EDUCATION Students, professors fear impact of university funding bill veto 28-09-2024 15:52 What do university staff and students want from Javier Milei’s government?
BEYOND THE HEADLINES Higher learning versus hire learning 21-09-2024 06:19 There is no chance of improving the quality of higher education without doing something about the quantity of both universities and students. by Michael Soltys
BEYOND THE HEADLINES Teachers left alone 14-09-2024 09:35 If education began with Socrates and his pupil Plato on two ends of a log, both learning and teaching are in crisis today. by Michael Soltys
SOCIETY Incarcerated reap benefits of in-prison university education scheme 31-08-2024 06:08 University education programmes in prisons deliver inmates a brighter future and help reduce recidivism. Journalist Jesús Cabral is just one who has reaped the rewards of the innovative CUSAM in-prison education project. “I’ve had many moments of crisis since I got out, but I haven’t reofferend,” he explains. by Josefina Salomon
POVERTY Quilmes university makes 'super soup' to highlight need for food aid 04-07-2024 17:43 President Javier Milei's government is again being criticised for withholding food from soup kitchens.
EDUCATION Government denies university ‘discrimination’ after UBA funding deal 16-05-2024 15:46 Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni says Education Secretariat will increase operating expenses by 270% in move to end funding row.
EDUCATION Poll: State universities are ‘most reliable’ institution in Argentina 26-04-2024 11:48 Poliarquía survey of reliability of national institutions ranks state universities highly, way ahead of the Armed Forces, the Catholic Church, the media, politicians and big business.
POLITICS – ANALYSIS Middle class puts first limit on Milei’s chainsaw 24-04-2024 16:03 President Javier Milei underestimated the march in defence of public education, which proved to be massive and exemplary. Dominated by the very same people who are feeling his adjustment the most, he had better listen. by Walter Curia
Marcha Federal Universitaria Massive crowds march against Milei’s cuts to state universities 23-04-2024 21:08 Large crowds turn out nationwide for march in defence of universities and state education; One of biggest rallies yet of President Javier Milei's government, with estimates ranging from 100,000 to half a million.
EDUCATION Universities deny claims of funding deal, confirm April 23 strike 19-04-2024 16:18 CIN National Inter-University Council denies government's claim that funding deal has been reached and renews call for April 23 protest.“It’s vital to make the situation we’re going through visible,” they stated.
EDUCATION UBA students and teachers demonstrate against Milei's cutbacks 19-04-2024 10:25 Students and teachers of the University of Buenos Aires protested with public classes in the street and symbolic embraces of buildings against the government’s drastic austerity.
EDUCATION Universities challenged: Chancellors warn Milei government money will only last until May 14-03-2024 11:44 President Javier Milei’s government is in the grip of a battle with universities over the education budget in 2024. Amid growing complaints, chancellors despair at condemnation from Casa Rosada and Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni. by Giselle Leclercq
BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS Poverty above 40% fuels despair ahead of vote 27-09-2023 18:20 Surging consumer price increases are the dominant factor behind Argentina's ballooning poverty rate.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Private estimates say Argentina’s poverty rate has risen to 43% 09-07-2023 08:00 Around 12.5 million people in Argentina are now poor, according to new calculations from UCA and Di Tella universities; High inflation in first six months of year and inability of wages to keep pace with wage hikes means further one million people have slipped below the poverty line.
EDITORIAL Schools for scandal 07-07-2023 13:05 An eternal orphan of election campaigns, education has started to creep into public discussion despite stiff competition from the usual headlines.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Casa Rosada pushes back after UBA speech by Ukraine's Zelenskyy 06-07-2023 19:22 Ukrainian leader delivers address via videoconference to students at the University of Buenos Aires, during which he called on Argentina to support Kyiv’s peace proposal and develop “closer relations” between nations.
SOCIETY & EDUCATION Argentina's university student numbers rose 40% in decade, says report 05-07-2023 21:57 Over 2.5 million students nationwide were engaged in undergraduate and postgraduate level studies in 2021, according to new Education Ministry report. by Enrique Garabetyan
JOURNALISM & HUMAN RIGHTS Robert Cox awarded honorary doctorate by Rosario University 28-06-2023 22:42 “Journalism can save lives,” declares the former editor of ‘Buenos Aires Herald’ newspaper as he is honoured for his ethics and quest for truth during the military dictatorship’s era of state terrorism.
Qatar 2022 World Cup Welcome to Doha, Señor Messi 17-11-2022 10:49 Argentina fans – from all over the world – gather outside a university in Doha, trying to catch a glimpse of their heroes.