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Shaw Academy Secures €7,000,000+ Investment and Successfully Exits Examinership

The consortium comprises: The consortium comprises: KPMG Corporate Finance advised the Company throughout the process. John Cadellof Folens andSean Taiwill join Shaw Academy's Board, which includesJames Egan(Founder and CEO) andStephen Murphy(Chairperson). Speaking on the €7,000,000 investment,James Egansaid: "We are delighted to have successfully exited Examinership and significantly strengthened Shaw Academy with this investment. Each of the experienced investors'...
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01/04/2019

Professor Clive Ballard Wins 2019 International Outstanding Achievement Award

In addition to drug development, Professor Ballard is also heavily involved in the study of prevention strategies and alternative treatment opportunities for AD. For example, along with colleagues, he developed PROTECT, an online-based project, now adopted by the Dementia Platform UK, that aims to understand why some people develop dementia by collecting participants' information on demographics, lifestyle, cognitive abilities, and DNA samples, year after year. In addition to drug…
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29/03/2019

HKBU Scholar Invents New Tangram Games to Test Children's Visual-related…

Led by Dr Simpson Wong, an Associate Professor from HKBU's Department of Education Studies, the research team took traditional tangram games as a reference and developed five games in total. The other researchers involved in the project were Dr Rebecca Cheng, a Principal Lecturer from the Department of Psychology at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK); Miss Sandrine Chung, a PhD student from EdUHK; and Dr Bonnie Chow, an Associate Professor from the Department of Social and Behavioral…
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28/03/2019

Brains Network - Mena Innovation 2019 Announced

Dr Rawya Al-Busaidi, Omani Minister of Higher Education, has previously stated, "We envision tremendous collaboration with the private sector to accomplish the ambitious goals laid out before us in the realisation of Oman's 2040 Vision. Working alongside us as partners, we will enhance and bring about newfound investment and technology transfer initiatives that will directly correlate to the creation of more job opportunities and high-skills training for our budding youth population. We…
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28/03/2019

The Royal Commission for AlUla Hosts Its First Mid-year Summit for Its…

The Scholarship Programme, which plays a leading role in achieving the goals of the Kingdom's Vision 2030, was built to drive forward the long-term sustainable development for AlUla, which places locals and residents at the heart of all initiatives and projects in the region. It aims to equip students with the skills necessary to diversify Saudi's economy and build a vibrant and robust tourism and leisure sector. The Scholarship Programme, which plays a leading role in achieving the goals of...
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27/03/2019

GMTFO's Productions Record Over 8 Million Views in First Two Months in China

The initial three year term of the agreement is renewable and provides for broadcasting on ten online video platforms and television networks. The GMTFO productions will be broadcast in French but JOLLY is considering sub-titling. The initial three year term of the agreement is renewable and provides for broadcasting on ten online video platforms and television networks. The GMTFO productions will be broadcast in French but JOLLY is considering sub-titling. "We are very proud of this...
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26/03/2019

CiiTECH Sponsors Israeli Medical Cannabis Nurses Association

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CiiTECH is a UK-based company that has collaborated with a range of Israeli academic and scientific industries in an effort to further advance medical cannabis research. CiiTECH's retail endeavor Provacan has developed one of the best-known UK consumer CBD brands, whose products include a range of food supplements, oral tinctures, vape eLiquids, and CBD skin care. TEL AVIV, Israel,March 26, 2019/PRNewswire/ -- CiiTECH is a UK-based company...
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26/03/2019

Okayama University Research: Estimating Appropriate Protein Intake

OKAYAMA, Japan, March 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Biochemists have shown that very high protein levels can be harmful to cells in the human body. However, exactly which proteins fall under this category remains a mystery. Mr.Yuichi Eguchi (graduate student) and Associate Professor Hisao Moriya's research team at Okayama University recently reported a framework for discriminating between which proteins are toxic at excessive levels and which are not. OKAYAMA,Japan,March 25, 2019/PRNewswire/...
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25/03/2019

Research from XJTLU advances RNA modification mapping

Dr Meng says the results may have promising implications for a range of diseases.
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21/03/2019

The Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship Network (GCSEN Foundation)…

Since 2015, GCSEN has regularly conducted several highly regarded Boot Camps for college students and adult learners, and its leadership has taught Social Entrepreneurship undergraduate courses at Wheaton College, SUNY New Paltz, Vassar College (Poughkeepsie NY), and St. Peter's University (Jersey City). GCSEN also offers on-line blended learning courses for those interested in creating an internship in their own Social Venture. Now, the organization has accelerated its offerings by initiating…
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19/03/2019

