The notice could be posted in any campus building: “iPad issues? Visit the Genius Bar in the Media Center.” But this isn’t college. It’s Hopkins West Junior High. Inside Kim Campbell’s seventhgrade social studies class, every student gets to keep one of the Apple tablets for the year. They use them constantly, researching class projects, reading e-books and communicating withRead more

Fourteen Coventry University students and two staff members helped renovate schools affiliated with the Madrasati initiative in Irbid Governorate, 80km north of the capital. During a week-long cultural exchange programme held recently, the students also worked with the students on art and design projects, science workshops and ways to develop debating skills and community service, according to a statement e-mailedRead more

Students at the German University in Cairo were assaulted by security guards Saturday during a referendum on student union bylaws, student leaders said. Guards tried to stop students from bringing glass ballot boxes to the campus, a business management student who did not want his name used told Ahram Online. The student said he was one of those injured inRead more

A group of rebels from the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) kidnapped two teachers in southeastern Turkey on Saturday, private Dogan news agency reported. The PKK rebels blocked a road in Senyayla village of Kulp town of Diyarbakir province and stopped a car coming from neighboring Mus province, said the report, adding that they kidnapped the two male teachers withRead more

As Iran's academic year kicked off on Saturday, a U.S.-based rights group raised concern about new restrictions putting scores of university degree courses off-limits to women. Human Rights Watch said in a statement that the restrictions extended a creeping "Islamicisation" of Iran's universities that have been imposed under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Citing an August report by the Iranian news agencyRead more

Imagine sending your children to a school occupied by soldiers. Imagine that the first person they saw at school was a man with a semi-automatic rifle, not their teacher. They would study near stored weapons, ammunition, and even detained prisoners. You would know that opposing forces might shoot at or bomb the school – now a military target. How couldRead more

Students at the American University in Cairo have blocked the gates to their campus for two days to protest a 7 percent tuition increase. The first blockade occurred Sunday and the second Thursday, Egypt Independent reported. After Thursday's action, the university administration met with student leaders in an effort to resolve the dispute. The university agreed to cap tuition forRead more

Striking post-secondary schoolteachers in Kenya were threatened with mass firings and replacement by new graduates and retired teachers, the government said. The ultimatum came after the Kenya National Union of Teachers rejected a pay offer as a "mockery" Wednesday and continued a three-week strike during which it has demanded a wage increase of 100 to 300 percent, with the governmentRead more

Qatar University (QU) students have spoken out about the lack of adequate parking in the varsity premises, local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported. The QU administration has warned that people parking cars in unassigned areas would face traffic violation fines and Traffic Police patrols inside the University would see to this. QU received more than 11,000 students this year, aRead more

Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, visited elementary school students studying Arabic at a public school in Harlem yesterday. Just two weeks into the new school year, the students of P.S. 368 were able to welcome Her Highness to the classroom in Arabic. “I enjoyed hearing the children speak in Arabic soRead more