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Sustainability: from ideas to reality- TEDx talks
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The British University in Dubai (BUiD) organised its third TEDx talks at the Radisson RED Hotel in Silicon Oasis with the theme ‘Sustainability: from ideas to reality’. Six speakers discussed varied issues surrounding sustainability. Our…
‘Devastated’ UK students forced to live in neighbouring cities in university accommodation crisis
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When 18-year-old Jessie Smith netted the top grades she needed last month to study at Manchester University she was delighted. She didn’t know then that all the university’s student halls would be full, and she would be forced to accept…
Heriot-Watt University Dubai Partners with The Marketing Society To Address Students’ Technical…
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Heriot-Watt University Dubai’s Edinburgh Business School has partnered with The Marketing Society, a global community of leading marketers, to address some of the gaps in technical and tangible skills witnessed in the sector. The…
UAEU launches the “Sustainable Development Goals Research Program”
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The United Arab Emirates University is considering various educational and research initiatives to enhance its global leadership through its contribution to providing databased and scientific solutions. Such initiatives contribute to…
Middle East’s leading education show, GETEX, goes global
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Global education demand on upward trend
Leading research firm MarketsandMarkets™ estimates global higher education to become a USD 35.8 billion industry by 2025. Meanwhile, closer to home, UAE’s cabinet continues to seal its commitment to…
STEMMING THE BRAIN DRAIN: IMPORTANCE OF STARS OF SCIENCE AND QF’S INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM IN MENA…
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In the past decades, many of the MENA region’s best Arab scientists, inventors, engineers, designers, and innovators left their home countries for better opportunities in the West. While the reasons for the “brain drain” in this part of the…
Machines to ‘do half of all work tasks by 2025’
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The think tank said a "robot revolution" would create 97 million jobs worldwide but destroy almost as many, leaving some communities at risk.
Routine or manual jobs in administration and data processing were most at threat of…
SolarGridX – Regional winner to represent Middle East at global TiE Young Entrepreneurs…
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The Dubai chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE Dubai) has selected SolarGridX as the Middle East entry for the global TiE Young Entrepreneur (TYE-U) competition. The winner was selected from the four finalists that also included IoLetics…
World’s leading education show all set for Dubai edition
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• More than 50 products to be launched as businesses find MENA education market booming
• Keynote speakers to focus on game-changers in teaching and learning
• Immersive journeys at Expo 2020 Dubai to be unveiled at the event
UAE tops student enrolment in international schools worldwide
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Higher Education Report: Research into Pathways from K-12 English-medium International Schools to Higher Education,