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Bubl Launches New Mobile App for Kids: Bubl Draw, Best New App in Kid's Category…

Russian developer Bubl today announced the launch of their new brand of unique educational apps for children. Their innovative debut app Bubl Draw is a tool that uses music to draw, designed to help develop the artistic perception of shape, color and sound. Bubl is featured on the US App Store as Kids Category in Best New Apps, as well as Best New Apps in Canada and the United Kingdom.
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21/02/2014

NIIT University Launches the Asian Lens Forum

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20/02/2014

Glines Appointed Dean At Irish American University

DUBLIN, Feb. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Donald E. Ross, President of the Irish American University (www.iamu.edu), is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Marsha Glines as the Dean of the College of Academic Enhancement and Transition. Dr. Glines has spent the past 25 years at IAU's founder and sister institution, Lynn University of Boca Raton, Florida developing critical learning skills and capacities. Her new role at IAU will involve developing and establishing programs to prepare and…
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20/02/2014

United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and EF Education First (EF)…

The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and EF Education First (EF) will co-organize their UNAOC-EF Summer School for the second consecutive year. This summer, 75 youth leaders from all over the world will be invited to engage in dialogue across borders, build critical skills for global citizenship and strengthen the ability to achieve lasting positive social change. The UNAOC-EF Summer School 2014 takes place at EF's New York campus in Tarrytown, NY, USA from 16 to 23 of August…
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19/02/2014

CRY America Launches the "Stay in School" Campaign to Enable Girl Children in…

There are several reasons why girls drop out of school in India, such as lack of separate toilets, inadequate infrastructure, distance to schools, quality of teaching and gender discrimination. School drop-out rates amongst adolescent girls remains high at 63% while 53% of girls in the age group of 5-9 years are illiterate. 56% of the public schools in India still have no separate toilets for girls. Gender disparities in education have led to far more girls dropping out of school than boys. Lack…
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14/02/2014

Caribbean Islands Agree to Swap Diesel Power for Renewable Sources

In a joint effort to unlock opportunities on scaling renewable energy projects across the Caribbean-basin, Carbon War Room and Rocky Mountain Institute brokered commitments from the British Virgin Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Turks & Caicos. Last week, all joined the Carbon War Room's 'Ten Island Renewable Challenge', a campaign to help flip islands off fossil fuels, as well as move forward with renewable projects for schools and hospitals.
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13/02/2014

Interest from International and Business School Audiences Drives GRE® Volumes to…

"Globally, most students now know they can use GRE scores to apply to graduate programs, MBA programs, specialized master's in business programs and more, so taking a GRE test gives them a lot of options around the world," says David Payne, Vice President of Global Education at ETS. "While other testing programs for graduate level admissions outside of ETS struggle to increase their test volumes, the GRE program continues to thrive, providing value to graduate and business schools…
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11/02/2014

Workforce 'Digital Chatter' Puts International Businesses at Risk

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11/02/2014

Learning Management Systems (LMS) Market by Products & Users: Worldwide Market…

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) Learning Management Systems (LMS) are experiencing a rapid adoption pace as they address the needs of flexible and holistic learning. LMS support allows for management of huge pools of information and allows instructors to create content for the course and design the lesson delivery structure, thus creating a dynamic learning environment. These solutions are rated to be responsive and scalable to suit the organization's requirements…
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11/02/2014

Julia Gillard New Board Chair at Global Partnership for Education

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10/02/2014

TSL Education Appoints Lord Knight as Managing Director of Online Learning

TSL Education, the largest network of teachers in the world, is pleased to announce that former Schools Minister, Lord Jim Knight is to join the global ed-tech company as Managing Director of Online Learning, effective from 1 April, 2014.
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10/02/2014

Unite and University Alliance Launch the First Student Living Futures Report -…

New research paints a future for students from a bleak picture of them struggling to survive in a competitive individualistic society, connected to everything but each other and surviving on concentration pills in order to stay ahead of the game, to a utopian vision that sees students in an affluent and caring society, highly connected to their community.
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06/02/2014

EF Takes the Next Step in Partnership with Republic of Tatarstan's Ministry of…

The first phase of the partnership was the co-development of Ana Tele, an online school based on EF's cloud-based platform for studying Tatar. The project aims to preserve the Tatar culture and its language which, in addition to Russian, is the official language of the Republic. Ana Tele has taught 10,000 students during its first year. The second phase involves over 40,000 students, taught by teachers provided by the Ministry, while EF provides support and maintenance of the Ana Tele school.
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05/02/2014

Walk-In Access to High Quality Academic Research Available in UK Public…

Students, independent researchers and small businesses can now access many of the world's best academic papers across science, technology, medicine and other disciplines through their local libraries. This is the result of a unique collaboration between librarians and publishers, who have made their journal content available for free to UK libraries under a new initiative
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03/02/2014

Hamad bin Khalifa University Hosts Harvard Law School's IGLP Workshop for the…

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01/02/2014

Hamad bin Khalifa University Welcomes the First Admitted Class for the Executive…

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01/02/2014

Legends Rugby Festival Announces 2014 Ambassadors

Ahead of the Legends Rugby Festival 2014, all three ambassadors will support the brand to build awareness of events and activity leading up to the 2015 World Cup.
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30/01/2014

Edinburgh Business School Celebrates Success of African Graduates

The event will also celebrate the first 23 graduates from the African Scholarship programme launched and funded by Edinburgh Business School in 2010. The scholarship scheme is the largest of its kind; offering 250 people in Africa a fully-funded place on the Edinburgh Business School distance learning MBA (Master of Business Administration) programme.
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30/01/2014

US Higher Education Delegation Travels to North Africa

The vocational training and community colleges delegation will include representatives from College of Lake County, Walla Walla Community College, Bellevue College, the American Association of Community Colleges, Macomb Community College, the League for Innovation in the Community College; Global Corporate College, and will be led by the Aspen Institute.
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28/01/2014

UN Refugee Agency Uses Mindjet to Crowdsource Innovative Solutions

Mindjet, the leading innovation management and collaborative project management platform, and the Innovation Unit of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) today announced their continuing partnership to solve a key challenge for the year ahead: overcoming language as a roadblock to quality education for refugees around the world.
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28/01/2014

London Middle East Institute Finds New Home in the MBI Al Jaber Building, SOAS…

SOAS, University of London, is to receive a gift of £1 million from the MBI Al Jaber Foundation, the London-based charitable foundation promoting better understanding between the Middle East and the wider world through education and culture.
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27/01/2014

Bett Awards Promethean Coveted 'ICT Exporter of the Year' Title

Global education company, Promethean is celebrating today after winning the coveted 'ICT Exporter of the Year' title at last night's Bett Awards. As ICT Exporter of the Year, Promethean's proven passion for education, demonstrable commitment to the power of student motivation and localised knowledge of global markets has been recognised as industry leading by this year's Bett Award judges.
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23/01/2014

Changing the Future of Medical Education: Simbionix Releases Innovations at IMSH

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23/01/2014

Vernier Launches Graphical Analysis™ for Android at Bett 2014

"The launch of Graphical Analysis for Android helps meet the growing demand for data analysis on Android devices designed for the classroom," said David Vernier, co-founder of Vernier and a former physics teacher. "Increasingly, teachers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia are asking for data analysis that supports Android devices. Our goal is to support science teachers on the range of devices they are using for hands-on science instruction."
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21/01/2014
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