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Education is often directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. Here are some articles that explore a wide range of topics related to education.

Does Handwriting or Typing Make You Smarter?

Are you the type who prefers to hand write all your notes during a lecture, or do you prefer to type it out? New studies...

How China’s Humdrum Sex Ed Can Be Fun

By Vincent Tan China has banned "provocative eating" of bananas, ironically because they deem it "too erotic". But in a culture that tends to largely...

WAH, More Singlish in the Oxford dictionary!

By Vincent Tan Feature image belongs to Abhi Sharma  Get a new dictionary for 2016. 19 Singlish words are now officially ‘real’ English, thanks to the...

Recent Shifts in University Rankings: UK, US & Asia

The global face of education is changing. And it’s changing a lot, it seems. This year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Reputation Ranking has a...