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A record number of student loan borrowers are in delinquency and default. Some are making the drastic decision to leave the country and abandon their loans.

Reports on English policies seen in Wales as relating to whole of UK contribute to widespread confusion, researchers sayUK media is failing to report properly on devolved issues in Wales, leaving voters ill-informed about May’s Senedd elections, a report has found.A Cardiff University study of more than 3,000 news items found repeated patterns in coverage across different broadcasters and platforms, including not signposting whether an issue was relevant to England or England and Wales only, widespread references to “the government” rather than “the UK government”, and the use of “you” and “your” in contexts that apply only to people living in England. Continue reading...

인공지능(AI)의 급속한 발전이 산업 지형을 근본적으로 바꾸고 있다. 글로벌 기업용 생성형 AI 시장은 2030년까지 수천억 달러 규모에 달할 것으로 전망되며, 제조·헬스케어·금융 등 전 산업에서 AI 도입 속도가 빨라지고 있다.이러한 흐름 속에서 배터리·반도체·스마트팩토리 등 AI 연계 첨단 제조 분야를 앞세운 한국 기업들의 기술력이 세계 시장에서 새롭게 각광받고 있다. 특히 유럽 시장에서 한국 기업들의 존재감이 커지면서 이를 뒷받침할 실무 인재를 길러내는 국내 직업교육에도 자연스럽게 시선이 쏠리고 있다. AI 시대..

[한국대학신문 이정환 기자] 국립목포대학교(총장 송하철) 박물관은 문화체육관광부가 주최하고 (사)한국박물관협회가 주관하는 ‘2026 공·사립·대학 박물관 K-뮤지엄 지역 순회 전시 및 투어 지원사업’에 선정됐다.이번 공모사업은 전국 공·사립·대학 박물관을 대상으로 진행됐으며, 서류와 PT 심사를 통해 선정됐다. 심사에서는 콘텐츠 독창성, 지역 연계성, 실행 가능성 등이 평가됐다.국립목포대 박물관은 대학박물관의 전문성을 바탕으로 전시 콘텐츠의 완성도와 차별성을 고루 갖춘 점이 높이 평가돼 ‘단독참여 전시 프..

A significant number of mail-in ballots arrived too late to be counted in California’s Nov. 4 special election for Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successful measure to reconfigure the state’s congressional districts, according to state data.

The Trump administration announced the arrests of two Los Angeles-based relatives of Qassem Suleimani, the Iranian general killed in a 2020 drone strike. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the mother and daughter had their U.S. legal status revoked.

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The Riverside County Springs fire, fueled by strong Santa Ana winds up to 50 mph on Friday, did not grow overnight.

A 43-year-old man was accused of abusing “multiple” children over an 11-year period in South Jersey, and prosecutors fear there could be more victims, given his employment.

New rules mean that parent PLUS loans have to be consolidated into a new loan by June 30 for parents to keep affordable payments. But the deadline is really earlier to allow time for processing.

As Muslim private schools try to join Texas’ new voucher program, top Republicans have vowed to stop what they call “radical Islamic indoctrination.”

A Connecticut high school said that it was aware of the Instagram posts and that antisemitism was “repugnant and antithetical to our values as a school.”

Misogynistic abuse of female staff is increasing, leaving teachers feeling ‘traumatised’ and ‘humiliated’Teachers’ leaders have said a “masculinity crisis” is fermenting in schools across the UK, with misogynistic abuse of female staff on the increase, leaving victims “traumatised”, “demeaned” and “humiliated”.Almost a quarter of female teachers who took part in a union survey said they have been the target of misogyny from a pupil over the past 12 months – the highest proportion in the last four years of surveys. Continue reading...

Aria Fani of University of Washington’s Middle East Center is latest critic of Israel to lose position at US universitySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA University of Washington professor was removed as head of the school’s Middle East Center after reportedly using newsletters from the center to criticize the US and Israel’s war on Iran and describe Zionism as “cancerous”.His case is one of at least three incidents in the past month in which higher education faculty members have faced suspension or dismissal after voicing opposition to US-Israeli actions in the Middle East. Continue reading...

