academic

Choosing friendships over academic prestige when applying abroad

There's a spectrum of universities in every country, from well-reputed ones that only accept the most decorated applicants to others that still offer high quality education while accepting students who didn’t prioritise academics as much in high school. This means that even if you're particularly ambitious, you don't have to choose between academic prestige and long-standing relationships.
31 October 2024, 09:32 AM

Your guide to the Erasmus Mundus scholarship

A recipient of the 2022 Erasmus Mundus scholarship walks you through the process.
14 December 2023, 14:43 PM

Picking your major: A case for Anthropology

For an Anthropology major, the world truly is their oyster.
9 November 2023, 09:23 AM

The implications of grade boundaries on students

University grading scales are far more complicated, with numerous positive and negative grades alongside letter marks.
9 November 2023, 09:02 AM

The complex experience of academic guilt

Does everyone develop academic guilt the same way, and for the same reasons?
21 September 2023, 11:41 AM

Three tips for an effective group study session

How exactly do you make a group study session effective? 
8 September 2023, 13:00 PM

How to tell if you're burning out

For students, burnout is common if they are in a highly demanding academic discipline.
20 July 2023, 00:00 AM

Not fitting into any category at university

This is all normal when you have friends from all corners of the university.
14 June 2023, 13:54 PM

Rethinking education and future skills

Staying relevant translates to positive outcomes for people.
9 May 2023, 07:53 AM

Russell Banks, praised author of ‘Cloudsplitter’, dies at 82

Banks, a professor emeritus at Princeton University, died Saturday in upstate New York, his editor, Dan Halpern, told The Associated Press. Banks was being treated for cancer.
9 January 2023, 09:15 AM

Razia Khan Amin: A Bangladeshi writer in English

As an academic, I often share with students my writings that are related to the courses I teach. That was not the case with our educators when I was a student in the Department of English at Dhaka University. The reason was not because there were no writers among our teachers.
30 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Our obsession with institutional pride

Just because a huge number of highly successful people happen to be from leading public universities doesn’t mean all their achievements can be attributed to their institutions.
6 November 2022, 14:35 PM

Private Universities have a crowding problem

The students have a clear demand, "Take less or make space."
25 October 2022, 15:00 PM

Grade grievance and the lack of transparency in university grading systems

Grade grievance result from a lack of transparency in a university’s grading process.
13 October 2022, 00:00 AM

Taorem Sananu wins the Thesis of the Year Golden Award at ARCASIA

ARCASIA intends to unite architects in this region and provide them with a platform to maintain professional networks.
4 October 2022, 11:10 AM

Things to know before leaving for the Residential Semester (RS) at BRAC University

For BRACU students leaving for their Residential Semester.
22 September 2022, 12:55 PM

Akbar Ali Khan: A versatile scholar bureaucrat

Akbar Ali Khan is no more. His passing leaves a deep chasm in the intellectual firmament of Bangladesh.
10 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Akbar Ali Khan: Life of service, voice of conscience

His death is a loss for the nation.
9 September 2022, 13:00 PM