I’m on my way back from Shanghai after being invited to work with a group of Chinese executives on their product innovation and intrapreneurship strategies, using aspects of my newly developed model for professional/executive education. It’s really an exciting model, that I used with Coca-Cola on their beverage strategy in China, with Tencent, a leading retailer with hundreds of stores,Read more

A £6 million fund has been launched to look at the potential that neuroscience has to improve educational practice in schools Visual, auditory or kinaesthetic; there’s a high likelihood that, as a student, you may have been labelled as a particular kind of learner. A student who learns best when presented with educational material in a particular format. However, accordingRead more

Education minister presents long-term educational reform plan set to take effect next academic year. Matriculation exams have become the “golden calf” of the Israeli education system, Education Minister Shai Piron said Wednesday, while presenting widespread reforms in the education system. According to the plan, set to take effect in the 2014-15 academic year, matriculation exams will begin in 11th gradeRead more

The closing of an elementary school on the Turkish-Syrian border of Akcakale continues for yet another day because of a two-day conflict between the Islamic front and the Islamic State of Iraq (Damascus) in Syria. The ongoing conflict in neighboring Syria can reportedly be heard from Akcakake where the school is located. District Mayor Eyup Firat asserted that Cumhuriyet ElementaryRead more

The recently held International Conference on Teacher Education in the Muslim World, organised under the aegis of International Islamic University, Malaysia, saw a commendable participation from Ajman University of Science and Technology represented by Dr. Abdul Haq al-Nuaimi, Director-General of the Department of Community Service, and assistant professor in the Faculty of Media and Information and Human Sciences, and NidaRead more

Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD), has signed a joint cooperation agreement with Emarat Global Resourcing in alignment with the fundamental goals and objectives of both institutions. The agreement aims to promote cooperation between the two parties on training and building the capacities of administrators and staff to groom them for professional positions. It also serves to provide training and developmentRead more

H.H. Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman has praised the professionalism, discipline and quality witnessed at the Abdulaziz Bin Humaid Leadership Programme. This came during a meeting of the Ruler with a delegation of the programme led by Abdul Aziz bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Department of Tourism Development of AjmanRead more

Under the patronage of Chief of Staff, Major General Shaikh Daij bin Salman Al Khalifa, a graduation ceremony for a course of newly recruits No. 112 was held this morning at the Training Centre of Bahrain Royal Defence Force (BRDF).The ceremony started with recitation from the Holy Qur’an, then Commander of (BRDF) Major General Jaber Abdullah bin Huwail delivered aRead more

The cabinet approved on Wednesday a loan agreement on a project of construction and equipping of community colleges worth of 17 million Kuwaiti Dinars (KWD). In its weekly meeting chaired by Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa, the cabinet instructed to finalize the necessary constitutional procedures for the ratification of the agreement, which was signed on November 21, 2013, between YemenRead more

As more and more Chinese parents look for ways to give their children a head start in school, a new market for preschool English instruction is emerging, and showing great growth potential, according to an education analyst. "In recent years, parents (in China) have shown a growing awareness of the need to invest in children's training and education at anRead more