Tag: education

Here’s how to fix the University of California’s admissions process

More transparency in the admissions process would benefit applicants to UC Berkeley and the entire University of California system. Yalonda M. James/S.F. Chronicle University of California admissions decisions are out. Some 200,000 applicants and their families are finally seeing the results of a process whose rules are unwritten, whose scoring is secret, and whose outcomes […]

How to apply for Housing Benefit, Local Housing Allowance and Council Tax Support

Please note Since the introduction of Universal Credit, new claims for Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance can only be made if you are of state pension age (from 15 May 2019, both members of a couple must be of pension age) or if you live in supported accommodation. Housing Benefit If you live in a council or […]

How to Prepare for a Teaching-Track Interview (opinion)

Last year, one of us, Peter, was applying for teaching positions. I was at the end of a three-year teaching postdoc at the University of British Columbia and was searching for my next step. The previous year, I’d applied to three teaching roles and secured interviews for two of them but unfortunately didn’t make the […]

Saskatchewan shows Alberta how to handle a separatist threat seeking U.S. support

Open this photo in gallery: A brief expression of support in Saskatchewan for joining the United States, back in 1980, was stifled by the provincial legislature. Today, some separatists in Alberta have similarly expressed support for union with the United States.Amir Salehi/The Globe and Mail Bill Waiser is a Saskatoon-based historian and the author of […]

Oino Knows How to Win / IJF.org

Zelim Tckaev (AZE) enjoyed a smooth run to the final of the lightest men’s category of the second day of competition in Paris. The last fight of his campaign may not be so trouble-free though as Yuhei Oino (JPN) is ready with an opposing style and a calm sharpness, both difficult to overcome. Final, Zelim […]