The Pharmacists Council of Nigerya (PCN) ably represented by their representatives, Nigeria Pharmacists Council Chair Mohammed N. A. Elijah, Council Education and Internship Department Chair Dr. Idoko Anthony Sule, Nigeria Maiduguri University Pharmacy Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Isa Hussaini and Nigeria Abuja Federal Health Ministry representative Zainab Ujuud Shariff visited EMU on 11th June 2016 with the intention of accreditation of the EMU Pharmacy Faculty.

The visit which was deemed a successful one saw the Nigerian representatives carrying out inspections on EMU Pharmacy Faculty and the university campus. On hand to receive them were EMU Pharmacy Faculty Dean and academic staff members. Information to the visiting group regarding the activities and education quality of the faculty, laboratories, accommodation and catering services provided for students, institutional structure, university and state support, sustainable quality and financial structure and international status of the faculty were provided. The visiting group of officials also met Nigerian students and received their views and questions.

Dean of EMU Pharmacy Faculty Prof. Dr. Fethi Şahin thanked the visiting officials for their support and added that EMU Pharmacy Faculty is the first and best pharmacy faculty throughout the island. Prof. Dr. Şahin also added that their short term mission is to become the best faculty of pharmacy in the Middle East region. Finally, Prof. Dr. Şahin put forth that the application process for the opening of the doctoral degree program in their faculty is now complete and that the faculty is awaiting the Turkish Higher Education Council’s approval.

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“The trouble with the world,” Bertrand Russell, a scientist quipped, “is that the stupid are very sure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” This statement is not always true though.

In fact, the more education people have, the more ignorant they may be. Ignoring our ignorance and assuming we know much more than we actually do seems to be a universal human tendency.

Quick: Are you at all familiar with ultralipids, cholarine, or plates of parallax? All of them? One of them? None?

Thing is intelligent people think they know too much. They feel they have an idea to everything but in fact they do not know anything, for example translating the above word 'cholarine' as combination of chlorine and urine but the word is entirely made up, DOESN'T EXIST. Their brain ticks them into thinking they know, whereas research has proved that “In many areas of life, incompetent people do not recognize — scratch that, cannot recognize — just how incompetent they are.”

We tend to resist recognizing when we have a vacuum of knowledge. We think we know a lot more than we do. And we make stuff up, often without realizing it, just to assure our egos that we are good enough and smart enough. “People who don’t know much about a given set of cognitive, technical, or social skills,” Cornell psychologist Dunning writes, “tend to grossly overestimate their prowess and performance, whether it’s grammar, emotional intelligence, logical reasoning, firearm care and safety, debating, or financial knowledge.”

Dunning’s most intriguing idea is that we don’t even have a grasp on what “ignorance” really is. Most people think of ignorance as a lack of information, gaps in our knowledge that could be filled in with appropriate training or education. That’s too hopeful:

"The way we traditionally conceive of ignorance — as an absence of knowledge — leads us to think of education as its natural antidote. But education, even when done skillfully, can produce illusory confidence."

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Pedro Muller reflects on the lapse of the school system, an institution he says meant for a different historical context. In this regard, he notes the importance of two similar, but at the same time different, concepts: “to study” and “to be educated”:

To be educated goes beyond memorizing a couple of names and forgetting them the next day. It is about having an inquisitive mind and wondering about what hides behind the obvious, it is to acquire skills, to exercise your lateral thinking, a divergent thinking that many call “thinking outside of the box”. To be educated is also about learning to be creative and innovative. 

We learn better in groups; it is part of our nature to discuss, think and reflect on a specific topic and draw conclusions. It is said that the best way to became educated is to learn.

Muller invites readers to watch the following English-language video, wherein Logan LaPlante talks about the concept of ​​”hacking education” or “hackschooling”, which refers to the process of learning as a group experience, based on trial and error and, above all, the importance of creativity.

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The Ministry of Education Higher Education and Foreign Relations Office has announced that 81,000 students had been recorded for the 2015-2016 educational year in TRNC universities.

According to the Higher Education and Foreign Relations Department of the ministry, 47,033 of these students from Turkey, 21, 982 are foreign nationals from other countries and 12,000 are TRNC citizens.

In statistics compared to last year, 74,000 students had been recorded, showing an increase of 7,000 students this year. Last year 41,928 students had registered from Turkey, compared to the 47,033 this year.

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EducationUSA Cyprus, under the auspices of StudyUSA Higher Education Consultants Ltd. and the support of the U.S. Embassy Cyprus, is hosting the 18th annual U.S. University Fair on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the J.W. Fulbright Center, next to the Ledra Palace Hotel, Nicosia. Twenty U.S. universities and colleges will be represented.

Entrance is free.

The fair provides an excellent opportunity for students considering the U.S. for higher education to meet with admissions officers and local alumni representatives.  Students can learn first-hand about the institutions represented.  Scholarship opportunities are available at many of the U.S. universities participating this year.

