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Mayo school appeals for information after convent and chapel vandalism

THE PRINCIPAL of a secondary school in Co. Mayo has appealed for information after the school's convent and chapel was grievously vandalised.

Newark boxing gym expands alternative education programme

An alternative education provider is helping young individuals to “belong, believe and achieve” with the launch of its new facilities. Earlier this year, Suggy’s Gym in Newark launched the Suggy’s Champions Academy by opening its first classroom catering to children who are unable to attend mainstream school for various reasons.

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'Our future is being robbed': Greta Thunberg joins France student protests

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined high school pupils campaigning for better learning conditions in France on Tuesday ahead of fresh nationwide demonstrations, with authorities and participants wary of further violence.

American Industry and Innovation Research Institute's Founder Session at FIU Highlights Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Cyber Resilience

October 7 event brings business leaders and industry experts together to explore practical strategies for building resilient businesses, navigating uncertainty, and strengthening economic opportunity.

Wildfire smoke shuts schools in Amazon's biggest city

The largest city in the Brazilian Amazon, Manaus, shut public schools on Friday as smoke from hundreds of wildfires blanketed the metropolis amid an intensifying El Nino event.

'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands demand better education in France

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.

Capital Jets Opens New Location in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

ARGUS Platinum Private Jet Operator expands its South Florida presence with charter, aircraft management, and aircraft acquisition services

Teenager loses hand picking up grenade in France school protests

A 15-year-old student lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade as part of nationwide protests over classroom conditions that have disrupted lessons at hundreds of schools since last week.

Hundreds of French high schools shut as protests persist

Lessons were suspended at hundreds of French high schools on Monday, as part of a wave of student protest over learning conditions that have rocked the European nation.

Cubic Appoints Elliot "Lee" Sander President and Chief Executive Officer of Cubic Transportation Systems

Accomplished transportation leader to guide CTS through its next phase of transformation and growth

Cornell president vows review in wake of alleged student gang rape

The president of Cornell University voiced support Saturday for an external review of the institution facing widespread outcry over the alleged gang rape of a student in 2024.

What is fuelling French school protests?

Protests by teenagers outside their schools have shaken France in recent days, with students blockading entrances to their institutions and security forces on occasion responding with tear gas.

Cornell rape case exposes sexual violence at US colleges

An alleged gang rape at Cornell University, detailed in a graphic lawsuit last month, has provoked fury in the United States over sexual violence on campuses and colleges' failure to stamp out the behavior.

NY governor vows to close loophole after alleged Cornell gang rape

New York Governor Kathy Hochul vowed Friday to close a legal loophole allowing offenders to avoid rape charges if their victims were willingly intoxicated, as in the case of an alleged gang rape at Cornell University.

NY attorney general tasked with investigating alleged Cornell gang rape

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed special prosecutor to investigate an alleged gang rape at Cornell University, the state's governor announced, following an outcry over prosecutors' decision not to file charges two years ago.

Hundreds of French high schools shut as new violence erupts

French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure of some 400 establishments showed no sign of abating.

'We're losing our scientists': west Africa's STEM struggle

A handful of pupils puzzled over equations on the blackboard of an Abidjan maths class. Next door, the humanities classes were all packed.

French school protests spread as fires, blockades deepen unrest

A protest by French secondary school students over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities deepened Thursday, with fires set outside schools and blockades in several cities.

Pirate island's plunging population shows Greece's demographic decline

"Let's go to war!" shouted six-year-old Giorgos at his older cousin, Minas, as the two chased each other with claw-like geranium stalks around the schoolyard on the tiny Greek island of Thymaina.

French teens clash with police as school blockades intensify

French teenagers on Tuesday set fire to rubbish bins and hurled projectiles in clashes with police, as they kept up a blockade of some high schools demanding better conditions at their establishments but which has angered the government.

South Lebanon children return to school destroyed by Israel strike

In southern Lebanon, eight-year-old Yara Ajami started the academic year this week in a doorless, windowless classroom after her school was destroyed by an Israeli strike.

11 hurt as teen opens fire outside school in western Turkey

A teenager opened fire outside a high school in western Turkey on Tuesday, wounding 11 pupils, before being detained in the country's third such shooting in six months, officials said.

In Bangladesh, Pakistan's Jinnah photo stirs anger

Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah died nearly eight decades ago, but his photograph has become the centrepiece of a fresh battle over history at Bangladesh's top university.

Afghan medical students in Pakistan hope court stops college expulsions

Dozens of Afghans studying to be doctors in Pakistan hope a court hearing on Friday will overturn an order by the country's medical board for them to be expelled from colleges and universities and sent home.

Empty benches as schools reopen in Venezuela's quake-hit Guaira

Schools in Venezuela's quake-scarred coastal state of La Guaira were deserted on Tuesday, a day after the start of the new school year, with many parents opting to keep children home for fear of further deadly tremors.

Kuwait schools restore classroom routines after remote learning

Students returned to Kuwait’s public and private Arabic schools on September 14 as educators prepared to address learning gaps and rebuild classroom routines after months of online education.

Expert proposes phased digital reform for Arab business schools

Arab university business schools need to reform their teaching, administration and use of data together to prepare graduates for changing markets, according to management education expert Prof Dr Mohammed Abdulwahab al-Azzawi.

South Korea aims to save seniors lost in digital age

A little cheer rose for 79-year-old Hwang Sun-hee after she managed to place an online order at a training session in South Korea, which has one of the world's starkest digital divides for seniors.

Fragrance Creators Association Names Ivanna Yang Vice President, Government Affairs

Veteran advocate across biotechnology, sustainability, and consumer products joins the national voice of fragrance as Washington redraws chemicals, trade, and innovation policy

DR Congo school fire stampede death toll rises to 26: UNICEF

A fire and stampede at a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, the UN children's agency said on Friday, with some pupils leaping from windows on high floors to escape the carnage.

Fragrance Creators Association Announces Sarah Erickson André as Vice President & General Counsel

Refocused role embeds legal, governance, and risk insight across FCA's work, powering its policy and advocacy agenda and strengthening industry-wide risk management.

Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo

Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those having to endure them.

Dossier Joins the Fragrance Creators Association

Fragrance Creators Adds Its Newest Member as the Category's Expansion Draws a New Generation of Companies Into Industry Advocacy

Learnis: A New International Network for Transformative Education is Born.

Three groups of companies from Italy, Spain and the United States unite in a new corporate network structure, strong of a 20-year shared method that converges under one masterbrand - Learnis, Your transformative education.

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