A U.S. college president has come under criticism for asking his students to arm themselves to “end those muslims.” Referring to the recent shootings in San Bernardino, California, Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, U.S., said, “It just blows my mind when I see the president of the United States say that the answer to circumstances like that is more gun control.” In a video that has gone viral on the Internet, he is seen saying, “Let’s teach them a lesson if they ever show up here.” According to reports, Hillary Clinton has criticised Falwell Jr.’s statements and said that rhetoric such as this will only “aid and comfort” ISIS.
NEW APPRENTICESHIPSIn an attempt to increase the number of trainees in the public sector, the U.K. government has ordered that public sector institutions such as hospitals, police forces and government departments take in 200,000 new apprenticeships. Making the announcement recently, U.K.’s Prime Minister David Cameron said that the government is progressing towards its commitment of taking on 3 million apprenticeships by 2020. According to reports, the country has about 75 per cent of apprentices in the private sector, 16 per cent in the public sector and 9 per cent in the voluntary sector.
MERGERS GALOREA wave of mergers has swept over European universities, according to a report by the European University Association. Almost 100 mergers have happened in the last 15 years, with 14 mergers taking place in 2014, reveals the report. The reason behind the move has been attributed to several factors such as improving the quality of research and innovation, an attempt to increase the competitiveness and climb up world university rankings and so on.
