You are likely to get more time to pay back your education loan. Weighed by an economic slowdown and a shrinking job market, defaults on education have risen sharply in the last few months. To tide over the crisis, banks are looking to extend the repayment period and in some cases even mulling the option of providing a repayment holidayRead more

Minister publishing draft legislation to ensure ‘a fair and balanced school admissions process’ Schools will no longer be allowed to charge application fees, operate waiting lists or interview parents or children for school places under new legislation to control admissions policies. Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn, who is publishing the draft legislation and regulations this morning, said their goal wasRead more

At a protest last July at the University of Ibadan in south-western Nigeria, a student brandished a placard that complained, “Education is dead in Nigeria.” The demonstrators were from Nigeria’s oldest university, founded in 1948. They had taken to the streets to demand an end to a lecturers’ strike that had grounded academic activities in all but two of Nigeria’sRead more

Ensuring prospective students get accurate information on workload, class sizes and teaching is the aim of new guidance from the quality watchdog The Quality Assurance Agency’s guidance is aimed at supporting universities and colleges in making information available to current and prospective students, and at advising students on the questions to ask about teaching when applying for a course. “ThereRead more

The Central Operations Sector at the Emirates Identity Authority discussed with a delegation from the UAE Education Sector ways to bolster cooperation between the two sides aimed at improving operational performance, simplifying procedures and developing customer service. Discussions also explored how Education Sector can benefit from data and information provided by Emirates ID for verifying and authenticating individuals' identity. TheRead more

As part of Huawei's long-term ongoing cooperation with the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), a select group of nine Emirati IT students from HCT Abu Dhabi Men's College recently travelled to China for an international training program held at the global headquarters of Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology solutions provider, located in the coastal city of Shenzhen.Read more

South Korea's human rights watchdog said Wednesday it has recommended a military academy to ease the ban on dating among freshmen cadets, saying the excessive regulation constitutes "discrimination."    Currently, the Korea Air Force Academy bans romantic relationships among novice cadets to tighten regulations on the students who are required to endure rigorous and disciplined military lifestyle. Violators are subjectRead more

The National Central Cooling Company PJSC, Tabreed, has launched a new training programme aimed at UAE national university students. The programme will commence in the upcoming academic year 2013/2014, and is a long-term commitment by the company to develop the skills of Emirati university students and prepare them to enter the private sector workforce. The programme comprises three distinct parts,Read more

The Foreign Ministry lauds an initiative by Russian parliamentarians to hold contacts with the US colleagues on Syria, the ministry’s special envoy for the Middle East settlement, Sergei Vershinin, said on Tuesday. “The trip to the U.S. by our parliamentarians will have big significance. It is important to inform the civil society about our position,” Vershinin said. On Monday, SeptemberRead more

Nearly 300 people waited in line for up to 9 hours at Valencia, Spain's, Goethe Institute to sign up for a course on the German language, UPI quoted an official as saying. "We had to double our teaching numbers last year to meet the increased demand," said Frank Monkemoller, co-director of Seville's ICA German language school. The Local.de reported thatRead more