The Home Secretary has criticised universities for their "complacency" in tackling radicalisation and Islamic extremism on campus. The remarks come ahead of the publication of the Government's revised Prevent strategy, which was originally launched in 2007 to stop the growth of home-grown terrorism. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Theresa May said: "I think for too long there's beenRead more

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said the government plans to introduce a uniform curriculum for all religious schools and seminaries in Pakistan. Chairing a meeting in Multan, his home town in southern part of Punjab province, the prime minister directed the Interior Minister to hold talks on the proposed reforms with the Wafaq Ul Madaaris Al Arabia, anRead more

As temperatures soar, schools detect an increasing number of children falling ill. Educators, doctors as well as the weather department have stressed the need for children to be encouraged to drink plenty of fluids and to stay indoors as much as possible. "With the onset of summer, many children have been affected by seasonal illnesses such as fever and flu.Read more

Just in time for Global Smurfs Day and a Smurfs movie in 3-D comes a little blue book from a French academic that has some fans of the sock-topped comic book characters seeing red. Antoine Bueno, who lectures at the high-brow Paris Institute of Political Studies, thought he was just having fun when he penned his 177-page analysis of theRead more

Leading British academics are to launch a private university aimed at rivaling Oxford and Cambridge that will charge tuition fees of £18,000 ($30,000) a year, a report said Sunday. New College of the Humanities, in London, will be modelled on elite liberal arts colleges in the US, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. The university, which will begin its first undergraduateRead more

Did you get a complete and restful night's sleep last night? If not, and if right now you're reading this article rather than focusing on work, your time might be better spent on a short nap to boost your focus and productivity. That's what the National Sleep Foundation says, and it's a message that health education professionals at the UniversityRead more

Some 25 per cent of students at the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) have expressed an interest in enrolling for the Japanese language courses launched in September. "These courses have proven to be in popular demand and we expect the number to rise further," Dr Abdul Latif Al Shamsi, managing director of the IAT, told Gulf News. "We launched aRead more

Since Amy Chua published her "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" it has dominated school-gate conversation in Hong Kong, with parents soul-searching over how much they demand of their children. The American mother's account of her Chinese-influenced, high-pressure parenting sounded more than a little familiar in the fiercely competitive city, where parents say they are also pushed to perform. JachinsonRead more

Leading British academics are to launch a private university aimed at rivaling Oxford and Cambridge that will charge tuition fees of £18,000 ($30,000) a year, a report said Sunday. New College of the Humanities, in London, will be modelled on elite liberal arts colleges in the US, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. The university, which will begin its first undergraduateRead more

The workings of a parliament are no longer something the pupils of a Sharjah school just read about in their textbooks. The children are getting hands-on experience by running a democratically elected school parliament — with a student prime minister at the helm, alongside a student opposition leader and a council of student ministers. The Our Own English High SchoolRead more