Education
Things to consider when choosing a minor specialisation
Your minor specialisation should be aligned with your professional and personal goals.
Anime music helped me study for A levels. Here’s how
I repeated the process throughout what time was left, playing a different tune for every question paper.
Critical thinking in our curriculum: Too much or too little?
Critical thinking has always been emphasised heavily in education and with good reason.
Why we should include philosophy in our curriculum
As more students opt for STEM subjects for its financial prospects, the importance of liberal arts is shrinking.
The case for studying law
The word “lawyer” might invoke certain scenes and images in our minds.
What it takes to get into DU A unit
Dhaka University’s A unit is the path that leads to studying engineering, pure science, life science, etc.
How Dhaka University feels without street vendors
This decision has altered the campus experience for students.
A guide to applying for undergraduate programs in the United States
Applying to universities in the United States is a confusing, exhausting, and painful experience.
IMAGINE - WRITE CREATIVELY (video)
United International University (UIU) and The Daily Star (TDS) jointly organise a workshop titled 'Imagine - Write Creatively' to usher school students into the habit of thinking and writing creatively.
Dhaka MoocXchange: Online classrooms
In Bangladesh, where degrees are valued in terms of the best jobs they can bring, who would want a degree on the genesis of rock and roll?
ALL ABOUT THE PROCESS OF WRITING
The third workshop of United International University (UIU) and The Daily Star's (TDS) joint initiative 'Imagine - Write Creatively' was held on May 20 at the senior section of Sunnydale School in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Bracing yourselves for HSC
It has been quite a while since the SSCs have been over. It is now the time when different rumours surrounding the publication of the results will start to spread.
GPA and Happiness – Correlated?
Doing well in academics requires different circumstances for different people.
HC asks Buet to allow expelled BCL men to attend classes
The High Court directs Buet authorities to allow its four expelled students, also leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League, to avail all student facilities including attending classes and examinations.
AN EXERCISE IN NON-ACADEMIC WRITING
“Imagine Write Creatively”, the initiative by The Daily Star (TDS) and United International University (UIU), inspires school students to cultivate their thoughts and imagination through the medium of creative writing.
Google 'should be allowed in examinations'
Inevitably search engines such as Google will be allowed in public examinations, including GCSEs and A-Levels, the head of an exam board says.
The month I spent studying for med school in a mall
When I completed my A Levels last January, everyone I know took it as a universal sign to tell me what I should do with my life.
HSC tests deferred for city polls
Tests for nine Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams, scheduled for April 26, 27 and 28, have been pushed back to May 2, 4 and 16 respectively.