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# 12, December 2014
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CHILE: Minister Promises Free Higher Education by 2016
# 12, December 2014
Chile’s Minister of the Interior Rodrigo Peñailillo announced earlier this month that university education would be free by 2016, reports Telesur.“In March 2016 we will start with the free higher education, now that we have the resources [to implement the reform], as we approved the fiscal reform,” said Peñailillo. “Issues of education, that address inequality, are at the core of the people's concerns and we are working on it with the government,” added Peñailillo in an interview with Radio Cooperativa.
FRANCE: Plans for Top-10 Mega-university
# 12, December 2014
Imagine the chagrin of French universities whenever international rankings are published. The top places are invariably filled with the United States and United Kingdom academic powerhouses. And then coming up fast are ambitious Asian universities. French universities are conspicuous by their absence. That could all change from next year, writes Sean Coughlan for BBC News. As part of a huge government-driven academic and economic project, there will be a new university called Paris-Saclay, with a campus south of the French capital.
SOUTH AFRICA: Universities Offer Online Courses Worldwide
# 12, December 2014
Two top South African universities are, for the first time, offering massive online open courses – MOOCs – to thousands of students through international MOOC providers, writes Tanya Farber for BDLive.The University of the Witwatersrand, or Wits, last week said it was partnering with non-profit MOOC provider edX, which was founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT. The edX community in Africa has more than 200,000 students who will now be able to access free courses offered at Wits for which they will receive an edX certificate on completion – and for which they will not have to pay a cent.
IRELAND: Indian Giant Gives Lifeline to Struggling Universities
# 12, December 2014
India's richest company, the Tata group, is forging a deal to transform Ireland into the world's first stop for e-learning and earn millions for the country's floundering universities. Senior executives from Tata, which has a market capitalisation of €134 billion (US$166 billion), met Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton to progress the plans last week.Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the chief executive of Tata Consultancy Services – who informally is referred to as Chandra – is spearheading the deal. As well as meeting government leaders, he addressed the heads of the country's universities at a glitzy showcase in Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel.
GREECE: Over 100 000 Greek Scientists Working Abroad
# 12, December 2014
In the midst of the financial crisis that hit Greece over five years ago, young people are leaving the country in search of a better future. This is another tragic side effect of the crisis that has cost Greece some of its brightest young scientists, writes Ioanna Zikakou for Greek Reporter.More than 100,000 Greek scientists are working or looking for a better job position abroad. Meanwhile, 30,000 Greeks are also studying out of the country and plan on setting up their lives away from their homeland.
A. N. Krylov is a Pioneer of Photographic Technique
# 12, December 2014
DOI: 10.7463/1214.0747444
A.Yu. Vykolov, O.V. Egorova
The life of famous Russian Soviet naval architect and mathematician acad. A.N. Krylov (1863-1945) occupies an especial place in history of Russian Navy. His archive appears as one of the most fully documented personal scientific libraries in Russia. However, there is the aspect of Krylov’s legacy that has weak presentation in actual modern literature. It is his interest to photographic measurement methods that were being part of everyday life in the beginning of XXth century. In this paper detailed description of photographic ship pitching recording method developed by Krylov would be presented.
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