'I didn't want to make it easy for them to divide us'

Article Abstract:

Theodette Abayisenga is being held up a symbol of ethnic unity in her country of Rwanda, 10 years after the country's savage genocide started. Theodette, who is 26 years old and had a leg amputated seven years ago following an attack on her school by armed Hutu rebels, is preparing to take up her place at the National University of Rwanda at Butare. Theodette argues that nobody should be killed for their ethnic origins.

Rwanda, Interview, Racial violence, Abayisenga, Theodette

---

Flying in to be a critical friend to the far-flung

Article Abstract:

A senior lecturer in community development and senior research fellow at the University of Gloucestershire describes his experiences as an external examiner in the Scottish Highlands. The benefits of the job include the satisfaction of making a difference to the community and helping to stem the tide of people leaving the area. However, the weather can take some getting used to.

Scotland

---

'There is a void at the heart of this country'

Article Abstract:

Teaching in Burma has been ravaged by a government set on repressing free thought and by rote learning by monastic schools. Four decades of military rule have had a deleterious effect on education and two fifths of children in Burma never make it to school, according to a Unicef report.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Myanmar, Standards, Reports, Political aspects, Teaching

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Help students who fail exams. Get a good start on the PhD path. Agony aunt
• Abstracts: Discover the darkness at the heart of Europe. The future's bright. Understanding built into walls and windows
• Abstracts: Take some time to think through daily dilemmas. Here lieth the delights of pity, shame and rapture. Clinical trials and tribulations
• Abstracts: Reforming Islam: the need for toleration. The closing of the American city. Sins of admission: education and affirmative action
• Abstracts: 'Our voice is lost in their past glories'. Rights of passage. 'We were not all Migs or Swerps'

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.