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French Fashion University launches courses
The French Fashion University Esmod (FFUE)-Dubai has announced the introduction of new programmes for the 2009-2010 academic year, which include workshops in summer fashion and children's wear, a make-up programme, merchandising and branding courses, and a three-year Bachelor of Arts degree in fashion. The new courses are to complement the region's growing beauty products market, which is expected to reach $2.9bn in 2009 and of which the UAE segment is expected to hit $898.4m, with Dubai accounting for almost 70% of the market.
Bradenton Prep to open at Sports City
Bradenton Preparatory Academy is set to open its branch at Dubai Sports City this September. The US-based academy has announced it will offer its bespoke learning curriculum, where students are encouraged to pursue non-curricula interests such as art and sport, while receiving preparatory education. The academy facilities include kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, high school, auditorium, gymnasium, fully equipped science laboratories, a performing arts centre, and two art rooms.
Kuwait Australian College opens Maritime centre
The Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) has inaugurated its Maritime Simulation Centre, a state-of-the-art multi-faceted training facility that provides both effective and virtual training for Kuwait's petroleum, transport, maritime, maritime security and defence related industries. The new centre has been launched in association with Lockheed Martin and the National Offset Co, a Kuwaiti state-owned closed shareholding company, and will offer theoretical and practical training services to civilian and military personnel at the local and regional levels.
Abu Dhabi school to double capacity
The American Community School, one of Abu Dhabi's oldest private schools, has announced plans to double its capacity by opening a new campus, reported The National. The school said a $3m gift from Lockheed Martin, the American defence contractor, enabled the ACS to go ahead with the new site, which will eventually accommodate another 1,000 children. The expansion is seen as helping to ease a a crisis in school places in the city.
Sorbonne sees growth in Abu Dhabi
Dr Jean-Pierre Machelon, dean at the Université Paris Descartes, which runs the law and economics programmes at Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, told The National that enrolment at the university is growing and the popularity of some French-language courses, including the history of western art and the history and politics of Gulf countries, is 'spectacular'. Other indicators that the university is thriving, Dr Machelon said, were the range of other projects it had launched, among them the Open Sorbonne, which offers lectures to non-students.
UAE to provide online career guide
The UAE Ministry of Education has announced that it will establish a comprehensive online guide for school students next academic year, to help students choose a profession, understand the needs of the UAE labour market and gauge each student's aptitude for their chosen path. The service offers information on universities, programmes and employment prospects, and will be available on the ministry's website, www.moe.gov.ae.
Saudi Arabia to launch new SR1bn education project
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education plans to launch a SR1bn project to upgrade the mathematics and science syllabi in the kingdom's schools, reported Al-Watan newspaper. Muhammad Asiri, secretary-general of the project, said the new syllabi will be introduced in the first and fourth standards of primary schools and the first standard of intermediary schools. Secondary schools will get the new syllabus a year later, he added. In order to implement the project, 545 education supervisors are undergoing training in the new teaching style while 4000 teachers have already completed their training.
Saudi to upgrade math and science
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education is investing SR1bn to upgrade the mathematics and science syllabi in the kingdom's schools, according to a report from Al-Watan newspaper. New syllabi will be introduced in the first and fourth standards of primary schools and the first standard of intermediary schools, beginning next academic year.
American University to pursue fee hike
The American University of Sharjah (AUS) has said that it will 'minimize' the proposed 12% fee hike for the next academic year, despite nearly 1,500 students petitioning against it. '[The decision] was based on several crucial factors, including the need to increase student grants and scholarships by 26% (Dhs14m) for a total of Dhs67m for the next academic year alone,'Dr. Peter Heath, Chancellor of AUS told the Khaleej Times.
UK schools see rising number of applicants from ME
The number of undergraduates applying to Britain from the Gulf has doubled in only three years, according to the Financial Times. Over the past decade, the figure has leapt fivefold, FT said. Because the students are from outside the European Union, they can be charged higher, unregulated fees, thus providing much needed income for universities at a time when government funding is tighter.
Dubai teachers complain of pay levels
School teachers in Dubai have said that their salaries have remained stagnant, despite the consistent rise in school fees, according to Gulf News. The Ministry of Education has set Dhs2,000 as the minimum basic salary for teachers, and it has not been reviewed for several years, according to the report. Teachers said that schools give only Dhs60 to Dhs80 annual increment on the benefits. Teachers are provided with free accommodation their schools, in addition to fee concessions for their children.
UAE denies plans to delay academic year
The UAE's Ministry of Education has denied media reports that it will delay the 2009-2010 academic year. Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qutami, Minister of Education, said the ministry is working on a comprehensive agenda to develop work and set down a school calendar for the next three years to be announced later, reported state news agency WAM.
Abu Dhabi University launches ADU Foundation
Abu Dhabi University has launched a new initiative, the Abu Dhabi University Foundation, which will provide financial grants to support academic initiatives and scientific research. The foundation aims to build a strategic partnership between the university and various government and private institutions.
Students unhappy over rise in tuition fees
Student Unions Coordinator for Kuwait's Gulf University for Science and Technology, Abdulaziz AlـFaraj, has said he is unhappy that the university is raising tuition fees for some courses, despite the Union's objections, reports Al Watan Daily. Al-Faraj said students were 'intrigued' by the timing of the decision, as it was made after social and books allowances were granted to Kuwaiti students from the Higher Education Ministry.
Ministry worker issues forged degrees
An employee at Kuwait's Ministry of Education has confessed that he helped 16 students to illegally get places at international universities and issued degree certificates - including Masters and Doctorates - in return for cash. Investigations revealed that the forged certificates were issued to students who had not attended regular classes.
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