In Australia, nearly 60% of its research expenditure came from its universities as of 2020, compared with the United States at 45% and the UK at 42%, according to a report. However, Australia recorded the worst drop in adjusted shares among the top-20 countries in Nature Index between 2022 and 2023, indicating trouble for it’s research sector.
President Donald Trump has nominated Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education in his administration. McMahon, who has previously served in the US President’s cabinet, has worked as the CEO of WWE for 14 years. “Linda will fight tirelessly to expand ‘Choice’ to every state in America, and empower parents to make the best education decisions for their families,” Trump said.
The UK’s University of Kent, which has declared a financial crisis, said, “Like many in the sector, we face a number of financial challenges, including the fixed tuition fee and high inflation.” The university added, “Because of a heady mix of economic circumstances, 70 of the nearly 290 higher-education providers in the United Kingdom have announced proposed restructures or redundancies.”
The gunman in the US’ Winder shooting that left five people dead, including two teachers, has been identified as Michael Schermerhorn. He had previously been investigated by federal and local agencies over ” online threats to commit a school shooting”, according to the FBI. The shooting was the worst school shooting in the state of Georgia’s history.
A 14-year-old boy has opened fire at a golf school in US’ Georgia, killing two 14-year-olds and injuring a teacher. The gunman will be charged with murder, authorities said. “Those that are deceased are heroes in my book. Those that are injured are also heroes in my book,” Chris Hosey, director of Georgia Bureau of Investigation, said.
The mother of the 14-year-old boy who opened fire at Georgia’s Apalachee High School, killing two other students and injuring a teacher, said she is responsible for keeping her other children safe. “At that moment, the primary thing was continuing this communication with my daughter, but now I’m also responsibility for keeping my other children safe,” she added.
A rocket hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on the same day that an Israeli strike in Gaza killed dozens of people. It was the deadliest single attack on Israel since October 7, the date of Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked the current war in Gaza.
The UN has said that a UN-run school housing thousands of displaced people in the Gaza Strip is sheltering over 6,000 displaced people at the moment. Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said that militants are holed up in the school.
American scientist Freeman Hrabowski said he was the “only Black kid” during his PhD studies at Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the early 1970s. He added, “There was never a faculty member of colour and only one woman. From that initial instalment, the scheme has boosted the numbers of Black science students in the US. King posed this question to the group.”
US President Joe Biden is set to speak at the Morehouse College graduation in Atlanta, Georgia. This comes after students at Atlanta University Center protested against Biden’s stance on Israel’s actions in Gaza and asked for Biden to not be invited to the event. The Atlanta HBCU alumni association had petitioned the administration not to invite Biden to their event.