Colleges told to stagger winter breaks

China Daily Global 10 January 2021

Chinese universities have staggered their winter vacation times to prevent concentrated mass movement of students travelling home for Spring Festival, write Zou Shuo, Zhang Xiaomin and Liu Kun for China Daily Global.

The Ministry of Education had asked local education authorities and universities to adjust winter vacation schedules to make sure students at different universities leave campus in different time slots. Local education authorities should also make sure universities stagger the opening dates for the spring semester and make sure they do not coincide with the Spring Festival travel rush for migrant workers, the ministry said.

Zhou Jiaxin, a graduate student at Communication University of China in Beijing, said the university had an early start to its winter vacation last Friday, and all students must leave the campus by this Friday. Students at the university will have a two-month winter vacation this year, longer than the approximately 40 days in previous years, she said. Spring semester will start on 28 February.
Full report on the China Daily site

Receive email updates from UWN

Global newsletters    Africa newsletters    Other
    (other includes related events and webinars)

Data will be processed according to our standard terms & conditions.

Research focuses on production of jet fuel from halophytes

UAE University staff

With an eye to developing a clean, alternative aviation fuel to reduce carbon emissions, researchers at the United Arab Emirates University have been focusing on the production of jet fuel from sustainable resources such as halophytes, which are salt-tolerant plants that could be cultivated on a wider scale in the region’s coastal areas.

The value of being human: How teachers can work alongside AI

Michael Milligan

Artificial intelligence is now a part of our evolution in technology and teachers need to be encouraged to find ways to bring AI into the classroom and have students use it in a way that is beneficial to them in the long term.

Ground-breaking research on seawater biodesalination

UAE University staff

As water scarcity reaches critical levels globally, a research team at the United Arab Emirates University seeks to revolutionise seawater desalination practices, offering a path to mitigate water scarcity while championing environmental preservation.