42 m. ago AD FEATURE: Salford City College celebrates apprenticeship success at annual awards

Salford City College has provided students with invaluable education and career opportunities for more than a decade

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10 h. ago Students chant support for Palestinians at Barnard College protest in New York

Dozens of anti-war protesters gathered to demand the reinstatement of two students expelled for disrupting a class on IsraelDon’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting.Several dozen anti-war student protesters gathered outside Columbia University and Barnard College in New York on Thursday to protest against the expulsion of two students who interrupted a class on Israel last month.Wearing keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestinians, students chanted a series of anti-war slogans amid a heavy New York police department (NYPD) presence outside the sister schools, where only students and faculty with ID cards are allowed in. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago An uncertain future for agricultural students at Black colleges after Trump cuts: ‘a clear attack’

The 1890 National Scholars program gives full rides to HBCU students in fields like botany, forestry and food safetyDr Marcus Bernard was shocked to learn last week that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) had suspended the 1890 National Scholars program that funds undergraduate students’ education in agriculture or related fields at about 20 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).Bernard is dean of the college of agriculture, health and natural resources at one of those institutions, Kentucky State University. At Kentucky State, close to 40 of the scholars have enrolled since the project’s inception in 1992. Nationwide, the program has supported more than 800 students, according to the USDA. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Flogged for being gay: Two men are caned around 80 times each as dozens watch on after they were found guilty of 'sexual relations' by sharia court

While gay sex is not illegal elsewhere in Indonesia, it is outlawed in the conservative Aceh province, which imposes a version of sharia, the Islamic legal code.

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26 h. ago 2 college students were publicly caned for having gay sex in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh

Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having gay sex

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41 h. ago Two men charged with shooting and killing a Georgia college student while she was working at a bar

Both of the men charged were already in police custody on unrelated matters

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3 d. ago Ohio college orders students to shelter in place due to possible shooting on campus

An Ohio college has ordered students to shelter in place as police respond to a report of a possible shooting on campus

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3 d. ago ‘I feel trapped’: how home ownership has become a nightmare for many Americans

Scores in the US say they’re grappling with raised mortgage and loan interest rates and exploding insurance premiums“I bought my home in a hurry in 2020,” said Meg, 60, an office manager from Maryland. “It was less expensive to take on a mortgage than to keep paying ever-increasing rents for my college-student daughter and me.”Now housing costs consume 50% of her income. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Shariah court sentences men to public caning for having gay sex

The men were caught by vigilantes who broke into their room

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4 d. ago Shariah court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to up to 85 lashes for having gay sex

An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex

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7 d. ago Founder of student aid startup Frank faces criminal trial over whether she defrauded JPMorgan Chase

A woman backed by wealthy advisers who built a company to make it easier for college students to apply for financial aid has gone on trial on criminal charges that she defrauded JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a $175 million buyout

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7 d. ago Trial set for suspect in killings of 4 Idaho college students. Here’s what you need to know

A judge this week declined to throw out key evidence against the man charged in the killings of four University of Idaho students near the campus two years ago

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8 d. ago King Charles shocks Imperial College students by dropping into campus unannounced

The 76-year-old monarch wrapped up in a long navy jacket to brace the cold while making a surprise visit to the Injury Studies Centre at Imperial College, London on Wednesday.

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9 d. ago UK medical students flock to Bulgaria amid scarcity of college places back home

Institutions across Balkan nation help maintain supply of doctors and dentists in Britain

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1 week ago College student wins $100k after beating NBA’s Damian Lillard in 3

The student was tasked with making one basket before Lillard could make three

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1 week ago Body found during search for missing college student Megan Trussell

‘The decedent was found in hard-to-reach terrain, requiring a technical evacuation including the need to rappel’ said officials

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