In the midst of the pandemic, Europe’s universities are looking ahead to define their priorities for the next 10 years. Europe and the world are facing immense challenges: finding a sustainable equilibrium between ecological, economic and social concerns, the digital transition and (geo)political uncertainty, to name some of the most important ones.

We are at a tipping point, a time of transformation for society and universities; it is important to take a step back and reflect about the future strategically.

How do we want Europe’s universities to look in 10 years’ time? What should be their role in society and how should their missions evolve? What are the core values and key conditions we need to retain?  Read More

Despite calls by the country’s main teachers’ lobby and the umbrella parent group for an immediate end to face-to-face classes, Education Minister Fayval Williams has rejected those appeals, saying schools are governed by the standard workplace policy on COVID-19.

Jamaica has recorded its largest sustained series of infections over a five-day period, totting up 1,325 cases of the coronavirus that threaten to swamp state hospitals and worsen the public healthcare crisis.

Those cases include a small but snowballing number of cases that have disrupted an already stop-start academic year which started two months late with a November pilot in 2020.

Happy Grove High in eastern Portland was the latest school to suspend face-to-face classes after a staffer reportedly tested positive for the virus.

The decision was disclosed by principal Monique Grant-Facey, who issued a text message on Monday stating that despite deep-cleaning of the school plant, fear among students and staff was sufficiently compelling to trigger the calling off of in-person sessions until after the midterm break ends on February 19.

The teacher has not visited the school since January 22. Read More

Children from nine St Catherine underserved communities who fall below the poverty line are now enjoying an amazing educational journey made possible by the generosity of the late US philanthropist Christel Dehaan.

A very successful business-woman who founded Christel House International, Dehaan succumbed to cancer last year before getting a chance to see the completion of Christel House Jamaica, one of the eight schools she established worldwide that are dedicated to providing education to poor children who are otherwise deprived of a solid education due to their circumstances.

The school compound spreads out over 10 acres of land made possible through a 99-year lease from the Government of Jamaica. It sits next door to the José Martí Technical High School and would be the envy of many institutions in developed countries. Read More