Culture & Education | Tuesday 7 July, 2015 1:26 am

Unicef and Pearson Announce Innovation Talks

Unicef UK and Pearson are holding a series of high level events over the next year which will bring together experts, thought-leaders and innovators from a range of industries and countries across the world. The ‘Activate Talks’ will examine how new technologies, products and businesses ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 5 July, 2015 1:44 pm

ADU teams win Innovation and CEO awards at INJAZ UAE

In a major boost for aspiring entrepreneurs at the University of Abu Dhabi, ADU Enterprise has guided both the university’s female and male teams to win the CEO of the Year Award and Most Innovative Idea Award respectively, at the INJAZ UAE 2015 Company Program...

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Culture & Education | Friday 3 July, 2015 4:04 am

ISAS students show skills on canvas through art exhibition

International School of Arts and Sciences (ISAS) recently held its 6th art exhibition at the Wafi Mall in Dubai. The exhibition displayed more than 30 paintings and art craft from students of different grades. The students showcased their flare for painting and ingenuity by using multiple...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 1 July, 2015 1:18 pm

Centum, Investbridge and SABIS® Join Together to Launch an Education Investment Company to Develop Schools across Africa

Investbridge Capital (“IBC”) and Centum Investment Company Limited (“Centum”) announced today that they have partnered with SABIS® Holdings (SABIS®) to launch a new company that will invest in the burgeoning education sector in Africa. The tri-partite consortium will ...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 30 June, 2015 3:53 am

Marina Mall showcases young talent through collaboration with The British School of Al Khubairat

Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi’s leading shopping destination, recently welcomed Phoenix Davies, a student from The British School of Al Khubairat (BSAK), to showcase her creative talent as part of the school’s work placement programme. Final year high school student, Phoenix Davis got a taste...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 28 June, 2015 12:24 am

Take on the Muslim Quiz Challenge this Ramadan

AUS Islamic Club launches an innovative quiz app called ‘Muslim Quiz Challenge’ this Ramadan This app, available on iOS and Android platforms, provides insight and tests individual knowledge on various Islam-related topics with a world-wide outreach Hosting 12 Islamic categories...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 28 June, 2015 12:00 am

Jamal Tayara-Baroudy inaugurates her new installation ‘Garden After’ at 1971 Design space

1971, Sharjah’s new design space, hosted yesterday, a garden of paradise-themed exhibition titled ‘Garden After’ by  Lebanese artist and designer, Jamal Tayara-Baroudy, the exhibition remains open until 26 September 2015.   The event was attended by H.E. Hisham Al...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 28 June, 2015 12:00 am

Famous Arab comedians bring joy to SMC’s Ramadan Majlis

“It is impossible to separate art from politics.  Comedy cannot be separated from facts,” say comedians Ahmed Bedair and Tareq Al Ali Popular Arab comedians created an atmosphere of fun and laughter at the fourth Ramadan Majlis, organised by Sharjah Media Centre (SMC), yesterday ...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 25 June, 2015 1:38 pm

New global education research holds important lessons for the Middle East

Learning company Pearson today publishes two new reports by the world-leading education expert Professor John Hattie which call into question some of the key reform policies pursued by governments in the last twenty years. Hattie’s research promises to be useful for education policy makers...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 25 June, 2015 3:57 am

Dubai Cares School Activity for Ramadan Campaign 2015

As part of Dubai Cares' ongoing Ramadan campaign 2015 titled "We Can Teach Each Other", which aims to promote a first-of-a-kind skill exchange between children in impoverished communities and school-going children from around the world, the organization today visited the Kindergarten Starters...

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