Students, faculty and staff from Abu Dhabi University gathered for a friendly competition of innovative ideas for self-growth and to bring value to society. Three winning teams out of the 11 taking part in the 2011 Chancellor's Innovation Awards were announced in a ceremony that took place on campus last week. "The award programme was launched last year with theRead more

Since it began in 2006, the Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) shopping festival has annually hosted an apprenticeship competition, which allows Arab students to compete for an opportunity to work with organisers of the event. For the first time this year, Palestinian students were invited to apply. "The thinking behind initiating such a programme was driven by the direction of HisRead more

The prestigious university of Perugia has decided to award the honorary doctorate degree to Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at the outset of the new academic year. The university of Perugia decided to bestow such degree upon Sheikh Dr. Mohammad, the Kuwaiti top diplomat, in recognition of his role in preserving globalRead more

Zimbabwean teachers said Saturday they will suspend their 11-day strike to consider government's offer of an increase that fell nearly 90 percent short of their demands. The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe went on strike on June 22 to demand that government raise their salaries from the current $200 a month to $500 a month. Government late Friday offered teachersRead more

Half of Croatian high school pupils think homosexuality is an illness and two-thirds say gay rights marches should be banned, a poll said Friday. Some 47 percent of final year school students polled said "homosexuality is illness," the survey done by non-government rights group GONG found. More than 64 percent of the 999 respondents in 43 schools said gay prideRead more

The Ministry of Education launched a trial program in south China's Hainan Province to help high school graduates choose their majors through a comprehensive analysis and report. The program, known as the "Yunhai Project," involves a thorough analysis of students' scores on their college entrance examinations. Participating students are also asked to take part in a 210-question survey that helpsRead more

Bahrain’s education ministry on Thursday asked three private universities not to enroll students in summer programmes until they regularized their situation. The ministry said that the universities had failed to meet the required standards and could not take in new students in certain sections that include public relations, business, finance and information technology. The action against the universities is partRead more

Up to 20,000 schools are set to be hit by strike action on Friday as thousands of teachers defy a call from David Cameron to call off industrial action. As many as four in five schools could be closed either wholly or partially as teachers join a dispute over public sector pension reforms. Up to 750,000 teachers and civil servantsRead more

An upmarket school run by a prominent educational group in Muhaisnah has shut down, with students marking their last day of the academic year on Wednesday. Confirming the closure of Uptown High (UH), a secondary school that follows the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum, Clive Pierrepont, Director of Communications at Taaleem, said the closure was in response to feedback from parentsRead more

Alternative therapies are now a full-fledged academic option in the UAE with a Holistic Institute in Dubai going by the same name finding many takers. The institute, located in Jumeirah Lake Towers, offers 50 courses in various disciplines like aromatherapy, reflexology, therapeutic massage, magnetic healing and ear coning, besides core subjects like anatomy, physiology and pathology, its founder Sunita TekchandRead more