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Education

Columbia faculty members walk out after pro-Palestinian protesters arrested

Tuesday at 03:14 AM, via The Guardian

Hundreds of members of teaching staff demonstrate in solidarity with arrested students as protest tents put back up on campus

Hundreds of faculty members at Columbia University in New York held a mass walkout on Monday to protest against the president’s decision to have police arrest students at a pro-Palestinian encampment protest last week.

The solidarity protest came as students put protest...

Israel, Gaza and divestment: what we know about the Columbia student protests

Monday at 22:14 PM, via The Guardian

The university is to hold virtual classes after protests on campus culminated in the arrest of more than 100 students

Over 100 students at Columbia were arrested last week after refusing to leave a pro-Palestine protest encampment set up on the university’s main campus. The arrests have since set off a chain of events, including the re-establishing of the encampment and solidarity protests on...

Liberia: Petition Awaits GOL for MOE Budget Increment

Monday at 16:07 PM, via AllAfrica

[Liberian Observer] Educational Stakeholders in Bong County say plans are underway to petition the government of President Joseph N. Boakai and Jeremiah Kung through the Bong County Legislative Caucus for an increment in the Ministry of Education budget in Liberia.

Nigeria: Borrow Pit Collapses, Kills 7 Almajiris in Kebbi

Monday at 15:04 PM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] Seven Qur’anic School pupils popularly called Almajiris studying at Malam Dan-umma Qurnic School at Bayan Science, Badariya area, in Birnin Kebbi local government area of Kebbi State have been confirmed dead.

Nigeria: Rotimi (Johnson) Sankore (1966-2024)

Monday at 14:43 PM, via AllAfrica

[Vanguard] Rotimi Johnson – later Rotimi Sankore – was my high school classmate at the very prestigious Government College Umuahia. We were of the “Class of ’78”. That is, we were of the class admitted into the College in September, 1978.

As an actor, I know the value of culture. As West Yorkshire’s mayor, I’ll use it to enrich lives and provide jobs | Tracy Brabin

Monday at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

Westminster funding cuts could cause cultural deprivation, but I have a plan to nurture talent and boost employment

Tracy Brabin is mayor of West Yorkshire

I grew up in a council flat in Batley, West Yorkshire, on free school meals. I was the first in my family to go to university and the first to forge a career in the arts. As a result, I know the power of access and the dispiriting effect of...

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