university

Why take a gap year?

A gap year is more than just taking time off from one’s academic career. It is a period of time for experiential learning, developing new skills, expanding horizons, and culturally diversifying oneself.
24 July 2021
14 July 2021

Is Dropping a Semester Worth It?

A decision that comes with its benefits as well as repercussions.
18 March 2020

BRAC University’s SLL: Experiential learning at its finest

The SLL program an exercise where students attending the RS are tasked with the duties of the staff at the residential campus.
17 July 2019

Rahul Dravid turns down Honourary Degree from Bangalore University

Indian batting great Rahul Dravid has turned down a honourary doctorate degree offered to him by the Bangalore University, saying he would instead like to earn the degree through academic research in the field of sports.
26 January 2017

CCCL-IUB Sports Carnival held

The Division of Student Affairs (DoSA) of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) organised a CCCL-IUB Sports Carnival on
7 November 2016

ULAB to play in int'l cricket tournament

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) secure a place in the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Finals which will begin from September 5 in Sri Lanka.
1 September 2016

Teachers extend ‘no agitation’ till Feb 23

Public university teachers have extended their “no agitation” plan over their issue of eradicating discrepancies in new pay scale until February 23.
4 February 2016

Guns, God and grievances: Belgium's Islamist "airbase"

"A breeding ground for violence" the mayor of Molenbeek called her town, speaking of unemployment and overcrowding among Arab immigrant families, of youthful despair finding refuge in radical Islam.
16 November 2015

When enough is enough

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
8 September 2015

Attenborough family photos released to mark anniversary

The anniversary of Richard Attenborough's death has been commemorated with the release of previously unseen family photos.
24 August 2015

Memo for university teachers’ separate pay scale

Public university teachers place a memorandum to the education ministry demanding separate pay scale for them.
15 June 2015

VAT on private universities

Finance minister's proposed 10 percent value added tax (VAT) on around 160 private sector universities including medical and engineering colleges has not found favour with those who have been targeted.
14 June 2015

Academia's missing middle

THERE is a perplexing problem in Bangladesh's “universities,” especially in the private universities. A significant number of departments of these universities are staffed by faculty members who are of very senior rank (professors).
16 February 2015