Over the last few years Delhi University has been making efforts in building a vast pool of online educational resources under the Delhi University Library System (DULS). In the coming years too, the university is planning to improve its online facilities by the way of introducing library tutorials for students and teachers and making electronic [...]

The National Foundation for India has announced the 14th National Media Fellowship Programme. The Rs 1,00,000 lakh fellowships will be awarded to print journalists, including two that will be awarded for projects that focus on conditions in rural areas. The two grants for photojournalists are for ongoing projects of social importance.
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The UK government has announced its plans for a new student visa system under the Points Based System (PBS).

Known as Tier 4, the new system aims to be more transparent and to simplify existing immigration rules for genuine students and education providers. Under the new rules, universities and colleges will be required to take [...]

Physiotherapy seeks to rectify movement dysfunction, promote optimal health and improve functions of the human body. It is recommended for people with degenerative disorders, the physically challenged, sportsmen, and for those suffering from arthritis and neurological disorders. Physiotherapy is a preventive and remedial procedure and is used as a supplement along with oral medicines. Heat [...]

For long considered a last recourse by students, Delhi University’s School of Open Learning (SOL) is becoming first choice for many this admission season. The school has been selling admission forms and prospectus simultaneously with regular colleges from the first day of admission. SOL has sold 10,000 admission forms and prospectus.
Looking at the increasing popularity [...]

Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder do 22 fewer days of work per year than people who do not have the condition, a study says.
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The research, which looked at 7,000 workers in 10 countries, found an average of 3.5% had ADHD.
Writing in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the Dutch team said workplace screening should be used [...]

People used to caviar will sneer at simple roe. But the huge pay hikes of recent years must come down to earth some day.

If you scan the newspapers today on job prospects and salaries, you can be pardoned for feeling a sense of bemusement. There are pessimists and optimists. The former talk of salary cuts [...]

Students keen on joining programmes offered by foreign universities and institutions operating in India, either directly or in collaboration with an Indian institution, need to be extra careful. For quite some time now, statutory bodies like the University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have been asking students to check [...]

From being considered `the beggar of Europe’ 20 years ago with an unemployment rate of 20%, today, Ireland is one of the most thriving economies in the world. In fact, its economic conversion even earned it the name, ‘Celtic Tiger’. The country is, now, a favoured destination for many international companies doing business in Europe, [...]

Do you want to know the locations of the beautiful Mughal palaces in Jodhaa Akbar? Ask the art director, says V. Kumara swamy
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Dramatic impact: The sets designed by Nissar Allana for the plays Begum Bharve (top) and Erendira
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How can film-makers today afford to dream big and give us the likes of a Jodhaa Akbar, [...]