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Breast cancer awareness drive begins in universities and women colleges
May 16th
PESHAWAR, May 15: The Pink Ribbon in collaboration with Higher Education Commission is starting a youth awareness campaign on breast cancer in 10 universities and women colleges of Peshawar from Wednesday (today).
Speaking at the launching ceremony of the campaign in Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday, the PR campaign chief executive More >
More than a third of English universities ready to charge maximum fees
May 12th
Institutions intend to demand the top annual tuition charge of £9,000 despite new rules permitting this only in ‘exceptional circumstances’
Most of the country’s leading universities are ready to charge the maximum £9,000 annual tuition fee from next year, shadow Business Secretary John Denham warned yesterday.
University sources reckon as many More >
voiced their concern about four public sector universities of the province
Apr 11th
The PAC on Tuesday voiced their concern about four public sector universities of the province, which were not cooperating for an audit of their funds. “Karachi University, Sindh University, Shah Latif University and Quaid-e-Awam University have not provided their working papers and are not interested in conducting a scrutiny of More >
Data to be uploaded on HEC’s website
Mar 1st
ISLAMABAD, Feb 29: Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to upload the data provided by universities to ascertain their ranking on its website. Purpose of the decision is to encourage universities to provide correct data to the commission so that an error-free ranking is ensured, Dawn has learnt reliably.
According to More >
‘Universities must pay students who do internships’
Feb 14th
It’s in the interests of universities to help students who can’t afford to work for free. Their league table position for employability would soar
Who pays your tube fare when you're working for free in London? Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
How much do you weigh? What do you earn? How old are More >
vice-chancellor of Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKU) urges protection of cultural heritage
Feb 4th
PESHAWAR Lauding the devolution of the Archives and Heritage Department to the provinces, vice-chancellor of Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKU) in Mardan Prof Dr Ihsan Ali said on Friday it was the joint responsibility of all segments of society to protect its cultural heritage.
Talking to The News during his visit More >
United States to help 7 universities construct, rehabilitate their education faculties
Feb 3rd
The United States will build new Faculty of Education buildings at six Pakistani universities and renovate a seventh education facility, as part of an agreement signed Wednesday between the universities and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said Karen Freeman, USAID Deputy Director for Pakistan.
She stated this while More >
USAID to build education facilities at seven Pakistani universities
Feb 2nd
ISLAMABAD – The USA will build new buildings for faculty education at six Pakistani universities and renovate a seventh educational facility. The $15 million construction initiative was officially launched at the Higher Education Commission, where the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) representatives signed a Memoranda of Understanding with More >
US to build, rehab education facilities universities and the US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Feb 2nd
Islamabad
The United States will build new faculty of education buildings at six Pakistani universities and renovate a seventh education facility, as part of an agreement signed Wednesday between the universities and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
The construction will take place over the next two year and the More >
Royal mess: 4,000 botany textbooks held up at customs Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland
Feb 1st
KARACHI: The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland has appealed to the Pakistan government to release 4,000 botany textbooks, which have been held up at the Karachi Customs for a year. The books are supposed to be distributed to schools, universities and environmental groups across Afghanistan. Ian Hedge, from the More >
Interior Sindh varsities disaffiliate programmes in Karachi Petroman Institute is rolling back its degree-level programmes
Jan 31st
In line with the decision of the Sindh government, the state-run universities in the interior of the province have disaffiliated programmes in various Karachi-based institutions, as a result of which the Petroman Institute is rolling back its degree-level programmes.
Petroman Computer Institute, considered to be the pioneer of computer education in More >
SU to extend protest to other universities Sindh University Teacher’s Association (Suta)
Jan 31st
Almost a month has gone by since the University of Sindh has suspended classes in protest against the killing of a faculty member on Januray 2 by student political groups.
After the murder of Professor Bashir Ahmed Channar, the Sindh University Teacher’s Association (Suta) put forward its four-point charter of More >
Beaconhouse National University’s BNU conducts workshop on social services in country
Jan 30th
LAHORE: A workshop on ‘Human Opportunity and Decentralisation of Social Services in Pakistan’ was held at a local hotel on Sunday. The workshop was organised by the Beaconhouse National University’s (BNU) Institute of Public Policy (IPP) and co-sponsored by BNU and the World Bank.
The workshop talked about Pakistan’s progress More >
Future of scholarship-holder students at stake, as fees not released concerned colleges and universities have issued notices
Jan 29th
Rawalpindi The future of scholarship-holder students is at stake, as the Punjab government has not been paying their fees for over a year while the concerned colleges and universities have issued notices to them to quit the institutions.
In Rawalpindi division, the concerned colleges and universities have issued notices to 188 More >
Universities ‘dropping science in favour of media studies’
Jan 26th
Universities are increasingly axing courses in traditional academic disciplines such as science in favour of the performing arts, media studies and photography, according to research.
Growing numbers of universities are offering degrees in media studies while chemistry and physics departments close, according to HEPI. Photo: ALAMY
Figures show a “major change” in More >
public sector universities not to increase the pay and allowances of the employees
Jan 25th
No pay raise for employees of universities Peshawar: The public sector universities on Thursday decided not to increase the pay and allowances of the employees by 50 per cent due to paucity of funds.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the vice-chancellors of the public sector universities in Khyber More >
Punjab Assembly passes resolution to ban ‘objectionable’ concerts academic institutions
Jan 24th
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution seeking a ban on organising ‘objectionable’ music concerts in private and public academic institutions. The move comes weeks after three students were killed in a stampede at a concert in Lahore. The resolution is among eight presented on Tuesday, which has been More >
Ministry of Finance promises to release Rs4.61 billion for Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Jan 21st
Islamabad The Ministry of Finance has promised to release Rs4.61 billion to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in the 3rd quarter of current fiscal year and now it is expected that public sector universities would be able to give their employees both 50% and 15% increase in monthly salaries with More >
Students blame poor teaching over degrees
Jan 20th
Growing numbers of students are lodging official complaints against their universities if they fail to obtain a top-level degree.
More are contacting the universities’ official watchdog, blaming the standard of teaching they received for their failure to achieve a first (1:1) or 2:1 degree pass.
The trend, reflecting a mood among some More >
NHA signs MOU with universities Lahore
Jan 20th
ISLAMABAD – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Thursday regarding collaboration in Highway Research & Engineering Technology between the National Highway Authority (NHA) Highway Research Training Centre (HRTC) and three leading engineering universities. According to a press release, the universities were the National University of Science and Technology More >
