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Educating prisoners reduce re-offendsA study of around 3000 prisoners in England and Wales has shown that 19% re-offended within a year of release when compared to the 26% of the 3000 inmates without education. Educating the prisoners has been found to be the best method to reduce re-offending.
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Online Exchange-traded Fund knowledge center launchedVanguard, the U.S. Exchange-traded Fund (ETF) issuer has launched ETF Knowledge Center by aggregating its published educational pieces in an easily accessible way for financial advisors. Education for advisors has become essential for ETF providers to coach new entrants to the ETF industry.
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Explore the world’s oceans"Exploring Our Oceans" is a MOOC course offered via the U.K. MOOC provider Futurelearn by the University of Southampton. It is a six-week course that anyone can take for free, has and consists of recorded lectures, readings and online tests.
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What is the next step in educational innovation?Engagement and creativity in the classroom are needed to take the next step in educational innovation. Such a shift toward a new idea of a classroom will help create a well-prepared and forward-thinking workforce.
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Only 10% students have access to Higher Education in IndiaAccess to higher education beyond schooling is merely 10% in Indian states. Huge disparities exists across geographic regions, gender and socio-economic religious groups. The southern and northern Indian states offer better opportunities than the rest of the country. There is little regulation of the quality and cost of education.
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Ubongo, a Tanzanian E-learning enterpriseUbongo, a Tanzania based social enterprise has created locally relevant interactive educational content for kids. The content is distributed across TV, radio, mobile and broadband networks. They address the local problems implicit in the Tanzanian Education System.
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The infinite reach of an online universityThe University of Florida has launched UF Online that offers accredited degree courses. More students than can fit in the university campus now have the opportunity to earn a degree. The university is devising ways to deliver help to its online students anytime. A keyword typed will transport students to a lecture seen months ago. They will be able to use cell phones to search the web, the text book and talk to classmates from any place. The vision of UF is a made-to-order education for tens of thousands of students at a time.
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From a struggling University to the Amazon of Higher EducationSouthern New Hampshire University, U.S. had 2000 students, declining enrollment, poor name recognition and deteriorating finances five years ago. But today, after embracing online education, it has become the Amazon.com of higher education with over 180 different programs and 34,000 students.
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Seminaries provide online theological educationThe Association of Theological Schools (ATS), the main accrediting body for seminaries and graduate schools in the US, did not allow degrees to be offered fully online till 2012. But from February 2013, ATS has waived the residency requirement and allows online master’s degree programs. 38% of the ATS member schools now offer atleast six courses online.
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A new way to learn coding onlineBloc, a San Francisco-based education start-up is breaking the model of MOOC providers like Coursera and Udacity. It offers a paid online apprenticeship program that teaches the fundamentals of Web development, with a mentor who provides one-on-one counselling.