A business school smashes the Guinness World Record for Classroom Diversity

In a recent session at the London branch of Hult International Business School, representatives from 60 different countries came together to break a Guinness World Record. Participants from over 50 different nations were obliged to participate in a 45-minute lesson under the title “Most Nationalities in a Business Lesson.”  Ninety undergraduate and graduate students from […]

IIT Madras, VyVoxel International Firm to launch AR/VR programming course, apply by Mar 31

In an effort to help students pursue careers in this cutting-edge industry, the Pravartak Technologies Foundation at IIT Madras in collaboration with the multinational AR/VR/MR startup VyVoxel is offering a course on Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) programming. The training lasts for sixty hours and is available online. The application deadline is March 31, 2024. The […]

Global outbound student numbers to grow at slower pace this decades

A recent survey has shown that although the number of nations sending students abroad to study will not stop growing, it will increase more slowly than it did in the preceding two decades. A new indicator that has shown a relationship between the increase of the global gross domestic product (GDP) and the number of […]

Department of Biotechnology Announces New Interdisciplinary Research Programme in Biosciences

The Ministry of Science and Technology’s Department of Biotechnology announced today the start of a new multidisciplinary bioscience research program. The new program, which aims to advance excellence in biotechnology research and education in India, was unveiled as a cooperative effort between the RCB, ICGEB, and BRIC (iBRIC) institutions. The official website of the BRIC-RCB […]

Leaders caution that the Canada visa restriction would harm diversity.

Leaders of Canadian French and English language programs warned that the study visa restriction runs the danger of forcing colleges to accept students from nations with high visa conversion rates and undermining diversity objectives in higher education.   The number of foreign study visas granted in Canada will now be capped at 360,000, as stated by […]