Culture & Education | Wednesday 11 February, 2015 12:49 am

Alarab News Channel Launches

Alarab News Channel, the MENA region's latest 24-hour news channel, began transmission at 13.00 GMT on 1st February from its headquarters in Bahrain to viewers all over the world. The launch ushers in a completely new style of news programming for the Middle East and beyond and fills a critical...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 10 February, 2015 8:11 am

Inclusive Classroom Under The Spotlight

As the UAE’s agenda on children with special needs places new pressures on school leaders, Dubai-based Ebdaah puts the spotlight on the issue at a one-day forum later this month (February 28).According to Ebdaah’s director of education and training, Andrew Westerman, the UAE Disability Act...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 8 February, 2015 9:35 am

Sherborne Qatar School Gets Smarter with Latest Technology Roll Out to Extend Digital Learning Experience for Students

- Huawei’s Smart Campus network solution deploys an agile network offering faster and more reliable connectivity across school’s premises Qatar’s prestigious secondary school, Sherborne Qatar has announced the successful deployment of its latest Smart Education solution that is enhancing...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 5 February, 2015 1:47 am

Future Generation Competition To Once Again Highlight UAE’s Next Green Leaders

After the success of the inaugural Future Generation competition, the Informa Energy Group will once again be running the contest in March which was created to highlight the potential of undergraduate engineering students currently studying in the UAE.The challenge for each participant is to...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 6:19 pm

Instagram introduces endlessly looping videos

When Vine introduced loop counts, it instantly replaced likes and shares to become the default metric to gauge the popularity of a video. Facebook has dabbled with a similar technique for auto-play videos in users' mobile Newsfeeds, but only now has it appeared on its other popular social network,...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 9:02 am

DUBAI’S FIRST Multi-lingual BOARDING School DELIVERS WORLD RENOWNED SWISS EDUCATION TO the UAE

The Swiss International Scientific School in Dubai (SISD) – Dubai’s first ever private boarding school to offer multi-lingual education in French, German, English and Arabic – is now taking admissions for new students for the approaching 2015-2016 school year. SISD is diversifying the...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 8:51 am

“Salam Ya Seghar Kite Festival” to take flight in Sharjah next week

- Pioneering event aims to enhance community role in supporting children affected by wars and unrest Under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah and UNHCR Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children, the “Salam Ya Seghar”...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 4 February, 2015 7:02 am

rt Rolls-out Enhanced Programming

Sky News Arabia has entered 2015 with new plans in motion on programming content, revamped website, updated apps and digital platforms, as well as new faces on the channel’s news team. In addition, Sky News Arabia is opening additional news bureaus in the region as part of its continued...

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Culture & Education | Monday 2 February, 2015 7:42 am

Alarab News Channel Launches

Alarab News Channel, the MENA region's latest 24-hour news channel, began transmission at 13.00 GMT on 1st February from its headquarters in Bahrain to viewers all over the world. The launch ushers in a completely new style of news programming for the Middle East and beyond and fills a critical...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 29 January, 2015 3:42 pm

Aviation Foundation Course Cadets Graduate

Global pilot training group Airways Aviation announces the graduation of its first batch of Aviation Foundation Course cadets at a ceremony held at its Dubai Knowledge Village campus recently.The bespoke Airways Foundation Course prepares cadets for either European EASA and Australian CASA pathways ...

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