More than 500 staff and faculty members at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) walked a distance equivalent to more than twice the trek around the globe during AUS' recent Walk the Globe 2011 campaign. As part of an inaugural 12-week health campaign organised by the university's Wellness Centre, participants collectively walked 93,000 kilometres on the AUS campus in 123Read more

Some day Maitha Al Suwaidi, a grade 11 science student, hopes to become a doctor. But she could use some entrepreneurship skills as well, to set up a business of her own, perhaps a pharmacy, she says. Thanks to the Annual Company Programme Competition, organised by Injaz-UAE, 55 high school students like Maitha got a taste of entrepreneurship and acquiredRead more

A group of five North Korean defectors currently enrolled in South Korean colleges will visit the United States on a U.S. government-sponsored program reserved, until now, for South Korean students only, a government official said Saturday. The five North Korean defectors will likely head for the United States next month, according to the official from Seoul's Unification Ministry.Read more

Huang Hsing-yao knows exactly how to spend every hour of the day, every day of the week: bent over the books, preparing for the most important test of his life. With little time left before the university entrance exam that will decide his future, the 18-year-old high school student's life is marked by relentless study, most of it in aRead more

Apple's iPad and other tablet computers are replacing traditional note pads in some Asian schools and making the lives of thousands of students a whole lot easier. Soon pupils could be reading on their tablets about a quaint old communication device called "paper", especially in Asia's advanced economies where many schools are racing towards a paperless classroom. The slim glassRead more

Children of divorced parents often fall behind their classmates in maths and social skills and are more likely to suffer anxiety, stress and low self-esteem, according to a new study. Researcher Hyun Sik Kim, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the study showed that the detrimental effects on the children do not start until after the parents begin divorce proceedings.Read more

It's what makes the spelling bee such gripping drama. Five competitors were left, and it appeared none of them would ever miss again. They correctly rolled off 21 words in a row. Hard ones, like "abhinaya" and "capoeira" and "cheongsam" and "opodeldoc." One of the spellers kept checking another one's watch. It was past bedtime, and long past the timeRead more

She reads to her baby sister and competes with her dad for the best score while watching Countdown. Yet Saffron Pledger is only three years old and won't even start school for another year-and-a-half. The little girl, who can also write and count to 50, is now set to join high IQ society Mensa after tests revealed she has anRead more

Poor parenting leaves half of children unprepared for school and unable to even hold a pencil, research shows. Some 48 per cent of four and five-year-olds starting school have the motor skills of a baby, according to neuro-psychologist Sally Goddard Blythe. This is because busy or neglectful parents have failed to sing lullabies and play games with them. Parents alsoRead more

Three Emirati university students launched a campaign Thursday to give more prominence to the nation's flag, particularly among expatriates. "A nation is defined by its identity, symbolised by its flag, and its love is revealed by the pride that its people have towards it," said Amira Habib, who co-launched the Alami ‘My Flag' campaign with her classmates Khadija Hadi andRead more