academic
Choosing friendships over academic prestige when applying abroad
There's a spectrum of universities in every country, from well-reputed ones that only accept the most decorated applicants to others that still offer high quality education while accepting students who didn’t prioritise academics as much in high school. This means that even if you're particularly ambitious, you don't have to choose between academic prestige and long-standing relationships.
Your guide to the Erasmus Mundus scholarship
A recipient of the 2022 Erasmus Mundus scholarship walks you through the process.
Picking your major: A case for Anthropology
For an Anthropology major, the world truly is their oyster.
The implications of grade boundaries on students
University grading scales are far more complicated, with numerous positive and negative grades alongside letter marks.
The complex experience of academic guilt
Does everyone develop academic guilt the same way, and for the same reasons?
Three tips for an effective group study session
How exactly do you make a group study session effective?
How to tell if you're burning out
For students, burnout is common if they are in a highly demanding academic discipline.
Not fitting into any category at university
This is all normal when you have friends from all corners of the university.
Rethinking education and future skills
Staying relevant translates to positive outcomes for people.
Razia Khan Amin: A Bangladeshi writer in English
As an academic, I often share with students my writings that are related to the courses I teach. That was not the case with our educators when I was a student in the Department of English at Dhaka University. The reason was not because there were no writers among our teachers.
Our obsession with institutional pride
Just because a huge number of highly successful people happen to be from leading public universities doesn’t mean all their achievements can be attributed to their institutions.
Private Universities have a crowding problem
The students have a clear demand, "Take less or make space."
Grade grievance and the lack of transparency in university grading systems
Grade grievance result from a lack of transparency in a university’s grading process.
Taorem Sananu wins the Thesis of the Year Golden Award at ARCASIA
ARCASIA intends to unite architects in this region and provide them with a platform to maintain professional networks.
Things to know before leaving for the Residential Semester (RS) at BRAC University
For BRACU students leaving for their Residential Semester.
Akbar Ali Khan: A versatile scholar bureaucrat
Akbar Ali Khan is no more. His passing leaves a deep chasm in the intellectual firmament of Bangladesh.
Akbar Ali Khan: Life of service, voice of conscience
His death is a loss for the nation.