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How do I write a good term paper? Susanne Meisch from the LMU Writing Center reveals how to avoid writer's block, what constitutes good style – and whether a week is enough to write a good academic paper. Interview by Franziska Setare Koohestani 12 April 2022 – 8 mins reading time
Make, made, made. Break, broke, broken. I often mumbled these triple jumps to myself as a teenager, with a table on the table that listed the present and past tenses of irregular English verbs. It was very helpful; today I can put verbs in the past tense intuitively. It wasn't fun. That's just how it … Read more
The number of registrations at German adult education centers has steadily declined during the Corona years. While there were more than eight million course registrations in the pre-Corona year of 2019, the number fell to around 4.5 million in 2020 and to just under three million in 2021, according to a spokeswoman for the German … Read more
Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) has invited people to an education summit in Berlin on Tuesday and Wednesday. There has been harsh criticism, particularly from Union politicians from the federal states. 14 of 16 specialist ministers, including those from other parties, are demonstratively staying away from the summit. This is “at best a kick-off … Read more
The results of the PISA education study are in – and they do not look good for students in Germany. Their skills in basic subjects have declined nationwide – 15-year-olds are finding it increasingly difficult, especially in mathematics. There are several reasons for this: the school closures during the pandemic, but also the fact that … Read more
Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC Washington correspondent August 16, 2023 Image source,Reuters image caption:On August 11, a man searched for his son's remains in the rubble. Nearly a week after a devastating wildfire ripped through Maui, the true death toll is still unknown. Relatives of about 1,300 missing people were waiting anxiously, while cadaver dogs were … Read more
Jonathan Josephs BBC business reporter September 26, 2023 Image source,Getty Images image caption:SpaceX rocket used to carry private space shuttles to the International Space Station Bill Nelson, administrator of the US space agency NASA, said the US is “in a space race with China to return to the moon”. Nelson told the BBC he wanted … Read more
Joe Tidy BBC reporter November 3, 2023 Image source,Getty Images image caption:Businesses using Silicon Valley AI in non-English products are at a disadvantage. Non-English speakers around the world are being left behind because artificial intelligence (AI) systems are biased towards English, experts have warned. AI-generated tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard are bringing new skills … Read more
January 11, 2024 Image source,AFP image caption:The launch of a rocket carrying the Einstein Probe satellite from China has unexpectedly sparked a political stir in Taiwan. With only three days left before the 2024 Taiwan election, a Chinese satellite that passed over Taiwan on Tuesday (January 9) unexpectedly caused a political storm. In the afternoon … Read more
Ye Jingsi BBC Chinese reporter reports from Hong Kong May 22, 2024 Image source,AFP image caption:Hong Kong's “plastic-free order” has been called the “strictest plastic restriction order in history” by foreign media and netizens, and its start has been by no means smooth. On a street in a market in Hong Kong, a couple in … Read more