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Startse launches new centre in Silicon Valley

October 29, 2019October 24, 2019 GET News TeamLeave a Comment

Startse, a Brazilian education platform, has launched a new centre in Silicon Valley as part of a push for global expansion that will happen over the coming months.

With a focus on training programmes geared at the new economy and corporate innovation projects, Startse has been present in Silicon Valley of the last couple of years with a team of ten operating from a coworking space.

The firm’s new Palo Alto office in Silicon Valley, Startse University, launched on 14 October. The facility is to host corporate missions and workshops for up to 40 people and features an artificial intelligence lab.

BARBRI to train Brazilian lawyers for US market with New Value partnership

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Hari SrinivasanLeave a Comment

Legal education provider BARBRI will train Brazilian lawyers by teaming up with the New Value corporate benefit club and offer them the opportunity to become US-licensed attorneys, it has announced.

New Value is a corporate benefit club with over 15,000 offers in multiple categories present in four countries (Brazil, the USA, Canada and Portugal) with more than 190,000 users in Brazil.

The BARBRI Extended US Bar Preparation is now available to New Value’s corporate benefit network to prepare them for US Bar Exams.

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Avon donates $100K to Malala Fund to finance women’s education in Brazil

July 31, 2019August 1, 2019 Angelica BallesterosLeave a Comment

Avon Products Inc., through its foundation arm, has donated $100,000 to Malala Fund’s Brazil-based charity Gulmakai Champions, to help fund female students’ quality education.

In a statement on July 25, Avon said the donation will be channeled directly to improve education for girls in Brazil which is its largest market and whose 1.5 million girls were said to be denied an education as a result of racism, exploitation, and poverty.