More “variety” is needed in the price of university education, the secretary of state said ahead of a government review of the system. Damian Hinds also suggested tuition fees should reflect each degree’s value “to our society as a whole”. It comes as a committee of MPs said there was no justification for such “high interest rates” on student loans. Labour said another review would not solve the problems posed by interest rate increases and fee rises. A day of reckoning for tuition fees? 10 charts showing the effect of tuition fees The review, to be launched by Prime Minister…
Author: Loknath Das
Theresa May is to press ahead with attempts to force universities to charge less for some courses based on their costs and potential graduate earnings, despite critics within her own party and the higher education sector branding the move incoherent and unworkable. Announcing a long-awaited review of education funding for over-18s in England, the prime minister will say that reserving university for the middle class and vocational training “for other people’s children” is outdated. Her comments come after the new education secretary, Damian Hinds, hinted on Sunday that the review would recommend that some universities cut their fees for social science and humanities…
On the day of the 2016 U.S. election, a popular Twitter account alerted its followers to a potentially serious problem with the voting system. “BREAKING: Machine Refuses to Allow Vote For Trump in Pennsylvania!! RT the hell out of it! #VoterFraud #voted,” tweeted @TEN_GOP to the account’s more than 140,000 followers. That account appeared on Friday as part of an indictment from the U.S. Department of Justice against 13 Russian operatives employed by the Kremlin-linked Internet Research Agency “troll factory.” The social account @TEN_GOP was part of this effort to swing the election and alter U.S. politics — a strategy that has…
If a brand today wants to promote a new product, it would order its social media team to tailor posts that resonate with its audience, buy targeted ads to reach impressionable eyeballs, and closely monitor the performance of its messaging to ensure it reaches, and influences, as many viewers as possible. If a Russian troll farm wanted to disrupt an American election and amplify discord in an open society, it would apparently do the exact same things. That’s one of the key takeaways from an indictment filed Friday by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III against 13 Russians and three…
I’m not a libertarian, but I love debating libertarians. Case in point: Bryan Caplan. Caplan is an economics professor at George Mason University and the author of a new book, The Case Against Education. In that book he makes a bold argument: Public education is waste of time and money and we should stop investing in it. Caplan marshals a ton of evidence in support of this claim, most of which reinforces his view that what we’re doing now isn’t working that well. I agree with him that our current system is broken, but I’m not convinced we should give up…
St Brelade Constable Steve Pallett will become the new assistant minister for Education after Housing Minister Anne Pryke took on the ministerial responsibilities for the department. Mr Pallett is already an Assistant Economic Development Minister. In a ministerial decision confirming the appointment, it said that Mr Pallett had been named Assistant Education Minister to ‘assist with the workload and to provide support if any conflicts of interest might arise’. Deputy Pryke’s daughter is a head teacher at one of the Island’s primary schools. Deputy Bryans stepped aside as Education Minister last week after a formal complaint was made about his…
GraduFund offers AI-based, hassle-free micro-financing and career connect to graduates through web and mobile platforms, and has partnered with financiers, educators, and merchants to provide funding for higher education. At a glance Startup: GraduFund Founder: Abhijit Onkar and Lalit Chawla Year it was founded: 2017 Where is it based: Gurugram Sector: Fintech The problem it solves: Micro-financing options for higher education Funding raised: Angel A report by KPMG and Google highlights that India’s edtech market is expected to touch $1.96 billion by 2021, with close to 9.6 million users, from $247 million and over 1.6 million users in 2016. Keeping the potential exponential growth in mind, several…
HIGHLIGHTS MTV India has blocked Tekken 7 videos on YouTube This comes after it broadcasted UCypher – a gaming reality show MTV India has not commented as to why this has happened MTV India has been blocking Tekken 7 videos on YouTube. Multiple Tekken 7 content creators the world over have had their Tekken 7 videos removed following an overreaching copyright claim by MTV India. “Looks like MTV India is blocking Tekken videos and streams on YouTube. What’s up with this @MTVIndia @TeamYouTube?” tweeted Zoran Mircevic a Tekken 7 player and writer for fighting game-focussed site AvoidingThePuddle. This comes weeks after the TV…
HIGHLIGHTS Wolfenstein 2 is 50 percent off Okami HD is 30 percent off GTA 5 is 50 percent off The Steam Lunar New Year Sale 2018 is taking place right now. A host of games have received deep discounts. Like recent sales, there’s a single discounted price for each game through the duration of the sale. This time, the Steam Lunar New Year Sale 2018 ends on February 19, 2018 at 11pm IST. Here’s what you should check out. Okami HD – this remaster of Capcom’s take on the Legend of Zelda looks gorgeous on modern hardware. With support for 4K resolution, Steam…
HIGHLIGHTS Atari has announced Atari Token It represents the legacy brand’s foray into cryptocurrency Its shares spiked after announcing its cryptocurrency push Classic video game brand Atari has announced Atari Token. It represents its foray into cryptocurrency. The announcement has seen a spike in shares, rising by more than 60 percent since the announcement on February 8. In addition to this, Atari is taking a stake in a company that’s building blockchain-based digital entertainment and is expanding its online casino-gaming partnership with Pariplay to allow for gambling with digital currencies. It’s unknown if this would be restricted to Atari Token or be…