Education

30 Sep 2012

The first overseas branch of a mainland university will open to undergraduate students next month, in Vientiane. And, as Patrick Boehler discovers, getting to grips with Laos and its authorities...

11:49PM

Should we let wunderkinds like Tumblr's David Karp drop out of high school?

21 May 2013

It’s one thing to say tech geniuses don’t need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.

11:06AM

Letters to the Editor, May 21, 2013

21 May 2013

Comments on rape a gentle reminder

Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok has come under fire for advising women to drink less to avoid being raped ("Security chief blasted for rape remark",...

4:15AM

Decapitation and stabbings lead to calls for action to tackle student violence in China

21 May 2013

A spate of incidents including a decapitation in schools in the past month has prompted calls for more attention to be paid to moral education. On April 21, a 19-year-old vocational school student...

11:25AM

20 May 2013

Have you ever considered your child's "right-brain capabilities"? It was questions like this, along with a whole lot of scientific jargon, that were used this week to sell to local parents the...

5:27AM

Letters to the Editor, May 17, 2013

17 May 2013

Blame tycoons, not dockers, for social ills

Joyce Hung says that the logistics sector has been hurt by the dockers' strike and says we all have a responsibility to try to create a...

3:17AM

3 comments

Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

3:33AM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

City University looks into harsh treatment of students

City University will set up a review committee to investigate the rough treatment of students who protested at a rally held last week during an opening ceremony on campus.

5:24AM

Looming surplus of university places offers chance to target inequality

Hong Kong is heading for the unfamiliar position of having more university places than it knows what to do with. Within three years, education authorities say, we will have 1,200 more places than...

1:52AM

2 comments

Learning Curve: the tyranny of predicted grades

As students sit their exams for the International Baccalaureate (IB) and International General Certificate for Secondary Education (IGCSE), I am reminded of the hundreds of predicted grades I have...

9:54AM

EDUCATION

Winning a primary school place: it's a lottery

Next month is an important one for parents across the territory: it's when they find out if their children will be able to attend Primary One at their preferred school, under the government's...

9:42AM

Letters to the Editor, May 11, 2013

Struggle gives learning a surprise boost

2:35AM

CENSORSHIP

Seven subjects off limits for teaching, Chinese universities told

Mainland universities have been ordered to steer clear of seven topics in their teaching, including universal values, press freedom and civil rights, two university staff said, offering an insight...

4:58AM

22 comments