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Attacks on schools and universities on the rise globally<\/strong><\/p>\n

A recent report has shown a dramatic increase in the number of attacks on schools and universities across the world. More than 12,700 attacks occurred in 41 countries from 2013 through to the end of last year, according to the 2018 edition of an annual\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0by the\u00a0Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), released this month. These included\u00a0attacks on schools, universities, their students and staff. In 18 of the profiled countries, female students and educators were deliberately targeted. \u201cSeveral trends contributed to the abuses described in the report,\u201d said GCPEA research director Amy Kapit. \u201cThese include attacks by extremist armed groups, such as the \u2018Islamic State\u2019; the use of aerial bombardment to fight armed groups; and violence against students during protests at school or university.\u201d\u00a0 In response to this,\u00a0one third of UN member states (74 countries) have endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration<\/a>, including implementing the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict.<\/a>\u00a0Read the full article on the GCPEA<\/a> site<\/p>\n

University-developed satellite launched to boost Kenyan surveillance<\/strong><\/p>\n

A satellite developed by students and researchers from the University of Nairobi, 1KUNS-PF (Nano Satellite), was launched in Japan last Friday (May 11). The satellite\u00a0was developed in a partnership with the Italian Sapienza University of Rome and experts from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa).<\/p>\n

It will enhance\u00a0Kenya\u2019s surveillance capacity, largely in the area of agriculture, and gather data on climate change and the availability of water, among other things. \u201cThis is a great milestone in Kenya\u2019s exploration into space,\u201d Kenyan Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma said.\u00a0The deployment, the first of its kind in East Africa, adds impetus to Kenya\u2019s bid to transform itself into an innovation and research hub in Africa. – Read the article on the University World News<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

Chinese students\u00a0in Australia targeted\u00a0by fake kidnapping con<\/b><\/p>\n

Con artists are targeting Chinese students in Australia. They pretend to be embassy or consulate officials, and falsely tell them that they are implicated in crimes back in China.\u00a0The victims are tricked into filming fake hostage videos, which are then sent to their parents with demands of ransom.\u00a0The Australian Federal Police have confirmed they’re investigating at least 25 cases of Chinese international students in Australia targeted in the elaborate kidnapping scam.<\/p>\n

There are more than 230,000 Chinese students living in Australia. Commander David McLean, from the Australian police’s cybercrime unit, said he was aware of several scams targeting the Chinese community and that Australian police was working to determine whether the con artists were based locally or overseas.\u00a0\u201cEthnic groups, vulnerable groups, isolated groups, foreign citizens or students from any ethnicity are potentially vulnerable and have been impacted in the past,\u201d he said. –\u00a0 Read the article on the SBS<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

Engineering students race self-driving cars for final exam<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a race dubbed as \u201cThe Battle of Algorithms\u201d, engineering students at the\u00a0University of Virginia had a different kind of final exam last week.\u00a0Working in teams of four, the students\u00a0built and raced self-driving 1\/10th scale model Formula 1 cars. The models were all built with the same hardware, meaning\u00a0the way to race faster around the race track is to outsmart the other autonomous vehicles through better software and algorithm design.<\/p>\n

The students in computer science professor Madhur Behl\u2019s special topics class in F1\/10 Autonomous Racing used the same hardware and algorithms employed in full-size autonomous cars being developed by the motor industry.\u00a0Behl said his course uses an interdisciplinary approach to research and is one of the first of its kind. His course material is free and open-sourced (available at f1tenth.org<\/a>), and used by dozens of universities around the world to build 1\/10 autonomous cars. – Read the full article on the UVA Today<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

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