On the occasion of the World Sports Day on June 25 the Schools Olympic Program is organizing  on Monday a sport day for the community and schools. The aim behind this event is to encourage people to practice sports at home, in public places, or fitness clubs. SOP will lead an hour walk in Aspire Park at 6.45 pm callingRead more

Twenty-three professionals yesterday received graduation certificates for successfully completing Tafawoq’s first learning programme ‘Essentials of Project Management’. Chairman of Tafawoq Joint Steering Committee and Qatar Petroleum’s (QP) director (Technical) Saad al-Muhannadi presented the certificates to the participants. The learning programme has provided the participants with a solid foundation of the principles, processes and practices of project management over the lifecycleRead more

Jimmy Wales, creator of online giant Wikipedia, launched a petition on Sunday against the extradition to the United States of a British student accused of copyright infringement. The founder of the free Internet encyclopedia said Richard O'Dwyer, a 23-year-old student at Sheffield Hallam University in northern England, had become caught in a war being fought by "content providers" and InternetRead more

The UAE pavilion at Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea, is witnessing an increasing rate of Korean and foreign visitors as Korean schools and universities began their summer vacations. The pavilion is organised and managed by the National Media Council, or NMC. “Thousands of people are visiting the pavilion on daily basis to get glimpses of the progress and developmentRead more

Last September, eight Emirati students from the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) became the first women to undertake engineering studies in Al Gharbia region. Sponsored by Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), the students received monthly salaries of Dh6,500, which was increased based on their grades. "This is a perfect example of how far women can advance inRead more

Upon the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Project to Assist Pakistan has completed 40 world-class schools and institutes and handed them over to the local authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Nearly 21,000 boys and girls have already started classes. A grand opening ceremony was held at one of the boys’Read more

Alpen Capital has announced the publication of its GCC Education Industry report. By focusing on the growth potential of the respective GCC member nations, the report presents an outlook for the pre-primary, schooling (primary and secondary), and tertiary segments of the education sector. “All segments of the GCC education sector is poised for consistent growth in the future driven byRead more

Several dozen people disrupted the Master’s graduation ceremony at AUB Friday evening to protest against the awarding of an honorary degree to Donna Shalala due to her support for engagement with Israel. Shalala, president of the University of Miami in Florida and a former U.S. secretary of health, has three honorary degrees from universities in Israel, and does not supportRead more

His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has instructed for the establishment of 127 clinics in schools across Sharjah. To be set up in kindergarten, middle and secondary schools, the clinics will be equipped with necessary equipment and supplies to ensure that emergency and general health care needs ofRead more

A math teacher at a Southern California middle school charged with molesting four girls is likely to have other victims, investigators said Friday. Richard Rack, 50, was arrested Thursday for the second time in the investigation, the Los Angeles Times reported. He was being held in lieu of $1 million bail. Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff'sRead more