US varsity offers doctorate for education professionals
New Delhi: As India emerges a global education market,
the University of Southern California (USC) is offering a new doctorate course
aimed at professionals in the field of education. The programme, being launched by USC Rossier School of Education, is a
doctorate in education (Ed.D.) aimed at working professionals aspiring to be
high-level practitioners in the field.
Canadian universities start India offices
New Delhi: With demand for foreign universities growing
in India, a consortium of nine Canadian Universities is starting offices in Delhi,
Mumbai and
Chennai, Carleton University said on Tuesday.
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Tokyo varsity beckons Indians to study in Japan
Bangalore: The
University of Tokyo has opened its first-of-its-kind office in technology hub Bangalore to
facilitate and encourage Indians to study in Japan. "The office in India has been set up to create awareness on education
opportunities in Japan among Indian students and encourage them to apply to
study in Japan," said University of Tokyo vice-president Akihiko Tanaka.
MicrosoftIndia launches website to connect teachers globally
Microsoft India has
launched an exclusive website for teachers that will help educators in India
and 107 other countries develop online connections with each other and share
their educational plans.
Microsoft India has launched an
exclusive website for teachers that will help educators in India and 107 other
countries develop online connections with each other and share their
educational plans. Irina Ghose, Director-Education, Microsoft India shares
details in conversation with Pragya Gupta, digitalLEARNING.
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With education fairs, India woos SriLankan students
India is promoting itself seriously as
an education destination in Sri Lanka, with a series of initiatives. Three
education fairs were organised this financial year as part of a ‘Study in
India' campaign, coordinated by the Indian High Commission here.
Sibal works hard on pending bills
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal is likely to
push for further reform in higher education in the forthcoming Budget Session
by hoping to evolve a consensus on almost a dozen bills still pending before
Parliament. The UPA government’s ambitious plan for reform higher education in
the country has been delayed with important bills stuck at various stages in
the Parliament.
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UK’s Warwick Business School eyes Delhi campus
The Warwick Business School, standing 130km
from London, will have its second address in India. The
headquarters in the UK may be in sparsely populated Coventry but the management
institute is looking at bustling Delhi for its new campus.
Ever since India spoke of opening its doors to
foreign universities, several top institutions have considered coming to its
shores, but few have actually taken a step. The Schulich School of Business of
Canada's York University is building its campus in Hyderabad.
Shiv Nadar University announced partnershipwith Babson College of US
The Shiv Nadar University today announced a
partnership with Babson College, the world's no. 1 business school for
entrepreneurship to offer global leading programs in Entrepreneurship Education
to India. Babson's MBA program has been ranked no.1 for entrepreneurship for 19
consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report. Notable entrepreneurs from
Babson include the likes of Roger Enrico, former Chairman, PepsiCo; William D.
Green, CEO, Accenture.
'Oxford, India collaborating on particle,cancer research'
Oxford University has broadened the purview of
its relationship with India over the years, moving beyond education and
publishing to collaborate on important scientific and health research projects,
its vice chancellor, Andrew Hamilton,
says.
"We have strong and substantial research
collaboration beyond academic projects. Yesterday, I visited the Tata Institute
of Fundamental Research where a group of physicists are collaborating with
physicists in Oxford, Jawaharlal Nehru
University and at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (in Kolkata) on
neutrinono - an elementary sub-atomic particle,"
Hamilton told IANS here. It is a very exciting study and the scientists
plan to fire neutrinos through the core of the earth from Oxford to India to
test its strength," Hamilton said.
Microsoft, Bihar govt team up to promotedigital literacy
Bihar
government announced that it would partner with Microsoft India to implement a
pilot program that would allow it to showcase a model of a school of the
future.The initiative, to begin next month, would
implement programs augmenting the scope of digital literacy and optimize the
use of computers by students and teachers.
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