays out in the afternoons, only with children hopping into cars waiting to pick them up.

Washington English Center (WEC) offers daily English classes to adult immigrants, AM and PM, online and in person, for under $3 an hour.
#education

I am glad for this article. I have seen the decrease in young men coming to post-secondary in anything other than in trades. This is dangerous for society.
Add in the rise of the 'manosphere' and you have an incredibly toxic, anti-education push, that is directed squarely at men and is very often supported by government itself!
We must continue making progress to tear down patriarchy, and mysogyny. But that cannot mean we tear down boys, and the men they become. We have to replace the systems that we tear down with systems that are welcoming and support the development of all children and part of that is recognizing that right now, young boys in grade school are suffering.
#men #boys #manosphere #education

What new skills can you learn in the GÉANT Network eAcademy?
As #Research & #Education networks evolve, so do the skills needed to design, operate and secure them.
From automation and AI to quantum technologies and Time & Frequency, the landscape is moving fast.
And you can …

Very interesting podcast episode on how Mississippi public schools are improving reading ability. One tactic that surprised me was the use of "coaches" who sit in on lessons and correct a teacher's pronunciation (e.g., tortoise) on the spot. #mississippi #reading #teaching #education #podcast #nytimes #pronunciation https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/podcasts/the-daily/mississippi-schools-test-scores.html

🌍 AfricaConnect receives a €40 million boost from the EU to expand digital infrastructure for #Research & #Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Since 2011, AfricaConnect has strengthened R&E connectivity across the region. Now, with €40 million from the European Union under the Global Gatewa…

I guess it's "Public Education" be damned.
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"Don Avison, a former deputy minister of education and former board chair for Emily Carr University, has been tasked with suggesting fixes that don’t rely on additional provincial funding."
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me: Students, Insitituions, and previous NDP government reviews have been warning about this for years.
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"Freedom of Information requests obtained by student advocates showed that Wright was warning the province as early as 2023 about the dangers of colleges and universities relying on international student tuition — and that further increasing international enrolment wouldn’t solve financial issues."
"In its submission to Avison, the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators said the undermining of B.C.’s resource economy by U.S. tariffs makes having a robust system of post-secondary education outside the Lower Mainland even more vital.
It said public post-secondary institutions are “widening access, stabilizing households, and giving people the tools to stand on their own two feet.”"
#bcpoli #education #publiceducation #postsecondary #viu

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#2MR-Session »#Wissenschaftskommunikation & Stiftungen«, stiftungen.social:
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