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Indonesian students among winners of World Robot Olympiad

The team created a model robot called ZOID.

3 years ago
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Transgender pupil's suicide unites France school

A school in northern France on Friday paid tribute to a 17-year-old transgender pupil who killed herself earlier in the week, with pupils calling for greater tolerance from officials. ...

3 years ago
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Apple Developer Academy in Indonesia holds graduation with virtual event

The students had to adapt to virtual lessons and collaborated with each other over distance. ...

3 years ago

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Climate change tops list of global worries for young people, says Amnesty

Four out of 10 young people view climate change as one of the most important issues facing the world, an Amnesty International survey on the state of human rights showed on Tuesday.

4 years ago
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Muhammadiyah University student wins medal at international ideas fair

Haryo invented a tool to reduce temperature in tires in cargo trucks.

4 years ago
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YCAB, Brazilian DJ collaborate with Garena to provide digital training for youth

The Digital Future Ready Training Program is designed to prepare its participants for a rapidly growing digital economy.

4 years ago
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Environment now a focus for young Chinese, says sci-fi author Chen Qiufan

China's millennials are increasingly pursuing happiness and sustainable living rather than wealth and luxury, award-winning sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan says, insisting the nation's youth are waking up to environmental issues. 

4 years ago
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Young entrepreneurs with a mission bank on 'Greta' effect

As the brains behind a hydroponics farming system in rural Kenya, 17-year-old Jefferson Kang'acha struggled to get noticed but he now expects the youth climate movement led by Greta Thunberg to bolster other young people on a mission.

4 years ago
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Fight the power: The argument for resistance

If there is no guarantee that these protests will lead to change, is political protest still worth pursuing?

4 years ago
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Competition calls for aspiring student filmmakers

The competition, which is open until Sept. 30, asks aspiring filmmakers to send either fiction or documentary films with a maximum duration of 10 minutes.

4 years ago
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Young minds from across Indonesia gather for Jakarta summit to tackle waste problem

The Indonesian Youth Marine Debris Summit (IYMDS), held this year from Aug. 24 to 28, brought together young minds from all provinces to address one of the country's worst problems: Waste.

4 years ago
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English for Indonesia comes to Gontor Islamic boarding school

Gontor Modern Islamic Boarding School in Ponorogo,  East Java, and the British Council Indonesia launched a partnership on Monday.

4 years ago
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NASA invites students to submit innovative ideas for moon, Mars missions

The RASC-AL competition invites engineering students to design a proposal that pushes young minds to actively contribute to the real program needed to advance humanity’s pursuit of knowledge.

4 years ago
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Barred, bullied, depressed: Life for many US trans students

Barred from the bathroom, harassed on campus and suspended from school, transgender students report a host of problems at US colleges.

4 years ago
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Jokowi wishes WorldSkills participants well at palace send-off

The President has sent off Indonesia's 36-strong delegation to the WorldSkills Kazan 2019 with words of encouragement.

4 years ago
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Indonesia's higher education: Staying relevant in Education 4.0 era

Our university students still study in the same Socratic method of ancient Greece 3,000 plus years ago: the lecturer-centered learning, one seemingly-know-it-all professor, boringly dispensing outdated academic materials with little relevance in today’s Industrial 4.0 world.

4 years ago
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UK Embassy in Jakarta opens Chevening Scholarship application window

They are awarded to candidates proven to have good leadership skills, a strong academic background and a minimum of two years’ work experience.

4 years ago
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UI student named valedictorian at University of Queensland

Following Ayu’s achievement, the UQ School of Psychology offered to waiver the full tuition of three UI students who want to take its honors program.

4 years ago
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Shock absorbers inspire UGM students to invent quake-resistant building foundation

Inspired by how shock absorbers work, the three students – Yosi Kristiana, Siti Zuliana and Miftahussurur Rosyadi – created a simple device they called the “spring damper foundation”.

4 years ago
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Boys can wear skirts under Taiwan school's gender-neutral uniform plan

Both male and female students will be allowed to wear skirts at a school in Taiwan after it announced plans to drop gender-specific uniforms on Wednesday, a move LGBT+ campaigners said was a boost for gender equality.

4 years ago
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UI students win Spirit Prize in Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge

The team comprised 14 students from the University of Indonesia's school of engineering.

4 years ago
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Malang students engineer device that produces electricity using sewage

Brawijaya University students Hendra Surawijaya, Elfahra Casanza Amada and Rizhaf Setyo Hartono have created a device that can produce electricity using wastewater from slaughterhouses.

4 years ago
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Youth Act Kalimantan hold Heartland Project as part of global climate movement

Indonesian forests were one of the widest and richest natural landscapes in the world but also the one most vulnerable to deforestation and climate change.

4 years ago
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Sustainable protein producer Magalarva secures $500k in funding

The start-up operates in Greater Jakarta and focuses on bioconverting organic waste into sustainable protein.

4 years ago
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Jakarta university offers special entrance scheme for YouTubers with 10k subscribers

UPNVJ rector Erna Hernawati confirmed that the university had added YouTubers to its jalur prestasi (achievement path) program this year.

4 years ago
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Bali students awarded in US for mangrove-based solution to biofouling

I Made Wiratathya Putramas and Caroline Mathilda Nggebu from SMUN Denpasar 3 state high school have come up with a potential long-term solution to biofouling.

4 years ago
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Maumere's medical students invent moringa-based snacks for diabetes sufferers

Since these biscuits are to be manufactured by Nita village's housewives, the university hopes they could help the local community improve its economic welfare.

4 years ago
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Millennials and Gen Z are increasingly pessimistic about their lives, survey finds

Uneasiness and pessimism abound among the majority of the world's population.

4 years ago
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Indonesian students win gold, silver at Malaysia's young scientists conference

The team, which consisted of eight junior and high school students, presented its research findings in seven academic fields including computer science, mathematics, physics, life sciences and environmental sciences on Thursday. 

5 years ago
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Japan university bans smokers from all teaching posts

A university in Japan said it would not hire professors or teachers who smoke, a move that apparently is a first by a state-run university, Asahi Shimbun reported.

5 years ago
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Generation Z Americans will be the ultimate cannabis consumers

America’s Generation Z is coming of age in a whole new world of weed.

5 years ago
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Art courses mandatory for Chinese college students

China's Education Ministry has issued a guideline requiring general college students to obtain mandatory art credits before graduation, People's Daily reported earlier this week.

5 years ago
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USU students’ plant-based brake pads win international competition

Innovative brake pads created by two Indonesian university students won three gold medals at the 22nd Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies (the Salon Archimedes) in Russia late in March.

5 years ago

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