GenevaLunch » Education http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no MIT, Harvard to offer free online classeshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/03/mit-harvard-start-free-online-classes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/03/mit-harvard-start-free-online-classes/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 10:19:54 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=69860 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Harvard University and the Massachussetts Institute of Technology are joining forces within a not-for-profit partnership, edX, to offer free online courses to all. The two universities, based in Cambridge, Massachussetts, have committed US$30 million each to develop the project, which will begin offering online courses in the fall. Course choices will be [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/03/mit-harvard-start-free-online-classes/feed/ 0 Careers in Media Communications – Webster University Open Dayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/careers-in-media-communications-webster-university-open-day/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/careers-in-media-communications-webster-university-open-day/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 08:29:21 +0000 admin http://genevalunch.com/?p=69745 GenevaLunch.com Webster’s Open Day: career&study info available for Media Communications. Fun events. Hands-on training. high school students: Business, Media, Marketing, Journalism, Social Sciences. Also grad studies, information on the master programs. Evening BarBQ

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/careers-in-media-communications-webster-university-open-day/feed/ 0 Oak Hill open househttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/oak-hill-open-house-2/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/oak-hill-open-house-2/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:36:00 +0000 admin http://genevalunch.com/?p=67069 GenevaLunch.com Oak Hill is a half-day programme designed for students with learning differences such as dyslexia and/or A.D.D. (ADHD). The center will be holding an Open Morning on Tuesday 13 March from 10.00 to 11.00 am. See a demonstration reading lesson.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/oak-hill-open-house-2/feed/ 0 Swiss stuck in gender gap rankings: enough female ministers, too little payhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/swiss-stuck-in-gender-gap-rankings-enough-female-ministers-too-little-pay/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/swiss-stuck-in-gender-gap-rankings-enough-female-ministers-too-little-pay/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:41:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63239 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is stuck at number 10 in the world’s gender gap rankings, published 10 October by the World Economic Forum in Geneva, with equal pay for men and women as one of the sticking points. Friday 10 November the country will observe “Futur en tous genres” to encourage boys and girls to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/swiss-stuck-in-gender-gap-rankings-enough-female-ministers-too-little-pay/feed/ 1 Oak Hill Open Househttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/oak-hill-open-house/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/oak-hill-open-house/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:37:08 +0000 admin http://genevalunch.com/?p=63068 GenevaLunch.com Oak Hill is a half-day programme designed for students with learning differences such as dyslexia and/or A.D.D (ADHD). Open House on Tuesday 15 November from 10.00-11.00. RSVP to: education@oakhill.ch

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/oak-hill-open-house/feed/ 0 UK university entrance system faces likely overhaulhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/uk-university-entrance-system-faces-likely-overhaul/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/uk-university-entrance-system-faces-likely-overhaul/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:23:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63056 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A report published Monday 31 Octcober by Ucas, the British university admissions board, shows that wealthy students are favoured, reports the Guardian. Ucas is currently reviewing the university admissions process with an eye to reform sometime after this year’s secondary school final year students complete their high school studies. The Guardian says [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/uk-university-entrance-system-faces-likely-overhaul/feed/ 1 Mandarin finds favour with European studentshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/17/mandarin-finds-favour-with-european-students/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/17/mandarin-finds-favour-with-european-students/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:40:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62523 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Mandarin is making quiet steady inroads in European education, with the Financial Times the latest media to focus on West facing East in the area of languages. The British newspaper, in a feature Monday 17 October, notes that Chinese has become the fourth major language, behind French, German and Spanish. In the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/17/mandarin-finds-favour-with-european-students/feed/ 0 Swiss study: mother’s indirect exposure to BPA predisposes babies to cancerhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/epfl-mothers-indirect-exposure-to-bisphenol-a-predisposes-babies-to-cancer/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/epfl-mothers-indirect-exposure-to-bisphenol-a-predisposes-babies-to-cancer/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:20:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62356 GenevaLunch.com New research shows mothers, not just baby bottles, transmit BPA, source of mammary gland changes LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Researchers at the EPFL have shown through experiments with mice that indirect exposure by pregnant women and nursing mothers to Bisphenol A, also known as BPA, most likely predisposes infants to breast cancer by modifying their mammary [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/epfl-mothers-indirect-exposure-to-bisphenol-a-predisposes-babies-to-cancer/feed/ 2 Migros and WWF band together to teach kids about Swiss mountainshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/migros-and-wwf-band-together-to-teach-kids-about-swiss-mountains/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/migros-and-wwf-band-together-to-teach-kids-about-swiss-mountains/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:03:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61451 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – WWF, the environmental organization, and Switzerland’s largest supermarket chain, Migros, are joining forces to help children learn more about and appreciate the Swiss Alps. Mountainmania is a seven-week online quiz programme that kicks off 13 September, designed to teach children more about the Alps. The two organizations are ready to hand out [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/migros-and-wwf-band-together-to-teach-kids-about-swiss-mountains/feed/ 1 Vaud chateaus invite the public to see one or all over weekend (correction)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/06/vaud-chateaus-invite-the-public-to-see-one-or-all-over-weekend-correction/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/06/vaud-chateaus-invite-the-public-to-see-one-or-all-over-weekend-correction/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:37:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61266 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud’s 12 historic chateaus, open to the public, are joining together to offer a special deal at the end of September to encourage people to learn more about this aspect of local history. A single ticket will open the door to all 12 the weekend of 24-25 September, for CHF15 for [...]

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