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Dear College Students: You Should Take Geology

Mount Head, Canada Photo credit: ZME Science This is Why Everyone Should Study GeologyGEOLOGY (OR, MORE properly these days, geosciences) is a field that most incoming first-year students have little experience with. Maybe they had a rock collection, maybe they … Continue reading

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It’s official Geology students are the happiest at university?

Geology students at Field trip It’s official: Geology rocks   A total of 95% of geologists in a poll of 220,000 students said they were happy with their degree. Why?  Students on geology courses are the happiest with their degrees, while … Continue reading

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Only 30% of Italian high school students go to university

(ANSA) – Rome, December 6 – Only 30% of Italy’s high school graduates go to university and 17% of freshmen drop out in the first year, according to annual reports published on Friday by Censis research agency and association Almadiploma. … Continue reading

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Unions and students protest against draft budget law

(ANSA) – Rome, November 15 – Italy’s three main labour unions – CGIL, CISL and UIL – and students on Friday staged nationwide protests against the government’s 2014 draft budget law accused of failing to address record unemployment, including one … Continue reading

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Teacher who taped students’ mouths shut cleared of charges

(ANSA) – Reggio Emilia, October 21 – A teacher who taped three of her students’ mouths shut was cleared of abuse charges Monday by a court that ruled she was simply playing a kind of game. Angela Baraldi was using … Continue reading

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