 The United States remains the #1 destination for international students for higher education.  According to Open Doors Data*, nearly 900,000 international students were studying at American colleges and universities in the 2013-2014 academic year, and 19.3 percent of these students were primarily funded through by their universities.

StudyUSA Higher Education Consultants Ltd., which is supported by the U.S. Embassy in Cyprus, offers advising services to students interested in studying in the U.S. Through their advising program in 2014-2015, they assisted their students to secure $2.76 million in financial assistance from U.S. colleges and universities.

For more information about the Fair, including a list of participating U.S. institutions, and StudyUSA Higher Education Consultants, visit www.studyusa.com.cy or email info@studyusa.com.cy

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We all have two of certain organs, like kidneys and lungs, but why not multiple hearts, livers or brains?

About 550 million years ago, a flatworm called an acoel was the first organism to evolve with bilateral symmetry. Bilateralism is the tendency of some lifeforms to be symmetrical, and many organisms on Earth today, especially vertebrates, seem to have inherited this kind of symmetry.

Evolutionary anthropologists guess that we have two limbs, two lungs and two kidneys because these dual organs gave our ancestral organisms some kind of advantage, not because they're spare parts We can see with one eye (and one-eyed organisms evolved first), but two eyes offer the advantage of depth perception. Because it's possible to survive with only one kidney, people tend to think of kidneys as spares, but a study in the journal Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation looked at how people did after getting one removed. Surprisingly, they found that they did better for around 16 years, but  at around 24 years later, they showed a decline in renal function.

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Speaking at the Higher Education Workshop in Nicosia, CEO and Vice Chancellor of the Board of Girne American University (GAU)  Assist. Prof. Dr. Asım Vehbi has said that the contribution of the universities to the economy is 1,3 billion dollars and he also pointed out that this amount is equal to 28% of TRNC's economy.

Stating that the 1/4th of the population of residents in Cyprus consist of the university students Vehbi has said that “It is hard to see the same amount in some other places and really hard amount to reach. There are 75,000 in 300,000 populated TRNC.

  

Universities have a huge impact

Underlining the importance of the universities in Northern Cyprus, Vehbi emphasized the important role of the universities and on behalf of the universities  the academics and students on the TRNC community, economy and socio-cultural life.

Asım Vehbi has said that the higher education needs a very good administration and control and has also stated that the universities provide a cultural wealth and a social dynamism. Vehbi has said that “if we consider a calendar year of the Girne American University, there are more than 700 academic, social, cultural and sportive activities. “If we assume that this amount is same in other universities and if we know that these activities realize by the participation of the people, so we know that not only the economic but also the sociocultural wealth occurs.”

The benefits of the universities are quite a lot

Expressing that the universities realize very important social responsibility projects, provide a support in every field and produce an intellectual wealth, Vehbi has said that “Even our media make use of the academics of the universities in many aspects. If we consider the last presidential election, we could see that almost each candidate has had academic support. And I think this is something to be proud of.”

 Stating that the universities are part of the life and provide a very important area for the social development Vehbi has said that, “These students form an important source at the 1.league basketball, football and in many club teams of many fields.

Education Contribution to the economy is $1,3 Billion dollars.

In his speech, Vehbi has shared data of the Turkish Republic Aid Committee’s study and has also emphasized that the contribution of the universities to the economy  is 1,3 billion dollars and he has pointed out that this amount is equal to the 28% country income.

Vehbi has emphasized that the 1,3 billion dollars does not just come from tuition of universities. He also said that  28% of the amount reflect to the food & beverage, 17% to the accomodation , 5.2% to the domestic transportation, 5% to the communication expenses, 5% to the clothes, 4.8% to the flights to and from TRNC, 3.3% to the books and stationery expenses, 2.7% on social life, art and sports and 1% reflects to the other fields.

Vehbi has stated that TRNC is known as an education country due to its higher education even though it is not recognized by the states of the world. Vehbi has also said that “When the students, that come from 120 different countries, return to their countries, they make an honorary representation for TRNC and automatically become ambassadors. Our academic background, geographical position, good climate and low crime rates are known by many countries.”

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Preparations have begun for Australian schools to begin offering Turkish language instruction to students beginning in 2016 as part of the national curriculum.

From next year, students at public schools all over the country will be able to choose from Chinese, Italian, Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Greek, Spanish Vietnamese and now Turkish.

An agreement was reached in 2011 to offer the language following intense efforts by the country's 60,000-strong Turkish community.

This week, the president of the Turkish Teachers Association in Victoria, Yasar Duyal, called the decision "very important for pupils as well as for the future of the Turkish community." He said, "Indeed, the work does not end here, now it starts," adding that he hoped the lessons would raise the profile of Turks in Australia.

From 2016, the language will be offered to students from grade one in primary school to year nine in high school.

Duyal said he hopes pupils outside of Australia's Turkish community will take up the language, but also underscored its importance to Turks living in Australia. "If we do not protect the language, if we do not teach to our children, what will happen in the future?" he asked. "We would lose the Turkish language as well as our identity."

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