Monthly Archives: July 2008
Guinea Worm Cases Drop to Fewer Than 10,000 (articles)
The countdown to complete elimination of Guinea worm disease is ticking closer to zero. Ethiopia, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Togo now have joined the list of countries reporting… Read more
HEC approved Tenure Track System (TTS) for Punjab University
PU teachers get HEC nod for TTS appointment The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved Tenure Track System (TTS) appointment for 32 faculty members, including nine professors, of the Punjab… Read more
Cracking the IELTS
I have just returned from a “free IELTS demo” (a kind of orientation in which an introduction of the instructor, the course and the institute is given) by a very… Read more
Performance breeds trust (articles)
A graduate challenge for flexible working Gordon Brown’s new flexible agenda is for parents of children, yet the flexible and remote working culture is constantly evolving. Graduates could make it… Read more
Not just a PRINCE (articles)
Valuable as it may be, a PRINCE2 qualification is not the only thing you’ll need if you’re going to succeed in project management. Melanie Franklin, CEO, Maven Training, and some… Read more
Standing tall BCS Professionalism in IT (articles)
‘IT professionals must ‘stand tall’ if they are to alter perceptions of the industry and break through the glass ceiling to secure a seat on the board’ according to… Read more
Human Rights in Pakistan News
Through the long years of military-controlled government, the human rights situation in Pakistan remained grim, symbolised by the “disappearance” of about 400 political opponents and activists. Chief Justice Choudhry’s order… Read more
Population explosion: need to worry at the right time (articles)
Pakistan’s current predicament – poverty, malnutrition, electricity, polluted water, ill health, and land degradation – if to be addressed on one platform is: ‘population explosion’. A country of 163.3 million… Read more
Building Community on the Net
By Admin: All sorts of reasons have been advanced in recent years to explain the decline of community in America, from the way we design our neighborhoods to the… Read more
Undergraduate Education News
Research and public policy designed to increase student learning and graduation for undergraduates while reducing college costs. Best of Undergraduate Education Graduation Rate Watch College graduation rates for minority students… Read more