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Aldar offers Reading scholarships
Abu Dhabi-based developer Aldar Properties will run a student exchange programme with the UK's Reading University. The Aldar Foundation Scholarship will offer up to five scholarships to UAE nationals to pursue real estate and surveying studies.
Getex opens today
More than 500 educational institutions will be displaying their courses at the annual Gulf Education and Training Exhibition. The four-day event opens in Dubai today and runs until 14 April.
Saudi students, marriage option
Female Saudi Arabian students wishing to study abroad on the King Abdullah Scholarship Programme are turning to 'mesfaar marriages', or travel marriages, to bypass a rule forbidding them to leave the country without a male guardian, reported Arab News. But some Islamic scholars and educationalists claim the marriages are just for convenience and violate religious rulings, with one saying such students were surrendering their 'main role in life of being mothers'.
DGEP runs course
The Dubai Government Excellence Programme has conducted a workshop to train employees in charge of implementing the new customer complaints system in the public sector. Nearly 70 representatives from government departments participated, including a team from the e-Government division responsible for installing the system. The workshop included a presentation on the goals, various stages and tasks to be undertaken by departments to ensure effective implementation of the system.
Gulf firms can buy skills
A report in the latest issue of the McKinsey Quarterly has revealed that Gulf based companies are gaining access to advanced management skills and know-how via the acquisition of western firms. The paper reveals that buying foreign firms enables Gulf based firms to bypass the time-consuming need to set up such frameworks internally and offers a direct route to top-level input.
Insight Dubai event
A five day conference entitled Insight Dubai which has been organised by the Dubai Women's College got underway yesterday, Sunday. The event, which will feature Mariam Mohammed Khalfan Al Roumi, the Minister of Social Affairs, is designed to provide female students from the UAE and 21 other countries around the world with international exposure and increase their global awareness.
Tufts, RAK collaboration
The Ras Al Khaimah Education Company and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Boston's Tufts University have appointed a board of directors to oversee their collaboration on education and health initiatives in the emirate, with a new campus slated for August 2008. Dr Izzat Dajani has been appointed Chairman while Dr Eileen Kennedy, Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, has been appointed as Vice Chair.
CIGI tests in AD
The Abu Dhabi Chapter of the Centre for Information and Guidance India is to carry out differential aptitude tests on students to help them in their future career choice. The tests will be for Indian pupils in grades 9-12 and will take place from April 20-21. Experts in psychometric analysis from the CIGI headquarters in Calicut will conduct the tests and hold counselling sessions.
Kings in Abu Dhabi
Kings Schools of English, UK has officially appointed Al Khawarizmi International College UAE as it Master Franchise to conduct all of its courses at KIC campus in Abu Dhabi. Kings was established in 1957 and now offers a wide variety of quality educational courses for international students.
Emaar Education opens tomorrow
Emaar Education will start registering pupils for its Raffles International Schools in Dubai from tomorrow, reported Gulf News. The three schools are located in Umm Suqueim and offer streams leading to UK, French and US academic qualifications.
Getex exhibition, April 11-14
The annual Gulf Education and Training Exhibition will be held in Dubai from April 11-14 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre. This show provides a platform for schools and educational institutions to display their courses to students and parents.
Emirati female graduates work
Some 65 per cent of Emirati female graduates plan to work on completing their studies, according to new research from the American University of Sharjah. Of this number, 57 per cent prefered government sector work and 42 per cent the private sector.
UK language school in AD
Kings Schools UK has appointed Al Khawarizmi International College in the UAE to run its courses in Abu Dhabi. The college will offer Kings' English language programmes from beginners to advanced. Kings Schools UK is accredited by the British Council.
Gulf-European Studies Centre opens
Gulf-European Studies Centre has started operations in Dubai from Knowledge Village. The centre will host conferences, local and international seminars, and publish studies and researches that focus on relations between Gulf countries and Europe.
Raffles International interviews
Emaar Education will start taking registrations for its three Raffles International Schools in Dubai on 8 April 2007. The schools will initially offer classes from kindergarten to Grade 8. Places are open to all nationalities and will be made by interview and assessment on English language and maths.
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