June 16th, 2008

Moral Justification - World Miss University Nigeria

By: Temiayo L. Kafaru
Beauty Pageant is usually controversial because of the outward dressing,mostly degrading woman-hood
In response, many national and international “Pageants” have come under heavy criticism and have suffered outright ban in some cities. Beauty pageants regularly attract disputes as up shoot of immodest dress culture which violet religious and cultural practice native to [...]

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under: Motivation, My Story, Nigeria Universities, The Nigerian Student, Your Story Tags: Miss Nigeria, University, World Miss University Nigeria

February 21st, 2008

Universities Urged to be More Open

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Universities should offer more detailed information about courses to the Facebook generation, the shadow universities secretary, David Willetts, said today.The Guardian’s Higher Education summit heard that students were sharing information about the offers they receive for university courses on social networking sites, forcing universities to rethink the kind of information they give out.
Willetts said students [...]

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February 20th, 2008

University Dropout in the UK

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University dropout steady at 22%
An £800m drive to reduce the number of university dropouts has had virtually no effect, according to a report from a committee of MPs. The proportion of students who fail to complete their degree has remained at 22% for five years, it reveals.
Universities are getting larger and “can be impersonal”, and [...]

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under: Studying, The Nigerian Student Tags: Studying, UK, University

February 12th, 2008

University of Wherever

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Why I chose the University of Wherever
Students no longer care much which country they are studying in. As long as the course is excellent.
It was New York, Virginia, Oslo or Leicester for PhD student Ibrahim Umar. In the end, the 37-year-old from Nigeria decided on a university in Leicester.
But it wasn’t the UK brand that [...]

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under: My Story, Study Abroad, Studying Tags: International Student, Study Abroad, Studying, University