Education in the News
The articles below include news about education and learning.
Latest violence in Tripoli (Libya) shuts 210 schools
More than 100,000 Libyan school children have education suspended by armed conflict in and around Tripoli. The Ain-Zara, Abu Salim and Soug al Juma'aa areas are particularly badly affected.
BMA Medical Book Awards ceremony celebrates excellence in medical writing
The annual BMA Medical Book Awards ceremony 2018 took place at the British Medical Association's headquarters in London on Tues. evening. The top prize of BMA Medical Book of the Year was awarded t...
Research confirms that good moods are contagious. Depression isn't.
Are states of mind, or 'moods', socially contagious? Expressed another way, might happy friends cheer us up and dissatisfied friends reduce our own feelings about our life and situation? What about...
Education: For Exams or Moral Character ?
School education encompasses many areas of child development. Although exam results matter, it is argued that moral character including virtues such as self-discipline, fairness and courage, matter...
Fighting in South Sudan impacts on humanitarian efforts
continuing fighting between government and opposition forces in South Sudan is severely hampering humanitarian efforts. The effects of the conflict on children are horrifying - girls and boys have ...
Armed conflict disrupts children's lives
Children living in areas of armed conflict face unprecedented threats to their health, education and well-being. A recent UNICEF report mentions incidents in which schools and education personnel h...
Importance of social and emotional learning in primary schools
How important is social and emotional learning in UK primary schools ? Prof Neil Humphrey of Manchester University, England, has researched evidence from around the world and published a comprehens...
Children with disabilities need and deserve inclusion
State of the Worlds Children Report 2013 - Children with disabilities should not be excluded but given the same opportunities as all other children. That includes registration at birth, health care...
Women delay motherhood for longer education
Education delays motherhood: The average age of a woman having her first child in 2004 was 27 years-old, three years later than in 1974, when the average age was 24 years old. During the course of ...
Approximate Number Sense (ANS) increases in first 30 years of life
Scientists working in the United States have found that a person's approximate number sense (ability to estimate quantity) becomes increasingly precise during the first 30 years of his or her life....
Improvements for women & children in Afghanistan
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) report released on 27 Jun 2012 reports significant improvements to the health, education and well-being of women and children in Afghanistan. These incl...
Sportsmen and alcohol-related violence
Recent research has found high rates of alcohol-related aggression and antisocial behaviour involving young Australian sportsmen as compared with their non-sporting peers. Rates of intoxicated assa...
Leaving school without qualifications associated with poorer health in later life
Students who leave school without qualifications suffer from poorer health and greater risk of heart disease over their lifetimes than those with some qualifications, according to recent research c...
Early communication at home helps children at school
UNICEF ambassador Madjid Bougherra inspires young adults in Algeria
The international children's organization UNICEF has recently announced the visit of UNICEF Algeria Ambassador Madjid Bougherra to Algeria's second largest city, Oran. During his visit he met with ...
US $51M needed urgently for children in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia
In any emergency, children are the most vulnerable. UNICEF is appealing for US$ 51 million to meet the rapidly growing humanitarian needs of children and families devastated by the post-election cr...
News about health and safety often includes information about new regulations intended to reduce the risk and/or severity of accidents and injuries. Not all health and safety advice is enforceable. Sometimes people disagree, hence health and safety news can include discussion of the pros and cons of safety features and/or devices.
