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Children’s Sleep Barely Affected By Screen Time, Suggests Oxford Study

The amount of time children spend on electronic devices has little influence on their sleeping hours, a latest study by Oxford University suggests. This study was carried-out by the Oxford Internet Institute,  a multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the

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Wanna Study Psychology? These Are The Best Universities For It

If you are planning to study psychology at the university level, the US has some of the best institutions in the world for the purpose, as revealed by the Times Higher Education Rankings 2019 and Stanford University is the best

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Education Not Enough To End Income Inequality: OECD Social Mobility Report

For each year that a child spends in education, the gap between the rich and poor grows wider, according to a new OECD social mobility report. With a manifold increase in income inequality since 1990s, social mobility factors have stalled,

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Teachers In China Enjoy Highest Status, Says Latest International Survey

Teachers wishing to enjoy a high stature in society should move to China, Malaysia or Taiwan, as these are the countries that give most respect to teachers and the teaching profession. The findings were highlighted by an international survey by Varkey

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Oxford Best University For Clinical And Health Sciences

American universities have dominated the Times Higher Education Rankings’ 2019 table for clinical, pre-clinical and health subjects subjects, although Oxford was still the best university for clinical and health sciences in the world for the eighth consecutive year.

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Saudi Universities Top QS Arab Region University Rankings 2019

Saudi Arabia dominated the QS Arab Region University Rankings 2019 with 23 of the country’s universities making it to the top 50. Three Saudi universities secured a place in the top 10, including the number 1 spot in the latest

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Suicide Rates Among Japan’s School-Goers Hit 30-Year High

There has been an alarming rise in suicide rates among Japan’s high schoolers during the last three decades despite the overall suicide rates declining due to preventive measures by the government, the Japanese education ministry said the other day.

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Education Spending In India Has Been Inadequate, Says Shashi Tharoor

Renowned Indian lawmaker Shashi Tharoor has said that successive Indian governments failed to spend adequately on education and health sectors in the country, with budget allocations having been low.

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Tips For Writing Statement Of Purpose For DAAD Scholarship

Jean de Dieu Cirhigiri is a DAAD scholar currently pursuing his Masters in Public Policy from Germany. His scholarship award is not only helping him fund his academic programme, but also adding value to his professional career. In a conversation

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HEC-NACTA Collaboration To Look For Ways To Fight On-Campus Extremism

The rising cases of on-campus violence in universities across Pakistan have become a worrying trend, hinting at the larger problem of intolerance and extremist behaviour that has become the trademark of our society. In order to curb this disturbing behaviour,