Going for Broke: Pivotal Region Faces Economic Devastation!

International Monetary Fund: large parts of the Middle East could run out of cash reserves in ≤5 years owing to low oil prices #edchat #edu

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#Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iraq are three countries confronting total fiscal meltdown in the early 2020s, absent of economic diversification

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IMF: even countries with higher buffers, such as the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait, are vulnerable to low #energy prices and need to get out of #oil

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Some GCC states have invested hugely in #highered in recent years, but much more action is required to avoid a spectacular + sudden collapse

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To watch: dwindling oil reserves in #SaudiArabia could spark further regional unrest as resource wars intensify #edu https://t.co/dWOMOG4GOr

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Just What the Doctor Ordered: Belgian Medical School ‘Confronts Décolleté Meltdown’!

Université libre de Bruxelles creates an international scandal out of thin air via its medical faculty's new graduation dress code for women

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A faculty #email advised female #students that 'a nice low neckline' was 'aesthetically preferable' for their #graduation ceremony #edchat

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The guidance predictably generated outrage; Université libre de Bruxelles was forced to issue a message conveying its sincerest apologies

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The Université libre de Bruxelles affair reminds us that while #feminism may be in crisis, its reason for existing has not gone away #edchat

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To watch: young women are likely to face unprecedented pressure to conform to unsustainable archetypes #edu #edchat https://t.co/xawrJCfBy0

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Holidays in the Danger Zone: UK #Students in #Malnutrition Scandal!

National Union of Teachers poll: >50% / #teachers say that their #students are affected by 'holiday hunger' as UK #childpoverty deepens #edu

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NUT #poll: 80% of #teachers who reported that their #students are suffering from out-of-term #malnutrition said it has increased since 2015

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There were 4m #children living in #poverty in the United Kingdom in 2015, an increase of 0.2m on the 2014 figure; the trend is intensifying

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Disturbingly, of the four million #children in #poverty, 67% had at least one #parent in work, pointing to an extremely unequal economy #edu

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30% of #children in the United Kingdom – or 9/30 #students in every class – are now officially poor; trajectory 'completely unsustainable'

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To watch: gargantuan #inequality is now a live issue in British #society + could affect the #GeneralElection outcome https://t.co/UYK5jDaa6i

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Panic at the (School) Disco: UK #Students in Mental Health Meltdown!

@NASUWT survey: 98% of #teachers in the United Kingdom said they have come into contact with #pupils experiencing #mentalhealth issues #edu

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Around 90% of #teachers said they had experienced a pupil suffering from an #anxiety/#panic attack; 79% 'aware of 1≤ depressed student' #edu

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Perhaps most disturbingly, 64% of surveyed #teachers knew of 1≤ self-harming #student, while c.50% were aware of a student with OCD #edchat

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To watch: a tragic cocktail of mentally-ill #students and an austerity-hit #edu system may see UK PISA rankings fall https://t.co/0hFyrmgdRK

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Race to the Bottom: African International #Students Flee Rampaging Mobs in World’s Largest Democracy!

Race riots targeting African #students in Noida – a satellite city of Delhi – has highlighted a key issue confronting AU nationals in #India

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The popular but rarely substantiated belief of African involvement in #Delhi's drug trade has exacerbated inter-communal relations #edchat

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Violence against #Africans is sadly not new in #India: in 2016, a Congolese man was stoned to death in south Delhi for no discernible reason

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Africa is an important export market for India's patchy #highered; #students from the continent should be welcomed https://t.co/Q9yttEdlcP

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#Brexit #Immigration Latest: UK Government Chasing EU #Teachers!

The British government is spending £300,000 on a new overseas recruitment drive to attract teachers to its stretched #education system #edu

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Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic are amongst those nations targeted by the UK government for sourcing #teachers of numerous subjects

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The move flies in the face of much of the post-23/06/2016 rhetoric about curbing #immigration, but it is nothing more than a reality check

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UK nationals are (i) not entering the #teaching profession in sufficient numbers and (ii) leaving it in droves, producing a chronic shortage

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The #teacher shortage is especially acute in #STEM subjects: a stunning 49% of UK #school physics teachers do not possess a relevant degree

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To watch: #Brexit may well have the effect of turning labour market gaps into structural chasms #economics https://t.co/WJ0yuAN0aH #UK #edu

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Start Spreading the News: New York City ‘Will Rival Silicon Valley’ By 2020!

The #edtech scene in New York City is being transformed by a series of multi-billion dollar investments that are recasting Gotham #edchat

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The summer of '17 will see the opening of Cornell University's new US$2bn #tech #campus on Roosevelt Island; similar structures are imminent

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New York City has traditionally looked down on sectors such as #tech, but aggressive rezoning has changed the incentives equation #edchat

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NYC's Economic Development Corporation: new #tech initiatives from Cornell and NYU could generate US$33bn over the next 3 decades #college

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To watch: large #cities are better connected to the wider economy than small towns + should attract ▲ #tech #capital https://t.co/GVbcOq5ceu

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