Imperial College London,legally the Imperial College of Science,Technology and Medicine,is a public research university in London. Imperial grew out of Prince Albert's vision for an area of culture,including the Royal Albert Hall,Victoria &Albert Museum,Natural History Museum,and several Royal Colleges. In 1907,Imperial College was established by royal charter,unifying the Royal College of Science,Royal School of Mines,and City and Guilds of London Institute. In 1988,the Imperial College School of Medicine was formed by merging with St Mary's Hospital Medical School. In 2004,Queen Elizabeth II opened the Imperial College Business School. As of 2022,academic publications regard the college to have one of the strongest academic reputations in the world.
The University of Strathclyde is a public research university located in Glasgow,Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute,it is Glasgow's second-oldest university,having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first technological university in the United Kingdom. Taking its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde,it is Scotland's third-largest university by number of students,with students and staff from over 100 countries.
Cardiff University is a public research university in Cardiff,Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It merged with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) in 1988 as the University of Wales College,Cardiff. In 1997 it received degree-awarding powers,but held them in abeyance. It adopted the operating name of Cardiff University in 1999;this became its legal name in 2005,when it became an independent university awarding its own degrees.
The Florida Institute of Technology is a private research university in Melbourne,Florida. The university comprises four academic colleges:Engineering &Science,Aeronautics,Psychology &Liberal Arts,and Business. Approximately half of FIT's students are enrolled in the College of Engineering &Science. The university's 130-acre primary residential campus is near the Melbourne Orlando International Airport and the Florida Tech Research Park.
Shenton College is a public co-educational partially selective high school,located in Shenton Park,a suburb of Perth,Western Australia.
Exuma is a district of The Bahamas,consisting of over 365 islands,also called cays.
Ragged Island is a small island 23 km2 (8.9 sq mi) and district in the southern Bahamas. Ragged Island is part of the Jumentos Cays and Ragged Island Chain. The crescent-shaped chain measures over 180 km (110 mi) in length and includes cays known as Raccoon Cay,Hog Cay and Double-Breasted Cay. Island ownership is stated to have been granted to William George Lockhart some time in the 1700s. On 8 September 2017,Duncan Town took a direct hit from Hurricane Irma.
Arackaparambil Kurien Antony,better known as A. K. Antony is an Indian politician and attorney who was the 23rd Defence Minister of India. He was Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,from Kerala from 1985 to 1995 and again from 2005 to 2022. He also currently serves as the Chairman of the Disciplinary Action Committee of the All India Congress Committee,Congress Working Committee,and member of the Congress Core Group and Central Election Committee.
Joe McHugh is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs since September 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since 2016,and previously from 2007 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constituency. He served as Minister for Education and Skills from 2018 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 2014 to 2018,including as Government Chief Whip from 2017 to 2018. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2002 and 2007.
The Ulster University Magee campus is one of the four campuses of Ulster University. It is located in Derry,County Londonderry,Northern Ireland and opened in 1865 as a Presbyterian Christian arts and theological college. Since 1953,it has had no religious affiliation and provides a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate academic degree programmes in disciplines ranging from business,law,social work,creative arts &technologies,cinematic arts,design,computer science and computer games to psychology and nursing.
The National University (NU),colloquially National U,is a private non–sectarian coeducational university located in Sampaloc,Manila,Philippines. The founder of the university,Mariano F. Jhocson Sr.,established the institution on August 1,1900,as Colegio Filipino in Quiapo,Manila. It is considered as the first private nonsectarian and coeducational institution in the Philippines and also,the first university to use English as its medium of instruction,replacing Spanish.
Presentation Brothers College is a Catholic,boys,private fee-paying secondary school in Cork,Ireland. Presentation Brothers College is currently ranked as the number one boys secondary school in Ireland and regularly places first in the annual top performing schools table rankings conducted by The Irish Times.
The Higher Education Commission is a statutory body formed by the government of Pakistan which was established in 2002 under the Chairmanship of Atta-ur-Rahman. Its main functions are funding,overseeing,regulating and accrediting the higher education institutions in the country. It was established in 1974 as University Grants Commission (UGC) and came into its modern form in 2002 after Atta-ur-Rahman's reforms,which received international praise. The commission is responsible for formulating higher education policy and quality assurance to meet the international standards as well as providing accrediting academic degrees,development of new institutions and uplift of existing institutions in Pakistan.
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor is a South African politician,educator and academic serving as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since 2019. She has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress (ANC) since 1994.
Daniel Fernando Filmus is an Argentine politician and academic,currently serving as the country's Minister of Science,Technology and Innovation,since 2021.
Transilvania University of Brașov is a higher education and research institution in Brașov,Romania,which comprises 18 faculties,with a number of over 19,500 students and over 730 teaching staff members. Currently,Transilvania University of Brașov is the largest university in the centre of the country,a university that offers programmes in fields such as:mechanical engineering,industrial engineering,computers,construction,forestry,wood engineering,product design,nutrition and tourism,computer science,mathematics,economics,medicine,pedagogy,music,literature and linguistics,law,sociology and social work,psychology. There are 100 undergraduate programmes in the University:83 full-time study programmes,6 part-time study programmes and 11 distance learning programmes,74 master's degree study programmes and 18 doctoral fields.
Herbert H.Kohl is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father,the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain and Kohl went on to be president and CEO of Kohl's. Kohl is a former United States Senator from Wisconsin and a member of the Democratic Party. Kohl is also the former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. He chose not to seek re-election in 2012 and was succeeded by fellow Democrat Tammy Baldwin.
Robert Duff is an American politician,currently serving as a member of the Connecticut State Senate,where he represents Norwalk and part of Darien in Connecticut's 25th District. He previously served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing the 137th District. He is currently Majority Leader of the Connecticut Senate,and serves as chair of the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee and vice chair of the Legislative Management Committee.
Buti Kgwaridi Manamela is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education,Science and Technology,having previously served as the Deputy Minister for Planning and Monitoring in the Presidency since 26 May 2014. He is currently serving under the current Minister of Higher Education,Science and Technology Blade Nzimande and current President of South Africa,Cyril Ramaphosa. Manamela has also held the post of the spokesperson to former president,Jacob Zuma.
Bell Island is a private island inside the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park,in the island archipelago of the Exumas,which is in turn part of the Lucayan Archipelago. As of 2021,it was a territory of The Bahamas. The island has a surface of 349 acres. Sometimes the island is called Big Bell Island,and it is not to be confused with nearby Little Bell,which is also known as Cambridge Cay.