Effort to curb grade inflation, by limiting top marks to 20% of students in a course, is opposed by most studentsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxHarvard’s faculty is set to vote next week on a faculty committee proposal to cap the number of A grades per course in an effort to curb grade inflation.The proposal, which was first reported earlier this year by the Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper, would cap A grades to 20% of students in a course, with an allowance for four additional As. It also would introduce a new internal “average percentile rank” system, which would rely on raw scores rather than grade point average (GPA) to d..

NASUWT says full entitlement should be increased to 26 weeks and paternity pay also improvedFull maternity pay for teachers across the UK should be increased to 26 weeks to help stem the exodus of women in their 30s from classrooms, a union leader has said.Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the NASUWT teachers’ union, said it was a “national scandal” that so many teachers who quit said inadequate maternity support was one of the reasons. Continue reading...

With alumni in every F1 team, Oxford Brookes University’s Formula Student team is the most prestigious in the countryAt the Oxford Brookes Headington campus, more than 100 students are busy building the fastest, best designed race car possible for this year’s Formula Student competition.Oxford Brookes Racing (OBR) is the UK’s most prestigious Formula Student team. They’ve won more design awards than any UK university, and frequently occupy the international race’s top spots. Continue reading...

경기 영성중(교장 이수영) 국제교류 동아리 ‘피스메이커스(PeaceMakers)’가 제78주년 제주 4·3 추념일을 맞아 3일 하루 동안 '달리며 기억하고, 실천으로 추모하는' 평화 행사를 진행했다. 이날 행사는 ‘4.3km, 우리가 기억합니다- 걷고 달리며 새기는 제주 4·3의 평화’를 주제로, 아침 사제…

3일 금요일, 완연한 봄기운이 가득한 가운데 경기 용인성산초(교장 안순호) 화단에서는 특별한 생명 나눔의 장이 펼쳐졌다. 학부모와 6학년 학생들과 함께 진행된 이번 행사는 ‘자연을 품고 내일을 심다’라는 주제 아래 교직원, 학부모, 6학년 학생들이 한자리에 모여 성황리에 개최되었다. 소통과 협력으로…

저는 이전 학교에서 1, 2학년만 맡았고 지금 학교서도 3년간 1학년만 맡아왔습니다. 교직 경력은 8년이지만 그동안 가르쳐온 학생들이 모두 1, 2학년인거죠. 그러다 올해 6학년을 맡게 됐습니다. 이 학교는 각 학년에 두 반뿐인 소규모 학교입니다. 아이들이 거의 같은 멤버로 함께 지내와…

[한국대학신문 김준환 기자] 한신대학교(총장 강성영) 전공설계지원센터(센터장 박혜영)는 지난 2일 경기캠퍼스 늦봄관 새봄홀에서 ‘2026-1학기 학사지도교수(Academic Adviser) 워크숍’을 성황리에 개최했다고 3일 밝혔다.대학혁신지원사업의 일환으로 진행된 이번 워크숍은 최근 확대되고 있는 전공자율선택제와 다전공 이수 학생들에게 보다 정교하고 체계적인 상담 서비스를 제공하기 위해 마련됐다. 이날 자리에는 자유전공학부 및 각 전공 학사지도교수, 전공 주임교수 등 30여 명이 참석해 학생 상담 역량 강화에 대한 높은 관..

[한국대학신문 이정환 기자] 초당대학교(총장 서유미)가 대학발전을 위한 구성원과 동문, 지역사회 등의 뜨거운 성원에 힘입어 대학발전기금 모금액 1억원(1억8백만원)을 조기 달성했다고 밝혔다. 이번 모금 성과는 지난해 12월 서유미 총장이 직접 대학발전기금 2000만 원을 기탁하면서 시작된 기부캠페인 등의 결실이다.대학 당국은 이를 계기로 활발한 모금 활동을 전개해 왔으며, 교직원 등 내부 구성원은 물론 동문과 지역민들의 자발적인 참여가 잇따랐다. 특히 지난 2일 초당대 강성우 총동창회장이 5백만원을 쾌척해 모금 시..