How young scholars are learning to defend their ideas

There is a particular kind of pressure that comes not from an examination hall but from standing beside your own work while someone with a doctorate tries to find the cracks in it. No multiple-choice questions, no partial credit, no retreating behind vague answers. Just you, your research poster, and...

Bangladesh’s polytechnic education in deep crisis

Bangladesh has been working on expanding Technical and Vocational Education and Training, also known as TVET, for years. The idea is that polytechnic education will become one of the foundations for industrialisation in the country. Polytechnic institutes have been set up all over Bangladesh and more students are enrolling. Policy...