KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — After spending years watching Sudoku players race through number grids, Yoshinao Anpuku now hopes more of them will begin looking beyond Sudoku itself. The president of Tokyo-based Nikoli, the…

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Dawn Pakistan·policy

Plot to kill Cuba

THERE was more than a hint of trepidation when Donald Trump declared last week that he would not attend his firstborn son’s wedding because he was too caught up in matters of state, including the paused assault against…

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Education Review AU

Reconciliation takes more than a week

Every year, National Reconciliation Week sparks important conversations in classrooms across Australia. Educators plan activities, children engage with stories and communities come together to reflect on our shared…

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Dawn Pakistan·higher-ed

Death of intellect?

“There is no human activity from which every form of intellectual participation can be excluded: Each man carries on some form of intellectual activity, that is, he is a philosopher, an artist, a man of taste, he…

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Malay Mail Education·policy

Rafizi says new party Bersama to go solo in next polls, vows no coalition deals

PETALING JAYA, May 17 — Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli today declared that his new political platform, Parti Bersama Malaysia (Bersama), will contest future elections as an independent force and will not align itself with any…

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Malay Mail Education·higher-ed

Founding was only half the story: Descendant says Yap Ah Loy’s true legacy was rebuilding KL after war

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Yap Ah Loy is widely remembered as the man who founded modern Kuala Lumpur, but according to his fifth-generation great-grandson Glenn Yap, that story only tells half the truth. Glenn said Yap’s…

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HKFP·policy

Breaking out the binoculars for another lamppost adornment of public interest

One of the changes I have noticed since our last (shall we say “popular?”) District Council was replaced by a more salubrious patriots-only gathering is that we now get decorations on Sha Tin lampposts. Sha Tin. File…

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Malay Mail Education·higher-ed

Rebuilt, not founded: Yap Ah Loy’s descendant says KL’s true legacy lies in its recovery after war

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Yap Ah Loy is widely remembered as the man who founded Kuala Lumpur, but according to his fifth-generation great-grandson Glenn Yap, that story only tells half the truth. Glenn said Yap’s defining…

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Korea Times Southkorea

Korean American artist exhibits 'Along the LOVE Road' series in Seoul, Buyeo

New York-based Korean American visual artist Sungmo Cho is returning to his homeland after 14 years, bringing his artworks to exhibit at various galleries across the country. Having moved to New York in 1992, his path…

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Malay Mail Education·policy

Stats Dept warns Malaysians: Surplus years limited to ages 29–55, save wisely before income declines

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — Malaysians spend most of their lives either dependent on others or drawing down savings, with only a narrow 26-year window to truly build wealth, according to new findings released by the…

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Dawn Pakistan·policy

President pays tribute to Chairman Mao in his hometown

SHAOSHAN (China): President Asif Ali Zardari lays a wreath at the statue of Chairman Mao Zedong.—APP ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, who is currently on an official visit to China, on Tuesday visited Shaoshan,…

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Campus Review AU·higher-ed

Peak bodies demand action on maths education

Bodies representing top science and engineering academics have called for “urgent action” to reverse the decline of secondary and tertiary students studying mathematics. The Australian Council of Deans of Science, the…

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Education Review AU·policy

‘Top blokes‘ to mentor at-risk Qld boys, teens

Young boys and teens at risk of crime, violence and unemployment will be mentored to get them back on track in the early years of their life. Boys struggling to engage with education aged 10 to 17 years old at Brisbane…

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Early Years Learning Assistants

Education news for this role

The Research Files Episode 108: Dr Dan Cloney on measuring learning in the early years

Sudoku pioneer Yoshinao Anpuku sees Malaysian players gaining skills beyond number grids

Plot to kill Cuba

Reconciliation takes more than a week

Death of intellect?

Rafizi says new party Bersama to go solo in next polls, vows no coalition deals

Founding was only half the story: Descendant says Yap Ah Loy’s true legacy was rebuilding KL after war

Breaking out the binoculars for another lamppost adornment of public interest

Rebuilt, not founded: Yap Ah Loy’s descendant says KL’s true legacy lies in its recovery after war

Korean American artist exhibits 'Along the LOVE Road' series in Seoul, Buyeo

Stats Dept warns Malaysians: Surplus years limited to ages 29–55, save wisely before income declines

President pays tribute to Chairman Mao in his hometown

Peak bodies demand action on maths education

‘Top blokes‘ to mentor at-risk Qld boys, teens

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