Education and Training

  • Principle Centred Leadership

  • More than 150 delegates from businesses have been discovering how to unleash human potential in their organisations. Experts from FranklinCovey talked about how to focus employees and motivate a sense of common purpose, as Facilitation Manager Margarite Rouhani explains.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, March 21 - 2004 at 10:36
  • Training the business elite

  • Directors at the Rotterdam School of Management have been in Dubai, recruiting the leading executives of tomorrow to go on their management courses. Mike Page, Dean of the School, sees strong demand in the United Arab Emirates, particularly for the overseas exposure that the School offers.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, March 08 - 2004 at 16:08
  • Insight: UAE further education

  • The University of Wollongong in Dubai is introducing a range of new practical courses in areas such as engineering and shipping logistics to cater for market demand. Professor John Evans, Dean of the University, says the UAE education sector is going through an interesting stage of development, with a lot of debate over the direction it should take.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, February 26 - 2004 at 09:38
  • CIE setting international standards

  • With the ecucation rapidly expanding in the UAE and region-wide, the University of Cambridge Internal Examinations (CIE) has opened a new office in Dubai. Paul Lewis, Director Middle East & North Africa, explains how CIE offers qualifications ranging from high school examinations to vocational courses.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, February 15 - 2004 at 10:20
  • 2004 Forecast: Element K

  • Global E-learning provider Element K recently formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft, and is expanding its operations to the whole region with bilingual courses, including the globally recognised International Computer Driving License (ICDL) exam. Jamil Ezzo, General Manager for Element K, believes increasing e-government services will mean increasing demand for educating both citizens and government employees.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, December 31 - 2003 at 10:35
  • Business backs E-biz Challenge

  • Zayed University's second E-biz Challenge competition has attracted strong corporate support. The Challenge aims to identify and encourage future talent, linking e-innovative business ideas to national resources.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, November 12 - 2003 at 09:28
  • Interview: Badriya Al Tamimi, DQG

  • Dubai Quality Group is hosting the Quality In Education Conference 2003. It's to raise awareness of the need for quality managment systems in educational organisations to achieve high standards. DQG General Manager Badriya Al Tamimi outlines the group's aims.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, October 14 - 2003 at 11:41
  • University Meets the Challenge

  • The University of Wollongong in Dubai has been given a name change as part of the process to get full UAE accreditation. It's also set to open a second campus in the new Dubai Knowledge Village.
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  • United Arab Emirates: Saturday, August 23 - 2003 at 10:33