Yerevan State University has been included in the list of the top 2,000 universities of the world released by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) for the 2019-2020 academic year. The leading university of Armenia has scored 66.1 points out of 100 and ranks 1930th on the list. Harvard University tops the best world university rankings, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University of the United States. From Armenia’s neighboring countries, Tbilisi State University sits 1073rd on the list, while Ilia State University of Georgia ranks 1549th. Some 40 Iranian, 60 Turkish and 20 Russian universities are ranked among the world’s top universities. No university of Azerbaijan is included in the list. While compiling the list, the CWUR used seven objective and robust indicators, including the quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, research output, high-quality publications, influence and citations. … [Read more...] about Yerevan State University among top universities in the world
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Local duo make top 100 women in cycling list
Local duo make top 100 women in cycling list BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A Co Down woman has been named as one of Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling for her work as co-founder of cycling safety products company See.Sense. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/local-duo-make-top-100-women-in-cycling-list-38346448.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article38346447.ece/e5f14/AUTOCROP/h342/2019-07-26_new_52101806_I2.JPG Email A Co Down woman has been named as one of Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling for her work as co-founder of cycling safety products company See.Sense. Irene McAleese from Newtownards joins Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey, TV presenter Angellica Bell and triple Olympic medallist Victoria Pendleton on the charity's list for promoting women's cycling. The list has been drawn up as part of the Women's Festival of Cycling, which has been running through July. Also on the list is Belfast-born Eurosport presenter Orla … [Read more...] about Local duo make top 100 women in cycling list
Famous faces who went to University in the North East
From rock royalty to actual royalty the North East has schooled some of the best brains in Britain, and beyond. Home to Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland the region has a strong history of higher education. And with that history comes prestige - which is backed up by producing some of the biggest names in their field. As students graduate and head into the world of work we take a look at some of the famous faces who started life up here in the North East. Newcastle University Kate Adie CBE - During her journalistic career, Kate Adie was chief news correspondent for BBC News between 1989 and 2003. She reported from war zones across the globe. Born in Whitley Bay, Kate studied Scandinavian Studies at Newcastle University in 1967 and spent her third year teaching English in Sweden. And in 1990, she graduated with an Honorary MA from Newcastle University. Rowan Atkinson - Actor, comedian and screenwriter, Rowan Atkinson was born in Consett, County Durham and studied at … [Read more...] about Famous faces who went to University in the North East
Tennis ace smashing it in USA
Watch out Johanna Konta - a Teesside tennis ace may be after your ‘British Number One’ crown. Chanté Malo from Stockton is one of the country’s top young tennis talents. And to further develop her skills, she’s now in America to continue a four year tennis scholarship at one of the country’s top sporting universities. Chanté, a former pupil at Whitehouse Primary school , Our Lady and St Bede’s and Stockton Sixth Form College, trained at the high performance centre at Northumberland Academy in Jesmond from the age of 14. After receiving numerous offers from American universities, last August she began a four year scholarship at the West Virginia State University in Charleston, whose “Yellow Jackets” tennis team have just gone on to win this year’s League, Conference and Regionals. And this week, she’s playing for the Jackets in the prestigious NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) USA Nationals. … [Read more...] about Tennis ace smashing it in USA
Two of every ten students drop out of university in Spain
UNIVERSITY drop outs produce an annual loss of €974 million, according to the seventh U-ranking 2019 report by the BBVA Foundation and the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (IVIE).Francisco Perez, director of Ivie’s investigation and professor at the University of Valencia, talked about the worrying figures as two out of ten students, 21.4 per cent, leave the Spanish university system before having finished their studies.The dropout rates were higher at public universities and at those where education was not classroom-based. The study also showed a 11.9 per cent rate of students who change their choice of degree or change university.In terms of performance and specialised courses, The Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona and the Carlos III University of Madrid occupy the first and second place, showed the U-raking for this year.Related … [Read more...] about Two of every ten students drop out of university in Spain