The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will soon require tourists to register ahead of entering the campus, amid student and staff complaints over an increasing number of visitors coming to the school to take photos and sight see. Starting from May, all tourists must register in advance to visit the campus on Monday to Saturday […]
The deregistration marks a new step in the University’s response to heightened tensions pertaining to the Israel-Hamas war, as it has not previously publicly disciplined any individuals or student organizations.
Professors at Emory University arrested as campuses follow Columbia’s lead in demanding ceasefire and divestmentFour students on why they’re protesting against war in Gaza: ‘Injustice should not be accepted’At least 40 pro-Palestine protest camps have arisen across US campuses following Columbia University’s example earlier this month, as the New York school’s senate called for an investigation into its leadership, the New York Times reported.While many remain provocative though peaceful,...
The dean of students at Northwestern University attended an anti-Israel protest this week targeting Hillel, the school’s Jewish student community center, to defend the demonstrators’ "right to free speech."
A prominent education blogger receives multiple complaints about the incident at a high school.
A former Berklee College of Music student from China was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country, authorities said. The leaflet that was posted on the campus in Boston on Oct. 22 read, "Stand with Chinese People," along with other statements such as "We Want Freedom" and "We Want Democracy," the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston said. CHINESE BERKLEE MUSIC STUDENT CHARGED WITH STALKING...
By JIM VERTUNO, ACACIA CORONADO and NICK PERRY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police bulldozed into student protesters at a Texas university Wednesday, arresting over a dozen people including a local news photographer, while new student encampments sprouted at Harvard and other colleges in part of a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests. As universities
The company saw its share price plunge to as low as HK$10.84, representing a fall of 38.05% from its IPO price of HK$17.50
Radical groups broke into two university laboratories to steal chemicals for a bomb plot to murder police officers during the 2019 protests and unrest, the prosecution told a terrorism jury trial on Wednesday. Seven people are standing trial under the city’s anti-terrorism act at the High Court, with prosecutors – for the first time – […]
Hong Kong police have arrested a woman on suspicion of sharing test papers from the city’s university entrance examination online. The documents were leaked on Chinese social networking site Xiaohongshu, local media reported. A 23-year-old woman surnamed Lau was detained on Wednesday for allegedly breaching the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority Ordinance, police said […]
The Hong Kong government has said it will speed up food waste recycling and set up hundreds more smart bins to collect food waste before August, when the city officially rolls out its delayed waste charging scheme. The Environmental Protection Department said on Tuesday that 700 smart bins for food waste collection would be installed […]
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)’s head has been cleared of misconduct and mismanagement allegations, after whistle-blower emails accusing him of mismanaging funds prompted a six-month-long investigation. The complaints about the institution’s president and vice-chancellor Zhang Xiang were not substantiated, a statement published by the HKU Council on Saturday read. In a separate statement on […]