The police in Montreal have arrested 85 university students protesting against planned tuition fee hikes. Thousands of students, angry over the prospect, swarmed the streets of the city on Thursday, a day after talks broke off between the Quebec provincial government and student groups over the planned increases of USD 375 a year, the Associated Press reported. The arrests wereRead more

A total of 182 top achievers were honoured with the Hamdan Bin Rashid Awards on Tuesday, with Her Highness Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairperson of the UAE General Women's Union and Supreme Chairperson of the Family Development Foundation, winning the most prestigious of them all. Shaikha Fatima was named the Distinguished Personality of the Year for her rich contributions toRead more

The UAE's first dedicated Arabic language institute hopes to make the language more popular and be better understood by young Emiratis. The facility - to be based at Zayed University's Abu Dhabi and Dubai campuses - has the huge task of training the country's Arabic teachers in more modern methods, to better inspire and motivate children and to look atRead more

Committee for Children Good social and emotional learning (SEL) contributes to healthy classroom and school climate. Teaching SEL can help prevent bullying in schools. SEL skills will serve them well in the workplace. Good SEL skills can contribute to academic achievement. Problem solving (an SEL skill) is applicable to almost any situation a child or adult will encounter, from personalRead more

An updated strategy and implementation roadmap is being developed for the education sector in Dubai to ensure alignment with the emirate’s and UAE’s long-term economic and social developmental priorities. The government has initiated the project to overhaul the sector in line with the objectives of Dubai Strategic Plan 2015, of which education is a key pillar. The comprehensive project toRead more

Student leader says the government still treats education as a consumer product, rather than a universal right. Thousands of students are marching in Chile again demanding free and better education. The government said about 30,000 students joined Wednesday's march in Santiago. Student leaders estimate more than 50,000 took part. A small group of protesters set a guard booth on fire,Read more

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Saudi Aramco signed here today an agreement for joint cooperation under which the two sides will establish a National Center for Non-destructive Tests. The agreement was signed by KACST President Dr. Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al-Suwaiyel and Saudi Aramco's President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Khalid Bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Faleh in the presenceRead more

Britain has the third-highest proportion of teenagers who are sexually active at an early age and also ranks badly among high-income nations for harmful teenage drinking, according to a series of studies published in the Lancet medical journal on Tuesday. The research, plus a report by Unicef, call for more attention to be paid to the changing needs of theRead more

As the dust settles on the education secretary Michael Gove's recent plan to reform A-levels, one of the unanswered questions is how universities should be involved. The Russell Group, for example, has already spoken out with concerns over how much time it will take up – and what does this mean for schools, who have just returned from the EasterRead more

Higher Education Minister Khaled Al-Anqari yesterday signed contracts worth more than SR1 billion to carry out a number of construction projects at Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh and King Khaled University in Abha. The projects at Imam University include the construction of new buildings and facilities for the girls campus, the Saudi Press Agency said. A sportsRead more