Culture & Education | Sunday 13 March, 2016 3:00 pm

NEW ALLIANCES FORMED AT GESF 2016 TO TACKLE EDUCATION’S BIGGEST CHALLENGES

Three new international groups comprising experts from leading private businesses, academia, government and the third sector have been launched and met for the first time at the Global Education and Skills Forum 2016 (GESF) in Dubai as they began work on drawing up recommendations on how to address ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 13 March, 2016 1:42 pm

INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROJECTS RECEIVE SHARE OF NEW US$200,000 FUND

A project that helps displaced Syrian refugee children receive an education is one of four programmes to be awarded an equal share of a new US$200,000 fund.  The first ever awards under the Varkey Foundation Challenge Fund, which was announced at the Global Education and Skills Forum 2016...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 13 March, 2016 9:36 am

On-going partnership kicks off with PSA featuring UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry

Nickelodeon International’s Together For Good and UNICEF have joined forces for an on-going partnership to educate and inspire kids around the globe to tackle discrimination and inequality in their homes, schools and communities. With the theme of social inclusion at its core, the goal of the ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 13 March, 2016 8:31 am

Student happiness should be a prerequisite to success

The education fraternity should primarily pursue happiness, said Dr Abdulla Al Karam, Director-General of the Dubai Government Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), Dubai’s school education regulator at the fourth Global Education & Skills Forum being held at Atlantis the...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 13 March, 2016 8:27 am

Solutions and issues in delivering large scale teacher development

Cambridge English Language Assessment attended the 22nd TESOL Arabia International Conference & Exhibition from 10 to 12 March 2016, in Dubai.   The conference attracted a large number of ELT professionals from within the UAE and across the region giving them a platform to...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 13 March, 2016 6:52 am

Children Centres in Sharjah to unveil major announcements for the 12th edition of the Sharjah Arab Children Forum

The General Department of Children Centres in Sharjah, a Department of the Sharjah Supreme Council for Family Affairs, is set to announce new features, initiatives, programs and workshops which are set to take center stage at the 12th edition of the Sharjah Arab Children Forum 2016. The...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 13 March, 2016 6:52 am

GESF 2016 OPENS IN DUBAI WITH CALL TO RECOGNISE THE POWER OF EDUCATION

The fourth Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF), convened by the Varkey Foundation and held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, opened in Dubai with a call to recognise the power of education to...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 12 March, 2016 3:12 pm

Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation joins hands with GEMS Education

Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation in cooperation with GEMS Education launched the ‘School of the Future’ report during the Global Education & Skills Forum, organised in Dubai under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 12 March, 2016 3:07 pm

Education Interface Exhibition in Al Ain with Wide Participation

The third edition of the Education Interface Exhibition is scheduled to kick off on Monday at the new headquarters of Al Ain Women’s Club, under the theme “2016 Year of Reading”. The exhibition will be held under the patronage of the Ministry of Interior, with the participation of ...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 10 March, 2016 2:45 pm

House of Cards Season 4 exclusively on OSN this March

Announcing the exciting arrival of season four of the nail-biting political drama House of Cards, OSN, the leading pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, joins the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in welcoming Michael Dobbs, the best-selling novelist whose book...

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