Foundation courses in community centres, best suited to their needs, are threatened by the changes to further education.

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The ethics committee has been investigating whether Gingrich had misused tax-free foundation money to finance the college courses he claimed to be non-political.

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In the U.S., the newly formed Foundation for Male Studies aims to add more interdisciplinary courses in major universities that examine men in society.

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Under the terms of the initiative, the Varkey GEMS Foundation, in close cooperation wiith UNESCO, will provide leadership and professional development courses to improve the skills and knowledge of the school principals.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

The George Best Memorial Foundation will also be running a Family Fun Day in the grounds of Galgorm Castle which will include falconry, assault courses and a host of children's activities.

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WikiEducator, a flagship initiative of the OER Foundation, administers the Learning4Content project - the world's largest training project to provide free wiki-skills' courses for the collaborative development of OER to thousands of educators from 140 different countries.

UNESCO: Communication and Information