Student Council voted last night in an emergency session to appeal for faculty support in its campaign for campus democracy. The motion requests "the various faculties to determine that the question of a binding referendum (on the draft) is a matter of administrative affairs and therefore one to be rightly determined by j£e administration " President lue l l G. Gallagher has placed the question...

gaining knowledge of the different existential aspects of human being counts among some the most important issues in psychology (‘ilm al-nafs) and anthropology. in this respect, philosophers in philosophical psychology or knowledge of the self have discussed the different degrees of soul and its faculties, whereas ancient philosophers used to deal with such issues in discussions over natural sc...

BACKGROUND In 2009, palliative medicine became an integrated and compulsory part of undergraduate training in Germany by legislation. After a transitional period, all medical faculties were required to provide adequate teaching with an according examination and certification procedure. In parallel, we conducted bi-annual surveys on all medical faculties in Germany to examine for potential discr...

This research is an attempt to compare the views of Farabi and Ibn Sina on the question of happiness, which is discussed in two parts: the definition of happiness and its relation to the faculties of the soul. Farabi has suggested five definitions and Ibn Sina one definition for happiness. It will be shown that in some respects the definition of Ibn Sina and in some others those of Farabi are m...

To improve the effectiveness of higher education, Dutch universities implemented the binding study advice at medical faculties. Accordingly, medicine students of Radboud University need to gain ≥ 42 out of 60 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits to obtain a positive binding study advice and to continue their study programme. In case of a negative advice, the student is obliged to term...

Radon is considered a significant contaminant that affects indoor air quality. However radon is only known to few people, and there is limited documented research on its health hazards in Nigeria. We therefore assessed the awareness of radon and its health risk among employees of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Academic and non-academic staff members from all the 13 faculties were ...