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The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 2, 2018
Formulas for Motherhood in a Chinese Hospital by Suzanne Gottschang (University of Michigan Press; 264 pages; $75). Offers an ethnographic perspective on China's Baby-Friendly Hospital initiative, a government program to promote breast-feeding; examines a group of women's experience of this effortÃâà...
Open Democracy
March 31, 2018
King Felipe VI of Spain seated opposite Ada Colau at the Mobile World Congress Official Dinner Inauguration on February 25, 2018 in Barcelona. ... However, highly questionable rulings had already been handed down before October 1, such as the condemnation of a 21-year-old university student forÃâà...
GoDuke.com
March 30, 2018
Prior to the France trip in earlier this month, Heinsohn traveled to Spain with the U-20 National Team in March of 2017 and was also a member of the 2016 U-20 squad that competed in ... MIDFIELDERS (6): Samantha Coffey (Boston College; Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.), Savannah DeMelo (USC; Bellflower, Calif.)Ãâà...
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
March 18, 2018
Photo: Adrian Walker Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), signs the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) forged between the Shortwood Teachers College and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) for the provision of a specialistÃâà...
Manchester Evening News
March 12, 2018
A university academic hanged herself after she was left haunted by a brutal attack in Spain, an inquest heard. Dr Lisa Procter, who lectured at the school of childhood, youth and education studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, was assaulted 'in the most appalling of circumstances' while on holidayÃâà...
Markets Insider
March 12, 2018
Nineteen K-12 schools and higher education institutions signed agreements to adopt the standards including: Clintondale High School, the first fully ... The first adopters include: high schools, middle schools, primary schools, colleges and universities in the UK, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan,Ãâà...
Irish Mirror
March 12, 2018
"Louise got injured in a car accident on 24th Feb in Badajoz, South West, Spain. "She's teaching English to primary school children over there, after studying her degree in University College, Cork. "She remains in a critical condition with serious internal injuries, cranial, abdominal injuries with manyÃâà...
Buzz.ie
March 12, 2018
... is fighting for her life in Spain after she was involved in a horror car crash. Louise Lynch from Killarney suffered serious injuries after the car crash took place on February 24 in Badajoz. The 21-year-old was in Spain teaching primary school children English after finishing her degree at University CollegeÃâà...
The Independent
March 10, 2018
A former Catalan regional government minister wanted in connection with last autumn's independence referendum has headed to Scotland from her previous self-imposed exile in Belgium. Clara Ponsati, who fled with former regional premier Carles Puigdemont to Brussels in late October, has returned toÃâà...
euronews
March 1, 2018
Of the few young people who actually make it through university, a growing percentage is leaving Spain to live and work abroad. Spain is left with a future generation of unprepared, dependent people. When an EU-country does not take care of its people, historical precedent suggests violent political orÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 1, 2018
Organisers are demanding an end to discrimination and what they describe as Spain's macho culture. They are also pressing ... Women account for 58 percent of university graduates in Spain, yet hold just 28 percent of senior management roles and 13 percent of university rectorships. Domestic employeesÃâà...
Kansas City Star
March 1, 2018
Meanwhile, university officials said they are focused on persuading lawmakers to restore funding to Missouri's universities and colleges. On Wednesday, Spain said he and UM System President Mun Choi met with lawmakers in Jefferson City to advocate for more funding. If cuts are less dramatic thanÃâà...
Traveller
February 12, 2018
"When the university was established law was the most important college, not theology which came much later," says Christina. "We follow the example of Bologna, not Paris and Oxford. And for that we can thank our kings." Salamanca remains, at heart, a university city. About a fifth of its 160,000 strongÃâà...
Yabiladi in English
February 9, 2018
This dictionary, published by Editum, the publishing house of the university, responds to the great interest expressed by Spanish universities, whose Arabic language departments opt for an integrated method for teaching Arabic as a foreign language, said the university on its website. The objective of thisÃâà...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
St Andrews University has described an attempt by Spanish judges to extradite a Catalan academic as a politically motivated attack on free speech. Prof Sally Mapstone, the principal of St Andrews, said the university was deeply concerned by the extradition application issued on Friday against ClaraÃâà...
Times Higher Education (THE)
December 31, 1999
Now Catalan politicians overseas are being held following the re-issuance of a European arrest warrant by Spain on charges of rebellion. Aamer Anwar, the solicitor and rector of the University of Glasgow who is representing Professor Ponsati, said that he would “robustly defend her against the SpanishÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
Madrid, Spain (CNN) Thousands of women are refusing to work, boycotting domestic tasks and occupying the streets around the world as part of a global ... "I am here to prove that if women stop, the world stops," said Ines Arias, a university administrator, who joined hundreds of others to demonstrate inÃâà...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
December 31, 1999
Long before Spain began the colonization of the Americas in 1521, it had developed top universities noted for their excellence in all aspects of university life. During the Middle Ages, King Alfonso X had already outlined the different segments comprising these institutions of higher learning when he wroteÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
MADRID — After months of political turmoil in Catalonia, Spain's central government is hoping for a clear victory at last over the region's separatists .... law and democracy,” said Alan Solomont, a former United States ambassador to Spain who is now dean of the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University.
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
Given the above issue, the University of Kurdistan has managed to receive four 'student mobility' grants in BA and MA degrees in this prestigious academic center based in Spain. These academic research grants will be awarded to four BA and MA students of this varsity in Industrial Engineering, ElectricalÃâà...
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