Tag: students

Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Eight UK students win competition to visit Falklands and explore areas of their interest

As part of the Fortieth Anniversary celebrations eight UK students via a competition were offered an all-expenses-paid visit to the Falkland Islands in February 2023. Ben Fogle, who headed the judging panel said: “The Falkland Islands really are a magical place. I’ve been lucky enough to visit the Islands many times over the years, drawn back by the unique wildlife. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Islands and to mark the event, we organized this competition.”
Saturday, August 20th 2022 - 09:06 UTC
New beneficiaries of Taiwanese scholarships announced in Asunción

Taiwan's Embassy in Asunción launched this week the 2022 edition of the program for Paraguayan students willing to pursue their educational goals on the Asian island.
Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 06:50 UTC
UK universities under financial stress: lockdowns and absence of foreign students

With conferences cancelled and revenues hit because of a lack of rent from student accommodation, Britain's universities are reeling from the global coronavirus pandemic. Schools have already lost millions of pounds thanks to enforced closures under lockdown, and things could get worse still.
Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 09:32 UTC
Falklands organizes Cultural Competition for students from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile

The Government of the Falkland Islands and the British Embassies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay invite university students to participate in the Cultural Competition which offers winners the chance to visit the Falkland Islands for a week with all the costs covered.
Monday, May 21st 2018 - 08:42 UTC
Nicaraguan truce on the cliff after claims police attacked and shot students

Nicaraguans were back on the streets in their thousands on Sunday to protest what they called a government breach of a two-day truce agreed during Church-mediated peace talks. Students at a university in northeastern Managua claim police attacked them during a demonstration outside the campus on Saturday night in which four students were shot and injured.
Wednesday, April 18th 2018 - 08:44 UTC
Chilean president Piñera learns from past mistakes: free technical education

Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera proposed a bill to boost free technical education, days ahead of a planned student march in Santiago, the first such protest since he took office a month ago.
Saturday, October 19th 2013 - 17:28 UTC
Chilean students warn presidential candidates education reform is pending

In an anticipation of what is waiting for whoever wins next month’s presidential election in Chile, thousands of students again took to the streets to demand education reform as they have been doing for several years now.
Friday, July 12th 2013 - 19:29 UTC
Chilean national strike in demand for improved labor conditions and free education

Protesters disrupted traffic in the Chilean capital and blocked access to mining operations Thursday as part of a national strike called by the country's main labor federation.
Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 05:38 UTC
Chilean students and workers take to the streets to demand education reform

An estimated one hundred thousand people turned out Wednesday on another day of demonstrations called by students in several Chilean cities, with union members, port workers and miners joining the throng.
Friday, April 12th 2013 - 06:15 UTC
Students take to the streets of Santiago to demand education reform

Chile’s student movement on Thursday offered another demonstration of its clout, bringing tens of thousands onto the streets of the capital Santiago to demand the overhaul of an educational model that dates from the Pinochet dictatorship.