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☆ What to see at the Venice Biennale 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Nicole Mowbray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —This week sees the opening of the Venice Biennale, an 8-month-long festival of art and culture staged every other year. For 2024 — the show’s 60th iteration — Brazilian curator Adriano Pedrosa has chosen the topic of “Foreigners Everywhere,” and announced an intention to spotlight artists from diverse and historically marginalized backgrounds. With the main event running from April 20 to November 24 2024, here’s our pick of what to see if you’re headed to Venice. “Willem de Kooning e l’Italia” — Willem de KooningThe show at Gallerie dell’Accademia will include 75 Willem de Kooning works, including "Screams of Children Come from Seagulls (Untitled XX)," 1975. Yoo Youngkuk Art FoundationThe first exhibition in Europe of one of Korea’s most influential artists, including many works never exhibited before outside Korea.

Persons: Adriano Pedrosa, ”, Pedrosa, —, you’re, “ Willem de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Kooning, Gallerie, Nick, Berlinde De, Abbazia, Ewa Juszkiewicz Juszkiewicz, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Palazzo, Palazzo Cavanis, Ai, Peter Hujar, della, Carolina, Marcel Duchamp, Franchetti, Cindy Sherman, Louise Bourgeois, Sarah Lucas, Irving Penn, Palazzo Franchetti, Marco “, Zoe Saldana, Marco Perego, Corita, Maurizio Cattelan, Pope Francis, Inuuteq Storch, Louise Wolthers, “, John Akomfrah, John Akmofrah, Yoo, Yoo Youngkuk, Stampalia, M.F, Husain, Picasso, Viktoria Bavykina, Max Gorbatskyi, Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei, Ela Bialkowska, Ai Weiwei, Palazzo Smith, Koo Jeong, Koo, Rick Lowe, Lowe's, Lowe Organizations: CNN, Venice Biennale, Palazzo, Sun, Danish, British, Bangkok Art Biennale Foundation Locations: Venice, Italy, “, Refuge, ” City, San Giorgio Maggiore, San, New York, Santa, San Marco, Marco, Giudecca, Corita Kent, American, Greenland, Europe, Korea, India, Sale, Ukraine, Continua, Bangkok, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore, Houston

☆ Private Schools Rethink China Future After Flunking Growth Test
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

Dozens of international and private schools in China are closing or merging, industry executives said, weighed down by tighter regulation, a slowing economy and dwindling foreign student numbers. Dulwich College operates nine schools in China including bilingual schools catering to Chinese nationals that have been hit hardest by regulatory changes. Strategic plans for growth of its high schools in China were "scaled back in light of changing government regulations", Dulwich said in its 2022 annual report. Authorities have also moved to control the number of private schools. Dozens of schools, from kindergartens to high schools, have shut or stalled in the past two years.

Persons: Farah Master, Kane Wu, Julian Fisher, Fisher, Dulwich, Xi, It's, Frank Feng, Jimmy Chin, Nicholas Burns, Mathias Boyer, Casey, Roxanne Liu, Dorothy Kam, Muralikumar Anantharaman Organizations: Reuters, Dulwich College, Venture Education, Strategic, Education, Motion, Dulwich, British, Authorities, Dulwich's, Victoria Kid House, Western International School of, Everpine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, University of Science, Technology of, International School of Beijing, Casey Hall Locations: Kane Wu HONG KONG, British, China, Asia, China's, Beijing, Dulwich, Singapore, South Korea, U.S, Britain, Canada, Shanghai, Lucton, Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen, Eton, Guangzhou, Western International School of Shanghai, Xi'an, Technology of China, Anhui, Hong Kong

Dozens of international and private schools in China are closing or merging, industry executives said, weighed down by tighter regulation, a slowing economy and dwindling foreign student numbers. A rapid expansion prior to the COVID-19 pandemic drove a surge of privately run bilingual schools in China offering a western exam curriculum. Dulwich College operates nine schools in China including bilingual schools catering to Chinese nationals that have been hit hardest by regulatory changes. It mandated that Chinese compulsory education be taught in private schools, aligning the curriculum more closely to public schools and making parents question the need to pay private school fees when their children can attend free government schools. Authorities have also moved to control the number of private schools.

