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Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan's education ministry on Tuesday urged the University of Tokyo to review whether the selection process for its next president was appropriate, in response to doubts raised both within and outside the school. This marked the first time the ministry has requested a university to verify the new president selection process. Tetsuo Goda, director-general of t...
P.A. Ahammed Shareef was chosen at a senate meeting of the university held on the main campus
The National University of Asunción (UNA) in Paraguay suspended all in-person activity on Friday 16 October 2026 after an emailed threat of an armed attack. The university announced the preventive closure around midday local time, covering both classes and administrative work. The closure matters to US readers because Americans study, work and travel in Asunción, […] The post Paraguay University Shuts Over Attack Threat appeared first on The Rio Times.
Judge fines the government for failing to fund universities as protests over Milei's cuts turn violent.
KNUST reopening dates are set, with lectures starting on Monday 19 October after Ghana ordered all public universities to reopen despite a staff strike. The post KNUST Reopening Dates Explained: Lectures Start 19 October appeared first on The Rio Times.
Thousands of students in Albania are calling for better university conditions and job prospects, but buildings have been set on fire in the unrest.
Cornell University on Tuesday suspended fraternities’ parties and social events for the remaining academic year following outcry over an alleged gang rape at one of the elite college’s all-male clubs. The 2024 incident, as alleged in a graphic lawsuit filed last month, has drawn accusations that the Ivy League institution in New York state failed to properly punish the men involved. The accuser claimed that she was pressured to take ketamine, assaulted and raped by seven members of the Chi Phi...
Fraternities face immediate emergency suspensions for violations amid sweeping ban tackling parties at US university.
Pelo menos 40 profissionais do Corpo de Bombeiros e do Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama) conseguiram controlar um incêndio na tarde desta sexta-feira (9), que durou mais de duas horas, em uma área de mata no Centro Olímpico da Universidade de Brasília (UnB). De acordo com o coordenador de logística do Prevfogo (ligado ao Ibama), Marcos Rocha, ainda não era possível identificar a causa do incêndio na área de Cerrado. Notícias relacionadas:AGU cria força-tarefa para atuar em caso de incêndio na UFPE.Reitor da UFPE estima prejuízo de incêndio em cerca R$ 100 milhões .Rocha informou, no entanto, que o clima quente e seco, e o vento fizeram os focos se espalharem. Ele acrescentou que foi possível proteger a área patrimonial da Faculdade de Educação Física e do Centro Olímpico, que ficam próximo à mata. “A secura do tempo pode fazer com que alguma fagulha espalhe o fogo. Como está muito seco e havia um vento os focos se espalharam rapidamente”, explicou. Para debelar as chamas, as equipes, chegaram a puxar água da piscina do Centro Olímpico. Os bombeiros militares atuaram com drones para combater toda a extensão do incêndio, próximo a uma avenida de grande circulação na Asa Norte, a L4. Inclusive a sede do Prevfogo fica nesta via. Atividades suspensas A chefe do Centro Olímpico, professora Marisete Safons, suspendeu todas as atividades no espaço durante esta tarde. “Nós retiramos todas as crianças que estavam aqui no parque aquático para fazer atividades e cancelamos as atividades acadêmicas." Ela testemunha que, neste ano, foi o primeiro incêndio na região: “Nós escutamos os estalos do fogo e já acionamos os bombeiros que agiram rapidamente”
Student representatives say the university has agreed to form an inquiry committee to examine their grievances and has accepted their demand to exclude proctor Sreekumar from the panel.
Congress-backed Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association accuses Left-affiliated All Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association of unauthorisedly taking control of the university’s internal-mark uploading portal
The commission has been formed to propose guidelines to prevent financial crises arising from the ‘unplanned inception and operation of specialised universities with low student enrollment'.
The order comes in response to a petition opposing the decision to create a separate union to bring all research scholars across affiliated colleges and research centres under one body
An Ambrose Alli University lecturer died in an Ekpoma hotel on 5 October 2026; police hold three for questioning and no cause is announced. The post Edo Lecturer Found Dead in Hotel, Three Held appeared first on The Rio Times.