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UNSC ‘deeply alarmed’ on Taliban’s decision to ban women, girls from universities
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expressed concerns over the Taliban's decision to close all schools above the sixth grade for girls in Afghanistan. The UNSC said that it is deeply alarmed by the reports of the Taliban have…
Marking a decade of collaborations in university leadership
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Temasek Foundation (TF) – NUS Programme for Leadership in University Management (PLUM), 50 delegates from 24 universities across Southeast Asia congregated in Singapore from 8 to 10 November 2022,…
$30 Million ADB Grant to Improve Tajikistan’s Resilience to Climate Change
MANILA — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $30 million grant to help strengthen disaster risk management in Tajikistan and reduce economic losses due to climate change and disasters caused by natural hazards.
“Tajikistan is…
University of Massachusetts Amherst: Susan Hankinson Named No. 28 Female Scientist in the World by…
Susan E. Hankinson, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences at UMass Amherst, has been named No. 28 in Research.com’s 2022 ranking of Top 1000 Female…
Bournemouth University: International students speak to Emiliano Marcondes ahead of the BU Big Match
International students from Bournemouth University visited the Vitality Stadium to interview AFC Bournemouth midfielder Emiliano Marcondes ahead of the BU Big Match.The students, who have moved to the UK to study, got the chance to talk…
ADB to Strengthen Upper Secondary STEM Education Reforms in Cambodia
MANILA — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $70 million loan to Cambodia to support government efforts to deepen reforms in upper secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education across the country.…
ADB Adopts New Operating Model to Meet Rapidly Changing Needs of Asia and the Pacific
MANILA— The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has adopted a comprehensive reform road map, featuring a new operating model, to accelerate its transformation and more effectively serve the rapidly changing needs of its developing member countries…
HKU Faculty of Arts Professor Giorgio Biancorosso stages the tech-cantata The Longest Days and the…
Giorgio Biancorosso, Professor of Music in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) staged the tech-cantata The Longest Days and the Shortest Days at Lisbon's Gulbenkian Auditorium, the premier performing arts venue in…
Imperial College London: Tiny Antarctic creatures provide US$8.6 billion of carbon storage via their…
A new analysis by an Imperial researcher for WWF shows krill play a vital role in keeping carbon out of the atmosphere.The analysis, conducted by Dr Emma Cavan from the Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park) at Imperial, suggests…
Building a regional marine research nexus centred in Singapore
Marine science is vital to the health and vitality of the regional seas around Singapore, which supports the nation’s survival and success. Against this backdrop, the St John’s Island National Marine Laboratory (SJINML) is ramping…