Persons: Aly, Julian Fisher, Fisher, Dulwich, Xi, It's, Frank Feng, Jimmy Chin, Nicholas Burns, Mathias Boyer, Casey, Roxanne Liu, Dorothy Kam, Muralikumar Organizations: REUTERS, Dulwich College, Venture Education, Strategic, Education, Motion, Dulwich, British, Authorities, Dulwich's, Victoria Kid House, Western International School of, Everpine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, University of Science, Technology of, International School of Beijing, Casey Hall, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China, HONG KONG, British, Asia, China's, Beijing, Dulwich, Singapore, South Korea, U.S, Britain, Canada, Lucton, Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen, Eton, Guangzhou, Western International School of Shanghai, Xi'an, Technology of China, Anhui, Hong Kong

☆ Who is El Deif, alleged mastermind of the Hamas’ attack?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Sam Kiley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

He’s now in charge of Hamas’ military wing, the Al Qassem Brigades. And on the ground, in private conversations, it’s been difficult to find people who are genuinely behind Hamas military campaigning. Men like El Deif, the bomb makers and decision takers, were hunted by Israel. Key to this change, too, was another major figure in Hamas’ military wing, Yahya Sinwar. I think this will spell the end of Hamas.”That may be a zero-sum option that not even the shadowy El Deif had guessed at.

Persons: Khan Younis, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin gasped, ”, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Eric Gaillard, —, ” Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al, Masri, El Deif, He’s, Al Qassem, Mkhaimar Abusada, Yassir Arafat, Mahmud Hams, it’s, El, Israel, Dor Kedmi, Yahya Sinwar, Al, he’s, Karim von Hippel, “, hasn’t Organizations: CNN, British, Hamas, Reuters, Al Qassem Brigades, Al Azah University, Palestine Liberation Organization, Israel, Brigades, Getty, Palestinian Authority, Fatah, West Bank, Islamic, Royal United Services Institute Locations: Gaza, Deira, Israel, Gaza City, El, Oslo Accords, AFP, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Egypt, Aqsa, Iran, Tehran, Rehovot, Hamas, Back, Syria, Yom, Lebanon, London

☆ UK university marking strike leaves thousands of students stuck in limbo
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Kylie Maclellan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

A spokesperson for Britain's Home Office said international students without results can request a letter of confirmation from their sponsor or return to their home country and apply for another student visa. The University of Edinburgh said 27% of final year students had not received their degree at the time of graduation. International students pay much more, providing a vital source of income. Research published by Universities UK International in May found the 2021/22 intake of international students contributed 41.9 billion pounds to the UK economy. "Every year, universities in the UK are depending more and more on the finances of international students," said Hendricks.

Persons: Maja Smiejkowska, Amelia Dias, Dias, Anna Hendricks, Ailsa Watt, Watt, Gillian Keegan, Hendricks, Kylie MacLellan, Jan Harvey Organizations: London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, REUTERS, University of Edinburgh, Colleges Employers Association, University and College Union, National Union of Students, University of Cambridge, University, Scottish, International, British Council, Times Higher, Higher Education Statistics Agency, Universities UK International, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Edinburgh, British, Florida, Spanish, Shanghai

☆ The Venice Architecture Biennale puts Africa center stage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Marianna Cerini | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Venice, Italy CNN —Until recently, the Venice Architecture Biennale — arguably the world’s largest architecture exhibition — has drawn crowds for its (mainly Western) star appeal. In a May 20 Facebook post titled “Venice Biennale Blues,” Zaha Hadid Architects’ principal, Patrik Schumacher, wrote that “the ‘Architecture’ Biennale is mislabeled and should stop laying claim to the title of architecture. The German pavilion, which is displaying construction waste produced by 2022’s Venice Art Biennale is a case in point. The German Pavilion at the 18th Architecture Biennale is displaying and repurposing constuction waste from the city's Art Biennale last year. The British Pavilion curators Meneesha Kellay, Joseph Henry, Jayden Ali and Sumitra Upham, with commissioner Sevra Davis, photographed in London.

☆ 'Green' offices in London are over 25% more expensive. But a modern workforce now expects it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Employee satisfaction is a big motivator for companies to go green, particularly as the U.K. faces its tightest labor market in decades. She's looking to grow her business but her former warehouse office building is too small and inaccessible for people with disabilities, so it's "mission critical" that the team relocates. "It's not like you're stumbling over these green buildings all over the place. "In light of the planet burning this might not seem as relevant [but] your office building is a huge reflection of your business' brand. "What is really expensive is if you have a big office building that's used one or two days a week.

