Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/2/2024 8:05:52 PM
A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission from Sohag and Berlin Universities has discovered the burial chamber of a woman named Edi, daughter of Jifai-Hapi who was governor of Assuit in Upper Egypt during the reign of King Senusret I of the 12th dynasty (1991–1778 BC).
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Life & Style
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City Lights
9/7/2024 9:31:00 AM
The British Ambassador to Egypt Gareth Bayley hosted a farewell ceremony on 2 September for 30 Chevening scholars, offering them heartfelt wishes as they prepare to embark on their journey to the UK for their one-year Master’s degree at world-class British Universities.
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World
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International
9/5/2024 8:43:43 PM
Restrictions on visas for international students is causing financial hardship for UK universities, they said on Thursday, calling for a hike in domestic tuition fees to offset yawning deficits.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
9/4/2024 12:24:27 PM
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and a group of activists were arrested on Wednesday after occupying a University of Copenhagen building to call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities, Danish media reported.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/26/2024 5:43:48 PM
Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (aka Al-Azhar Observer) stated Monday that the Israeli occupation has systematically and deliberately targeted educational institutions in Gaza over recent months, resulting in the complete or partial destruction of all 19 universities in the besieged strip.
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Egypt
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Society
8/18/2024 6:43:43 PM
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour has unveiled the minimum Thanaweya Amma (high school) scores required for admission to the top faculties at the country’s public universities for the 2024/2025 academic year.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/13/2024 9:52:07 PM
As around 700,000 high school graduates prepare to enter university, Ahmed Al-Deeb reviews their options
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Egypt
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Society
8/12/2024 6:41:28 PM
Many Thanaweya Amma (high school) students were surprised to see two marks added to their total score before submitting their university preferences on Monday in the first phase of the "Tansik," Egypt's public universities enrollment system.
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Egypt
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Society
8/11/2024 2:11:00 PM
Egypt’s top Thanaweya Amma (high school) students will start applying to public universities on Monday, marking the beginning of the first phase of the Tansik admissions process, the county’s public university enrollment system.
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World
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International
7/17/2024 4:28:09 PM
Authorities in Bangladesh urged all universities to close on Wednesday, the day after at least six people died in violent protests over the allocation of government jobs and police raided the headquarters of the main opposition party.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/16/2024 10:05:08 PM
Egyptian students in Sudan, Russia, and Ukraine still have the chance to enrol in a faculty at home during the next academic year, reports Ahmed Al-Deeb
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World
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International
7/16/2024 9:09:16 PM
Bangladesh ordered schools and universities around the country to close indefinitely on Tuesday after six students were killed in protests that prompted the mobilisation of paramilitaries to keep order.
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Egypt
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Society
7/4/2024 7:41:39 PM
Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, witnessed the signing of the largest framework agreement for international partnership between Egyptian and French universities.
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Business
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Economy
7/3/2024 3:53:39 PM
The Sovereign fund of Egypt (TSFE) and Al-Ahly CIRA for educational services signed an agreement on Tuesday to establish four new international university models in Egypt combining branches of international universities and technological universities.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/5/2024 8:05:45 PM
Stanford University said 13 people were arrested as law enforcement removed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a campus building early Wednesday that houses the university president and provost offices, with the school saying there was extensive damage inside and outside the building and an officer was lightly injured.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/5/2024 8:00:32 PM
Student movements at prestigious elite universities in coastal American cities have dominated news coverage of protests against the Israeli war on Gaza. In contrast, according to a report published by The Intercept, working-class public universities in the Rust Belt and Appalachian cities did not receive coverage commensurate with the size of their protests and the harsher crackdown they faced.
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Egypt
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Society
5/17/2024 5:29:17 PM
Twenty Egyptian universities have secured spots among the top 2,000 universities worldwide in the 2024 edition of the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
5/14/2024 4:30:37 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently issued a harsh rebuke to the US over the student uprising in US universities against the genocide Israel is perpetrating in Gaza.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
5/9/2024 10:10:00 AM
Pro-Palestinian campus protests have been swelling across US universities but how that would serve the Palestinian cause remains an open question.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/8/2024 10:48:51 PM
The grass outside SOAS University of London has been dotted with a handful of tents since the start of this week, with Palestinian flags and slogans calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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