1 Education and Training
Piloting the Airbus A380
- It fits into an 80m virtual cube and flies at 40,000ft, so what is it like to handle the giant Airbus A380? Captain Patrick De Roeck, Project Pilot A380, Emirates Flight Operations, tells us what it is like to fly. He also explains to Phil Blizzard about the training of pilots and the ease of moving from one Airbus aircraft to another.
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, August 26 - 2008 at 15:04 | Duration: 3:46
Alan MacCormack, Harvard Business School
- Alan MacCormack, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School, speaks to Phil Blizzard about entrepreneurship and the big corporates, whilst on a visit to the Qatar Science & Technology Park's TechTalk conference.
- Qatar: Thursday, July 10 - 2008 at 15:03
Qatar's Young Entrepreneurs course
- The Executive Entrepreneurship Certificate Program is an innovative course at the Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar. Dr Art Boni, Professor for the course talks to Phil Blizzard about the pioneering certificate.
- Qatar: Thursday, June 12 - 2008 at 13:54
Young Arab Leaders get $2m boost
- The Young Arab Leaders network has been working hard to encourage more interaction and discussion between university students from different cultures. Recently it received $2m from Dow Chemical Company for its Global Action program.
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- United Arab Emirates: Monday, December 17 - 2007 at 17:54
Mission Excellence lands in Middle East
- Former RAF fighter pilot and deputy team leader of the Red Arrows, Justin Hughes, MD, Mission Excellence, explains how teamwork skills, used in the fast moving disciple of aerobatic flying, are applicable in the corporate world to improve organisational performance.
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- United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, November 28 - 2007 at 11:40
Getting women into the workforce
- Young women in the UAE now outnumber young men in education, but cultural pressures can still hold them back from the workforce. Dr Behjat Al Yousuf, associate director of Dubai Women's College, explains how the college is helping resolve this issue and enable women to participate fully in the economy.
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- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, March 13 - 2007 at 00:26
TQM in the Middle East
- Total quality management is the management strategy that transformed Japan into a technology superpower. Today it is used across the world, and is growing in popularity in the Middle East. Dr Mansoor Al Awar, VicePresident, eTQM College, looks at TQM in the region, and the progress of online learning.
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- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, January 16 - 2007 at 11:01
Education to innovation
- Universities in the Middle East are not leading into business and entrepreneurship sufficiently, according to Bassem Nasir, Higher Education Manager, Intel META. Nasir explains what needs to be done to bridge the gap.
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- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, July 27 - 2006 at 11:46
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