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Little inventors come up with big ideas in the UAE

Investing in inventors is how some countries in the Middle East and North Africa are looking to enrich and enhance their societies.

France

Hundreds of schools closed throughout France as temperatures top 40C

Hundreds of kindergartens and primary schools throughout France will remain closed until the end of the week as temperatures top 40C in many cities.

United Kingdom

Britain's top jobs dominated by private school elite — report

Britain’s most influential people are five times more likely to have been to a fee-paying school, according to research.

Poland

Watch: Aspiring mechanic shifts into top gear with 3D-printed arm

The prosthetic arm is the result of a project between Wawro's classmates and the E-Nable foundation, a community of volunteers who use their 3D printers to create free arms and hands for those in need.

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Ireland

You're welcome back home: Ireland's message to ex-pat teachers

Irish education minister visits Dubai where many teachers have gone to earn a better living.

Germany

German teenagers teach school children about digital stress

While their parents grew up without smartphones, two-thirds of kids in Germany have them by the age of 11.

France

Exam-bound student misses bus and crashes car before police rescue

French police say they stepped in to rescue a student who missed a bus and then crashed a car in trying to get to an exam.

United Kingdom

Brexit clouds European students' British dream

Brexit, which is now scheduled for October 31, could lead EU citizens studying in the UK to pay international fees and lose their access to financial support.

World

Education under threat in Hebron and the rest of the West Bank

In partnership with The European Commission

What is life like for Palestinian children living in the Israeli-controlled part of Hebron? What's the impact of the conflict on them and what's the role of the EU in reducing their trauma?

Spain

Meet the Spanish teenagers who hunt down celebrity spelling errors

Celebrities in Spain would be well advised to brush up on their spelling and grammar — lest they find themselves hunted down by a class of teenage spell-checkers who are publicly calling out written mistakes found on social media.

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Why education is big business in Dubai

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The UAE has the highest concentration of university branch campuses in the world and most are in Dubai. With a 2 billion euro revenue from annual tuition fees, the education sector in the city is big business.

Iraq

Watch: Retired teacher keeps kids off video games at Iraq street schoo

Khamis Ali sets up his open-air classroom in the street outside his house.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. LGBT education in the UK must not stop with children when adults are part of the problem ǀ View

The UK’s track record for the discussion of LGBT+ topics in the classroom remains poor. But all that could change is parents get behind the changes being introduced by the government.

World News

Euroviews. Abidjan Principles must pass three crucial tests in order to strengthen right to education ǀ View

Increasingly autocratic States are pushing nativist narratives through national curricula, where schools face more centralized political controls and where the academic freedom of teachers is under attack. Are the Abidjan Principles robust enough to support the fight back against these tendencies?

Romania

Teaching young Romanians to fly away from unemployment

A school for flight attendants is proving a hit.

Norway

American mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck becomes first woman to win Able Prize

Karen Uhlenbeck of the University of Texas at Austin became the first woman to be awarded what many consider to be the “Nobel” of math, which is handed out annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.

World

Dozens charged in US college admissions scam

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USA

Hollywood actresses among 40 charged with over US college fraud scheme

Wealthy families paid fraudsters to take entry tests or create fake sports profiles to get their children into top universities.

France

'Sex education is not porn': Instagram backlash after account removal

An Instagram account providing sex education with illustrations of body parts was taken down following complaints, then reinstated after receiving criticism for its action.

Kosovo

Euroviews. "My dream of a magic school faded... What I want is equality" ǀ View

Living with a disability is challenging, and no more so than for 14-year-old Rijad Mehmeti. Living with cerebal palsy in Kosovo, he dreamed of a magic school where he could enjoy his education. Now, he dreams of equality for all children to enjoy their education, regardless of disability.