Sentences with phrase «higher education bodies»

Whilst two investigations are possible in relation to a university and some higher education bodies, this issue does not affect schools generally.

Borneo Divers Training Institute's program is recognized by higher education bodies such as the American Council on Education, National Vocational Qualification (UK), Australian National Training Authority, Canadian Learning Bank and other local institutions.

The RAE, the UK's national academy of engineering, worked for 18 months alongside industry, higher education bodies and schools to propose the new engineering A-level — in part to lift the UK from Europe's bottom spot for recruiting women into the profession.

Government must work with the industry to help attract and retain young professionals, and with further and higher education bodies to incentivise young people to pursue careers in engineering and transportation.

The Lib Dem announcement comes as Universities UK, a higher education body, warned hundred of thousands of potential students may be denied a place because of spending cuts.

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This may be a literal corporation, such as IBM or GE; or it may be a body like the CIO or AFL, the presbytery, the board of education, the Department of Defense, the state legislature, Lincoln High School, the Pittsburgh Pirates, or the Second Platoon.

After receiving the letter I mandated that Theology of the Body for Teens be taught and promoted in Fargo's Catholic high school and in all religious education programmes.

The fact of the matter is that the Church should spend more time protesting the higher costs of insurance, the higher costs of higher education, the inequities in K - 12 education, demand that physical and mental abuses stop, and let GOD be the judge of a woman's right to care for her own body... On a theological note... where in the Apostle's Creed (summary of catholic doctrine) does it mention anything about contraception anyway?

And with more than 325 higher - education establishments in the UK, the collective efforts of the entire student body for one day a week could make a huge difference.

In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

Read Humanists UK's previous news item «Humanist parent in High Court challenge to exclusion from local religious education body»: https://humanism.org.uk/2017/07/19/humanist-parent-in-high-court-challenge-to-exclusion-from-local-religious-education-body/

An administration official said it came as no surprise that higher education for prisoners didn't get traction in a body that previously had nixed the DREAM Act.

The body said it has «consistently expressed concern that incidents of high level corruption and impunity of perpetrators is deepening poverty in the country, contributing to the systematic violations of internationally recognised social and economic rights of the citizens, including the rights to food, health, and education»

Last year the Welsh Liberal Democrat Education Secretary Kirsty Williams ordered a review into the body that supports the development of Welsh - medium provision within higher education, enabling more students to study a variety of subjects through the medium Education Secretary Kirsty Williams ordered a review into the body that supports the development of Welsh - medium provision within higher education, enabling more students to study a variety of subjects through the medium education, enabling more students to study a variety of subjects through the medium of Welsh.

Emily Toth, the Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge English professor who writes the Ms. Mentor column for the Chronicle of Higher Education online, said questions about the two - body problem are among the questions Ms. Mentor receives most often.

The proposals include creating a single research and higher education ministry, an independent higher science council to advise the government on strategy, a new body to evaluate all researchers, a long - term jobs plan for public agency researchers, and more crossover between the two groups.

«Academic field» is defined by INS as «a body of specialized knowledge offered for study at an accredited United States university or institution of higher education.»

«Data show that African - Americans have higher body mass indexes than do whites, and as a group, they have lower income and education levels, consume less fruits and vegetables, and work out less,» Sen said.

In Grutter v. Bollinger, the court recognized the special pedagogical role of higher education institutions and allowed universities to use race when pursuing «the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.»

Last Thursday, Vitae — an organization supported by research funding bodies, that promotes the professional development of early - career researchers in the United Kingdom — released two reports exploring the working conditions and career development of research staff (mainly postdocs) and principal investigators (PIs) in higher education.

The move gave total control of the lucrative Programme for Research in Third - Level Institutions run by the Higher Education Authority (HEA)-- one of two main public bodies funding science in Ireland — to Minister Lenihan's new department.

This difference was independent of other heart disease risk factors including age, gender, family history, education level, body mass index, smoking habits, hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol, all of which the researchers adjusted for in their analysis.

After adjusting the data for age, sex, race, education, smoking, alcohol use, blood pressure, diabetes, high blood pressure medication, cholesterol levels, statin use and body mass index, the researchers found that those people who met both the recommended activity levels and had vitamin D levels above 20 nanograms per milliliter experienced about a 23 percent less chance of having an adverse cardiovascular event than those people with poor physical activity who were deficient for vitamin D. On the other hand, people who had adequate exercise but were vitamin D deficient didn't have a reduced risk of an adverse event.

So spare a thought for those individuals working as contract research staff (CRS) in higher education and research bodies in Scotland, because they too have been fighting for a better deal for decades.