University Canada West to Charge Domestic Tuition Fees to Students from the US…

The Americas Bursary will make Canadian education more accessible to students from 34 countries in the Americas - a region with over 1 billion people
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18/03/2019

New British School Jakarta's Principal Steps Up with Innovative Learning Methods…

The IB MYP is a curriculum framework designed for student aged 11 to 16, with an emphasis on developing creative and critical thinkers. British School Jakarta will be implementing the MYP as a three-year program, leading into the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). After completing this path of study, students are well prepared to undertake the world renowned pre-University qualifications, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and…
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15/03/2019

University of Electro-Communications eBulletin: Optical Frequency Combs

The Topics section features research on 'Improved catalytic processes for the synthesis of phenol' by Yasuhiro Iwasawa.
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14/03/2019

CIOL & TGMC Bring Diploma in Public Service Interpreting to UAE

For the first time in the Middle East, DPSI students can take their oral exams from June 17 to 21 and written exams from June 25. Both exams will be held in the UAE.
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13/03/2019

Qatar Foundation Announces '50 Percent Female' Conference Panel Pledge

The regionally groundbreaking pledge – which will take effect from the start of 2020 across the 5,000-strong organization, a key player in Qatar's economic and social transformation through its initiatives in education, science and research, and community development – means participants in discussions and debates at every QF event, from summits to workshops, will always be no less than 50 percent female.
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12/03/2019

Northumbria University Implements Blackboard Learn Ultra

Together with Learn Ultra, Northumbria University is leveraging the benefits of several solutions integrated into the VLE, including Blackboard Collaborate, a simple and reliable online collaborative learning solution, and Blackboard Ally, a proprietary solution that focuses on making digital course content more accessible. The University is also working with Blackboard and key partners to further integrate third-party solutions to support the advancement of its strategic goals around electronic…
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12/03/2019

111 Prominent Individuals From Around the World Became Aurora Forum Goodwill…

Aurora Forum Co-Founders Noubar Afeyan, Vartan Gregorian, and Ruben Vardanyan welcome the Goodwill Ambassadors as luminaries of Aurora's vision to promote innovative and effective approaches to advancing positive social change in Armenia and beyond.
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11/03/2019

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award 2019 Now Open for Nominations

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11/03/2019

Stockholm's Universities Take a Lead on Gender Equality

"The high representation of women at leadership levels sends an important signal to visiting students and researchers. It also shows that Stockholm is a modern university city that strives for gender equality even though we still need to make progress in some areas," says Maria Fogelström Kylberg, CEO of the Stockholm Academic Forum.
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08/03/2019

Global University Systems Partners with Florida Polytechnic University…

The partnership will expand Florida Polytechnic University's student recruitment across the world
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07/03/2019

Education Key Enabler to Empower Women of Tomorrow: CRY

CRY carried out a study 'Educating the Girl Child: Role of Incentivisation and Other Enablers and Disablers' across four states in India to assess what impacts girls' education. The study finds that in 15-18 years age bracket, 42% of dropouts and nearly 40% of the school going girls cited responsibility of household chores and unavailability of transport to schools as the main disablers in continuing school education.
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07/03/2019

Education Key Enabler to Empower Women of Tomorrow: CRY

The report shows that these girls are vulnerable to multiple constraints, having to do away with their aspirations to continue education, giving in instead to the social pressure to give up school; getting married and starting a family even before they turn eighteen. Nearly 20% of school going girls dropout in the secondary level.
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07/03/2019

Okayama University Research: Inflammation in the Brain Enhances the Side-effects…

BZDs act by activating a receptor in the brain known as the GABAA receptor (GABAR). Typically, GABAR is activated by chemicals inherently present in the brain. However, because drugs like BZDs can mimic these chemicals, they are used to stimulate the activity of GABAR in the lab. When GABAR is excessively activated, animals tend to exhibit inhibitory effects, such as loss of consciousness and loss of normal reflexes. One such reflex observed in animals is the righting reflex, that is, their…
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06/03/2019

Demand for Adult Private Tuition Soars, Reports Tutors International

OXFORD, England, March 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Tutors International, the leading provider of elite private tuition services worldwide, has today announced that enquiry rates for adult private tuition soared in 2018. The increase in requests received by Tutors International confirms mounting demand for private tutors to support high net wealth individuals with numerous personal and professional goals.
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05/03/2019
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