☆ Elefant.md organizează cel mai mare târg de carte online – elefantFest, ediția a III-a
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-26 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

În perioada 24-30 mai 2021, elefant.md în parteneriat cu elefant.ro organizează a treia ediție a elefantFest , sub sloganul „Fă-ți timp să citești!”, la care vor participa peste 100 de autori români și străini și cele mai importante edituri din țară. Ediția a treia a elefantFest are ca partener de onoare British Council și beneficiază de susținerea Ambasadei Regatului Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei de Nord. „Suntem onorați să avem astfel de parteneri la această ediție a elefantFest. Ideea elefantFest a apărut în 2020, la debutul pandemiei, când târgurile tradiționale de carte au fost anulate, iar întreaga industrie de carte din Moldova și România era în impas. elefantFest a reușit să ofere miilor de cititori din Moldova, încă de la prima ediție, ocazia de a participa la experiențe culturale unicat, la care nu puteau avea acces în cadrul unui târg de carte convențional.

Persons: Sergiu Chircă, elefant.ro, elefantFest Organizations: British Council Locations: Regatului Unit al Marii Britanii, Irlandei de Nord, Moldova, România

am pregătit o listă de canale pe YouTube care conțin o multitudine de lecții menite să-ți dezvolte abilitățile de înțelegere, vorbire, scriere și citire în limba engleză. Pe canalul acestora poți găsi o mulțime de videoclipuri pentru a învăța limba engleză ușor și interactiv. Utilizatorii vor găsi informații utile despre cultura engleză, tips-uri care să te ajute să-ți perfecționezi vorbirea, să înțelegi diferențele de accente. Aici veți găsi o mulțime de filmulețe inspiraționale, pe teme variate, în limba engleză și astfel abilitățile de ascultare și înțelegere vor fi mult mai bune. Tot aici veți găsi lecții despre vorbirea practică, toate timpurile limbii engleză, veți învăța cuvinte noi ș.a.

Persons: Alexander Bebris Organizations: British Council Locations: Londra

☆ Ultimul an în care studenţii români primesc împrumuturi guvernamentale pentru a studia în UK
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-07 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +2 min

Acesta este ultimul an universitar în care studenţii români primesc împrumuturi guvernamentale pentru studii în Marea Britanie. Din anul 2021 românii vor fi consideraţi studenţi internaţionali, iar taxele universitare nu vor mai fi sprijinite de statul britanic. Are 19 ani şi a absolvit Colegiul Naţional de Arte „Regina Maria” din Constanţa, secţiunea teorie muzicală pian şi flaut. Prietenii din Marea Britanie au îndemnat-o să prindă ultimul tren către universităţile din ţara în care şi ei studiază. Anul acesta, din cauza Brexitului, universităţile au suplimentat locurile la faculăţi pentru a putea primi cât mai mulţi studenţi.

Persons: Amalia Farcaş, Regina Maria, Andreea Nelson Twakor, Amalia, Andreea Nelson Organizations: Arte, Regina, British Council Locations: britanic, Constanţa, Coventry, Londra, Anglia, România, judeţul Constanţa, UK, Europa

☆ Peste 60 de universităţi din UK - la primul târg virtual de studii organizat de British Council pentru studenţii europeni
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-16 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +3 min

Peste 60 de universităţi din Marea Britanie participă la primul târg virtual de studii organizat de British Council pentru studenţii europeni, între 19 octombrie şi 13 noiembrie, informează un comunicat British Council, potrivit Agerpres. Potrivit sursei citate, peste 7.000 de elevi şi studenţi din Uniunea Europeană, SEE şi Elveţia sunt aşteptaţi să participe la primul eveniment exclusiv online organizat de British Council pentru promovarea studiilor în Marea Britanie, "Study UK Europe: Gateway to the UK". Înscrierile pentru târgul virtual Study UK Europe: Gateway to the UK sunt deschise, gratuit, la https://bit.ly/32mUtLc, iar sesiunile online şi întâlnirile cu universităţile vor avea loc până pe 13 noiembrie. Platforma online face parte din campania Study UK derulată de British Council în Europa, prin care lucrează cu parteneri pentru a promova studiile în Marea Britanie şi a le oferi elevilor şi studenţilor informaţii clare, de încredere, precum şi contact direct cu universităţile britanice. El a amintit că, în prezent, aproximativ 10.000 de studenţi români învaţă în Marea Britanie.

Persons: îşi, Andrew Noble, El Organizations: British Council, Agerpres, Uniunea Europeană, SEE, Education, Group Locations: Elveţia, Ţara Galilor, Scoţia, Europa, britanice, străinătate, România, UK, Britanii, Bucureşti

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