Landmarks like the Louvre and Paris-Sorbonne University are just a start of a fruitful partnership between the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and France. Now the relationship between the UAE and France is being further strengthened with a new student exchange programme launched recently The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) and the Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (Science Po) and InstitutRead more

There comes a point in every video-gamer's life when a nagging parent or spouse pesters them to turn off the game and come to dinner or get to bed. This moment always seems to come at the crucial time when a race is about to be won, an enemy defeated, or a mission completed. The worst moment of all though;Read more

The European Commission hit back Friday at the "lunacy" of British newspaper reports accusing Brussels of fining a university for failing to fly the European Union flag. The EU's executive arm denied imposing a £56,477 (63,200-euro) fine on the University of Northampton for not displaying the EU flag on a billboard to indicate that the commission was co-funding a projectRead more

Livorno Port Authority (western coast of Italy) and Moroccan universities of Abdelmalek Essadi in Tetouan and Hassan II in Casablanca have recently concluded an agreement on cooperation in the areas of teaching, training and research in transportation, logistics and port activity. The agreement, signed in Livorno, is a part of the professionalization of trainers in the field of administrative innovationRead more

1. The School Bully Every school boasts of a nasty guy, who lurks around in the corridors, plotting and planning ways to dethrone the school favourite. In fact, school politics, are often restricted to a power play over popularity usually female/male attention. The snooty leader of the brat pack, Shekar (Deepak Tijori) in the popular school flick Jo Jeeta WohiRead more

Malaysian police on Thursday shot in the head a man who took 30 pre-school children and four teachers hostage at a kindergarten, ending a dramatic seven-hour standoff. Authorities said all the children and their teachers were rescued unharmed after a sharpshooter ended the crisis in southern Malaysia with a single shot. "We have ended the hostage taking. The children andRead more

A man has taken around 30 pre-school children and four teachers hostage in southern Malaysia, police and parents said Thursday, with authorities saying they were in talks to end the stand-off. "We are still negotiating with the man to release the kindergarten children. He is holding about 30 children," local police chief Mohammad Nasir Ramli told AFP. The father ofRead more

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, gifted Dh100,000 each to 53 students across the country who scored high marks in the grade 12 public school exams. Certificates as well as gifts including the cash incentive and laptops were presented to the high achievers by Minister of EducationRead more

The government of Chile is considering a $4 billion education fund after weeks of student protests throughout the South American nation, officials said. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera proposed an education fund that would award more grants and offer cheaper student loans, La Tercera reported Wednesday. "It's time to stop the protests and recover the way to dialogue and agreements," saidRead more

Within a decade, all Swedish primary schools should offer Chinese lessons, Sweden's education minister was quoted as saying Wednesday, insisting the move was needed to improve competitiveness. "I want to see Sweden become the first country in Europe to introduce instruction in Chinese as a foreign language at all primary and secondary schools," said Jan Bjoerklund, who heads the LiberalRead more