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Education in China: Survey reveals universities turning out billionaires

Shanghai’s universities rank second in the country behind Beijing as cradles of billionaires and business tycoons […]

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Education in China: Shanghai-funded graduate start-ups fail to deliver

Almost 60 percent of Shanghai-funded start-ups by graduates from a top university have failed or are suffering losses, according to a report issued recently […]

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Autodesk Introduces New iPad App to Make Engineering Fun for Teens

Autodesk announced that its new Autodesk TinkerBox App for iPad, a free* game designed to playfully spark teens’ interest in mechanical engineering, is available on the App Store. The app allows players to experience the fun and excitement of invention, while gaining confidence in their ability to excel in engineering […]

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Education in China: Shanghai teenagers are world’s smartest?

Chinese parents and education experts have shrugged off a report from an international organization saying Shanghai students the best education in the world […]

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Education in China: spending on education to increase

The Chinese government has vowed again to increase its spending on education to four percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012, a target previously set in 1993 […]

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Education in China: Science is lagging behind

3.27 percent of Chinese people have basic scientific knowledge, 20 years behind developed countries, a survey by the China Research Institute for Science Popularization (CRISP) revealed recently […]

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Watch Jeremy Myerson’s “The designer as collaborator” talk at Victoria and Albert Museum’s The Future Designer Series

Jeremy Myerson talks about the designer as collaborator in a co-design process […]

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Autodesk Introduces Free Sustainability Resources for Engineering Students, Educators

Autodesk has unveiled Autodesk Sustainability Workshop, an online portal of educational content providing mechanical engineering students and teachers with the resources they need to practice sustainable design […]

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Autodesk Offers Students Free Three-Year Software Licenses

Autodesk is extending the license terms for all free versions of the student software related to its online Education Community from 13 to 36 months. This license term extension applies to over 25 products available for free download on the Autodesk Education Community, including Autodesk® Inventor®, Autodesk® Revit®, Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® Maya®, and AutoCAD® […]

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Education in China: Doctoral programs seriously flawed

With a rapid increase in the number of Chinese graduates enrolling in PhD programs in the past decade, it seems the quality of education doctoral students in China receive is falling short […]