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e-TQM honours quality guru
The e-TQM College has established the Juran Chair in honour of quality guru Dr. Joseph M Juran. The Dubai-based electronic educational institution honoured the man that added the human dimension to quality, broadening it from its statistics origin to what today is known as Total Quality Management.
English language teaching course
The CERT Training Centre in Abu Dhabi is offering a full-time intensive course leading to the award of the University of Cambridge Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults from November 20 to December 15. For details email: hhennigan@hct.ac.ae
Seminar on multiple-intelligence
Some 70 English language teachers in Fujairah have taken part in a seminar on multiple-intelligence theory organised by TESOL Arabia, reported Gulf News. This theory recognises that linguistic and logic-mathematical skills are not the only pathway to learning.
Safety guidelines, GCC schools
New safety guidelines affecting 44 Indian Board schools in the GCC have been issued to head teachers, reported Gulf News. However, head teachers said that generally Gulf schools were operating to good safety standards, and pointed out that the regulations were mainly intended to target dilapidated schools in India.
DERC, new ethics courses
The new Dubai Ethics Resource Centre, launched today by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is offering a 12-day Ethics Management Certification Programme, and a Corporate Directors Leadership Forum with seven briefings on good governance. Visit, www.dubai-ethics.ae.
KSA bans mobile cameras
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education has issued a strong warning banning the use of camera phones in elementary, intermediate and high schools. The punishment for breaking the new rule is a two-year ban from school. This could in certain circumstances be doubled, reported Arab News.
SunGuard education IT, DKV debut
SunGard SCT has opened its Middle East regional office in Dubai's Knowledge Village to offer infrastructure solutions for higher education institutions. SunGard SCT is an operating unit of SunGard Data Systems and a leading global provider of e-Education solutions for higher education.
Cisco Arabizes e-learning
The Cisco Networking Academy program is now available in Arabic. It is a comprehensive e-learning program, which provides students with the Internet technology skills essential in a global economy, and its objective is to help grow a nation's talent and knowledge pool.
New Saudi enterprise fund
The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority has launched the Centennial Fund to help young Saudi men and women run their own businesses through a package of financial support and professional guidance in general management, reported Arab News. Saudi citizens, including women, and residents have offered to act as mentors for budding entrepreneurs.
Wharton MBA annual reception
Metito, the UAE-based water-treatment company, and consultants Booz Allen Hamilton are sponsoring the annual reception in Dubai of the Wharton School of Business for Wharton friends and candidates interested in the School's leading MBA program. The reception will be hosted by Ms. Rosemaria Martinelli, Head of Admissions at Wharton on October 14 at The Dubai Marine Beach Resort.
BUiD, project management lecture
The British University in Dubai is to offer a free public lecture entitled, Islamic Roots of Project Management: theory and practice, on Wednesday at 6pm in the Dubai Knowledge Village. BUiD is also holding an open day for January enrollments on Wednesday from 2-8pm.
Zayed, new healthcare courses
The Zayed University has launched two programmes designed to train students to take managment positions in the healthcare sector. The Executive Master's degree programme is a first for the UAE, and there is also a new batchelor's degree programme in health sciences.
Sharjah school, new wing
Sharjah's Pakistan Islamia Higher Secondary School is to build a new USD450,000 administrative wing using its own funds, officials told Gulf News. This will allow 140 more pupils to be accomodated at the community school which gets no funding from Pakistan.
Minister to address Harvard Alumni
Dr Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharbash, UAE Minister of State for Finance and Industry, will present the keynote speech at the forthcoming Middle East Harvard Alumni Convention. The event takes place on October 9 at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai.
Dubai HR unit tours UK
Dubai Institute for Human Resource Development led a study tour programme to the UK, to study human resources best practice within the UK private and public sectors. The tour was in collaboration with the UK's Centre for Management and Policy Studies.
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