Earth is becoming ‘Planet Plastic’
US scientists have calculated the total amount of plastic ever made and put the number at 8.3 billion tonnes.
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HSBC Global Report: Parents in China will spend $100K on children’s higher education abroad
Parents in China are willing to spend $100,000 on their children's higher education abroad, according to The Value of Education: Higher and Higher report by HSBC.
The Culling of Higher Ed Begins
The number of colleges and universities eligible to award federal financial aid dropped by 5.6 percent in 2016-17. The vast majority of disappearing institutions were for-profit colleges, but more than 30 private nonprofits were among them.
Drop algebra requirement for non-STEM majors, Calif. community colleges chief says
The chancellor of the California Community Colleges system says intermediate algebra should no longer be required to earn an associate degree — unless students are in the fields of science, technology, engineering or math.
Black students ‘50 per cent more likely to drop out’
Higher proportion of black students in London may contribute to capital’s higher dropout rates, says SMF
What artificial intelligence means for sustainability
It’s hard to open a newspaper these days without encountering an article on the arrival of artificial intelligence.
Japan to set aside $36 billion for education, growth steps in FY2018 budget
Japan will set aside roughly 4 trillion yen ($35.6 billion) in the next fiscal year's state budget for measures that focus on education as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's strategy to spur growth
Porn ID checks set to start in April 2018
A nine-month countdown to the introduction of compulsory age checks on online pornography seen from the UK has begun.
Brexit department lacks scientific adviser as talks get under way
Researchers have expressed concern about the UK government’s decision to start negotiating the country’s exit from the European Union while the department in charge of talks remains without a chief scientific adviser.
