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The Chinese educational system has been the key to China’s technological rise. Tariffs will not change the picture

lucamartina — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 03:42:21 +0000

In May, we examined how the quality of Chinese exports—as measured by the Economic Complexity Index (ECI) developed by Harvard’s Growth Lab—has significantly improved over the past three decades and…

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Different Approaches to Quality Assurance and Cost Sharing in Higher Education: Comparative Analysis

IREF — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 09:09:04 +0000

WP 2024-11. Executive Summary Our study uses a qualitative comparative analysis method in order to assess the impact of national accreditation schemes and also other relevant features of the higher…

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Is a CNN/FOX world inevitable?

Luigi Curini — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 08:18:49 +0000

Two distinct patterns have been characterizing the news media landscape lately, First, according to the World Press Trends data, for example, daily print newspaper circulation between 2012 and 2017 has declined by 20 percent in Europe, 12 percent in North America, and 31 percent in Oceania. Of course, Internet and social media have played a crucial role in explain this dynamic. But there is more to it.

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Organ Donations and Transplants. Should we accept to be nudged towards better choices?

Sergio Beraldo — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:27:33 +0000

«Would you be willing to donate one of your organs to an organ donation service immediately after your death?». This question was asked to a sample of Europeans through an Internet based enquiry promoted by the European Commission and completed in September 2006. It was included in a survey aimed at identifying the main problems in the area of organ donations and transplantations at the Community level. In 2014, the 2006 survey was followed up by a twin investigation concerning blood, cell and tissue donation.

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STEM Popularity in Germany – A Reason for Optimism

Alexander Fink — Wed, 29 May 2019 16:01:38 +0000

German chancellor Angela Merkel recently expressed concerns over Germany’s and Europe’s technological competitiveness. Others voiced doubts about Germany’s tech future, too. One of the reasons mentioned more frequently to justify…

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Britain’s Unsustainable Higher Education Financials

Mario Pezzino — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 04:32:08 +0000

While the country and the main political parties are still focused on the Brexit debate, there is a potential educational, economic and financial crisis in the making, which may in…

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New Guidelines on Snacking: Another Unnecessary Interference

IREF — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:57:02 +0000

Today, in England nearly a third of the children aged between 2 and 15 years old are either overweight or obese and younger generations are becoming obese at earlier ages…

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Artificial Intelligence and Technological Unemployment

Ryan Khurana — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 08:53:10 +0000

Significant worry has arisen recently over the potential of rapidly developing Artificial Intelligence technologies to automate large sectors of the workforce. As the EU currently advances with the development of…

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What is the future of the Northern Powerhouse?

IREF — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:55:01 +0000

After the recent disappointing performance in the last elections, the UK government led by Theresa May has revived the Northern Powerhouse project. The project aspires to make the North of…

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Education policy and Competitiveness: Secondary School Reform in UK

IREF — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 07:52:02 +0000

In the last few weeks the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has revealed plans to reform the UK secondary education. Her proposition sees the reintroduction of the Grammar Schools model…

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