The decree — issued just after the start of a 9 - day holiday period — says that from now on, one - third of new academy members will be appointed by the government and one - third by the Council of Higher Education, a body that is also under the government's control.

But creating an advisory body focused on eliminating government red tape — a tiny provision in a 996 - page bill to accelerate medical research that could become law next month — is no less important to maintaining the health of the research community than is the infusion of billions of dollars, higher education lobbyists say.

Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education ranks CCNY # 2 among public colleges with the greatest success in ensuring the social mobility of our student body; at the same time the Center for world University Rankings places it in the top 1.2 % of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence.

The different arms of the trial were very well - matched as regards age (average age ≈ 55 y, ± 5 - 7 y depending on subgroup), education, time from onset of disease, and MDS - UPDRS scores at onset; the only evident differences were a higher number of males and higher body weight in the low - dose treatment group.

The Wellcome Trust and the Higher Education Funding Council for England are among the bodies calling for the use of the journal impact factor in funding, appointment and promotion decisions to be scrapped.

The researchers also factored in other characteristics of the participants that have previously been correlated with dementia risk including physical activity, age, sex, level of education, obesity, low body mass index (BMI), and a history of high blood pressure, stroke, or diabetes.

Covariates included the child's sex, calendar conception year (categorical variable), gestational age, maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared)(BMI < 18.5 = underweight; 18.5 ≤ BMI < 25 = normal weight; 25 ≤ BMI < 30 = overweight; BMI ≥ 30 = obese), maternal age at delivery (younger than 20, 20 to 24, 25 to 29, 30 to 34, and ≥ 35 years), maternal education at delivery (≤ high school graduate, some college education, college graduate, postgraduate, or unknown), maternal race / ethnicity (Asian, black, white, or other), and gestational diabetes (yes / no).

It is a registered association and its members are German institutions of higher education and student bodies.

Financed through public funding bodies, the DAAD is the world's largest funding organisation dedicated to promoting international exchange in higher education.

The DAAD is a registered members association made up of German institutions of higher education and student bodies.

Her website, alannak.com, features an exhaustive body of content diligently compiled over many years to provide access to high - quality resources and education for yoga practitioners in any location.

An ≈ 40 % reduction in risk for total mortality was associated with the package of whole - grain consumption, higher consumption of other plant foods and lower consumption of meats, nonsmoking, increased physical activity, better education, and reduced body fatness, compared with those who rarely consumed whole grain and otherwise had a less favorable dietary and lifestyle pattern.

A higher risk for COPD was found in persons who smoked, but there was also a COPD correlation with persons of lower household incomes, less education, and lower BMI (body mass index).

The search system has a high potential allowing to use multiple physical (age range, height, body type, even color of eyes and hair), social (occupation, education, income etc.), personal (marital status, the number of kids, willing to have more) filters.

Almost a quarter of a million students in the UK are said to be shunning Parliament and university bodies in favour of «sugar mummies and daddies» to ease their financial burden amid the rising cost of higher education, according to a dating site.

The bill, passed by lawmakers this spring, transfers power over the teacher training institutions from the state board of education to two state higher - education governing bodies.

That body determines if each applying school has the promise to provide a high - quality education to its students and run a tight financial and operational ship.

The reports concludes with: «The small body of research focused on the effectiveness of K12 virtual schooling programs supports findings of similar studies on online courses offered in higher education.

Acknowledging these studies, it is notable that the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice — a body affiliated with the National Education Association — has observed: «Voucher studies, generally of high quality, indicate a slightly positive impact, particularly for African American students.»

NCATE's legitimacy as an accrediting body is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the private Council for Higher Education Accreditation, a nationally recognized advocate for voluntary accreditation and quality assurance.

On one hand, some proponents of fostering racially and ethnically diverse student bodies in higher education facilely proclaim that diversity is crucial, as college is considered a training ground for life in our multicultural society.

An emerging body of evidence suggests that integrating STEMM fields with the humanities and arts in higher education is associated with positive learning outcomes that may help students enter the workforce, live enriched lives, and become active and informed citizens, says a new Academies report.

Local College Access Networks (LCANs) are community - based college access coordinating bodies supported by a team of community and education leaders representing K - 12, higher education, the nonprofit sector, government, business and philanthropy.

Compared to neighboring district schools, KIPP middle schools have student bodies characterized by higher concentrations of poverty and racial minorities, but lower concentrations of special education and limited English proficiency students.

The school states its mission is «to develop innovative leaders by providing a diverse student body a world - class middle and high school education with a science focus within the core academic courses through emphasizing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)».

Under a series of actions taken over the past year and a half by the New York State Board of Regents, the body that oversees P - 12 education, higher education, and teacher certification, the doors have been opened for nonuniversity programs to prepare teachers at the graduate - degree level.