Culture & Education | Sunday 2 August, 2015 12:45 am

QATAR CAREER FAIR OPENS REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER CAREER CAMP 2015

Qatar Career Fair (QCF), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), is set to host its third Summer Career Camp this month. Open to Qatari male and female high school students, the QCF camp will offer participants a variety of activities, educational and...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 26 July, 2015 2:53 am

UAE students to compete in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2015

Four students from the University of Wollongong will represent UAE and the Arab World at the World Finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2015, to be held in Seattle, Washington from July 27 to 31, with teams from 33 countries around the world participating. Imagine Cup is Microsoft’s...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 22 July, 2015 1:50 am

Education minister denies school reopening delay

Education Minister Azzam Al-Dakhil has denied rumors that schools will reopen after Haj or Eid Al-Adha. The minister’s comment came on his official Twitter account on Tuesday. The minister’s clarification rules out any ambiguity about the academic calendar. Schools will open before...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 21 July, 2015 3:39 pm

ISAS curriculum modelled in-line with UAE’s Vision 2021

As the nation steadily heads towards a knowledge-based economy, International School of Arts and Sciences (ISAS) - managed by leading academic solutions provider Academia Management Solutions International (AMSI) – prides itself in developing an academic platform that complements UAE’s...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 14 July, 2015 1:36 pm

Global Gumbo Group and Save the Children Partner to Benefit Thousands of Children in the Middle East

Thousands of children and hundreds of mothers across the Middle East have participated in the Healing and Education through the Arts (HEART) programme, a unique collaborative venture between Save the Children and Global Gumbo Group (G3) a subsidiary of Crescent Enterprises, made possible by funds...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 14 July, 2015 4:12 am

Pepsi and Lay’s “Strings of light that brings us together” campaign video goes viral

Pepsi and Lay’s exclusive Ramadan video, featuring the voice of Emirati singer Hussain Al Jassmi, has gone viral with more than 18 million consumers across the region viewing, sharing and commenting on the video across social media platforms as they look to bring back the spirit of...

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Culture & Education | Monday 13 July, 2015 12:32 pm

Knowledge Without Borders holds session on publishing and reading in the UAE

Knowledge Without Borders (KWB) organised an evening of discussion about the publishing industry and the importance of reading at the Sharjah Public Library. The event called ‘Suhoor at the Culture Table’ brought together a number of specialists to talk about publishing and writing for...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 12 July, 2015 2:36 pm

Dubai Cares urges UAE community to champion education this Ramadan

Dubai Cares is calling on the UAE community to support the organization’s ‘We Can Teach Each Other’ Ramadan campaign 2015 by advocating and donating towards education. The campaign, which was launched to emphasize the abundance of talent and resourcefulness amongst children in...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 12 July, 2015 1:31 pm

United Arab Emirates University is now an official IELTS test Centre

His Excellency Dr. Ali Rashid Al Noaimi, Vice Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University, signed a cooperative agreement with the British Council for the accreditation of the Center for Continuing Education at UAEU to hold IELTS tests, starting in July, 2015. The aim of this agreement is to...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 12 July, 2015 3:28 am

MoI Launches Awareness Drive on Dangers of Eid Firecrackers

Ahead of Eid Al Fitr celebrations, the Ministry of Interior launched an awareness drive under the slogan “Ensuring Child Safety during Eid”. The campaign, implemented by the Security Media Department at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of...

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