2006
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Emirates Aviation graduates
Six UAE cadets have won their Airline Transport Pilot's License and eleven have received the foundation certificate after training at Emirates Aviation College. The six APTL graduates will train for six months on flight simulators before flying for a year under a Training Captain. The foundation cadets will spend one year in Adelaide, Australia to get their commercial pilot's license.
Mubadala, GE team up
The Mubadala Development Company has joined forces with General Electric to initiate an executive learning centre in Abu Dhabi focused on providing advanced management and business leadership programmes to professionals in the UAE and the GCC. Mubadala will build the legal and physical infrastructure of the centre, while GE will design the programmes and provide training. The initiative's first programme in January will be focused on attendees from the UAE.
Saudis flock to US unis
Almost 11,000 Saudi students, a record number, are pursuing their studies in the US, according to the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post. The increase in numbers is due to a major Saudi government scholarship programme offering study abroad and more organized procedures for issuing student visas by the US Embassy in Saudi. At the current time, 10,936 Saudis are studying at 733 US educational institutions.
KIC, UCFV tie-up
Abu Dhabi's Al Khawarizmi International College has signed an articulation agreement with Canada's University College of Fraser Valley. The tie-up will enable students who have successfully completed two years at KIC to transfer to UCFV's Bachelor of Computer Information Systems course for a further two years before attaining their degrees.
Fujairah, archaeology show
Almost 1,000 rare artefacts from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE will shortly be on display at an exhibition in Fujairah, reported Gulf News. The GCC First Archaeology Exhibition will be held at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre from November 20 until December 20. The exhibition will highlight the region's cultural heritage.
ACCA accountants graduate
33 students from Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia graduated on Wednesday from various courses run by the UK-based Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Gulf Daily News reported. Of the 33 graduates, 11 were women.
QU, US uni partnership
The College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University will receive funding worth $300k over three years to help it forge links with the University of Louisiana, according to The Peninsula. The grant was made under the 2006 US-Middle East University Partnership Initiative. QU will get a new digital media centre and there will be an exchange of students and professors.
CBI takes on trainees
Eighteen of 34 trainees who took part in Commercial Bank International's summer training programme have been offered jobs by the bank. CBI Ajyal was aimed at school and university students throughout the UAE. The training plan is customised to suit the need of each participant.
Bits Pilani - Dubai work starts
Building work has started on the new campus of BITS Pilani-Dubai at Academic City. Designed to accommodate 2,000 students, it will be ready by July 2007. BITS offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses and doctorates in engineering, management and associated disciplines.
Saudi education needs change
Members of Saudi's Shoura Council say changes are needed to the higher education system to cope with the demands of globalisation, Arab News reported. Universities should be given financial independence, allowing genuine scientific research and study, and there should be free movement of academics, some mebers said.
DKV goes down under
Dubai Knowledge Village courted Australian and New Zealand universities in a series of road shows in the past week. A four member delegation visited seven universities in four cities in the region to explain the advantages of opening a campus at DKV. These included the University of Queenland, University of Auckland and University of New South Wales.
National automotive training
Zayed University and Dubai Municipality have rolled out the next phase of a programme to train UAE nationals as auto-electricians and mechanics. Launched last year, the scheme is a cooperative effort with the Institute of Motor Industry in the UK. The 12-month course starts on January 2007.
Mission to raise education level
UAE public schools are falling behind international standards, and new strategies are needed to revamp the country's educational system, according to the Minister of Education Dr Hanif Hassan quoted in Gulf News. Dr Hassan has completed a fact-finding tour of the US and Germany and is set to meet with former president of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew to discuss education.
Cambridge holds Dubai conference
The University of Cambridge International Examinations is hosting a conference for 125 teachers at Dubai's Knowledge Village from 9-10 November. Being run under the theme 'computers in the classroom', delegates will discuss technology in education, best practice of teachers and technology in assessment.
School staff shortages concern
A shortage of administrative and technical staff in UAE public schools is hindering education development, according to education ministry officials cited by Gulf News. The lack of laboratory supervisors and librarians is of particular concern. Hiring teachers is a priority because of budgetary constraints, said one senior official. P
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