Culture & Education | Wednesday 1 July, 2015 1:18 pm

Centum, Investbridge and SABIS® Join Together to Launch an Education Investment Company to Develop Schools across Africa

Investbridge Capital (“IBC”) and Centum Investment Company Limited (“Centum”) announced today that they have partnered with SABIS® Holdings (SABIS®) to launch a new company that will invest in the burgeoning education sector in Africa. The tri-partite consortium will ...

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Culture & Education | Monday 29 June, 2015 3:30 am

Scholarship students won’t have to look for jobs

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has teamed up with the Ministry of Education for the “Your Job and Scholarship” program. The goal is to allow 1,000 Saudi students to take up courses in engineering for the industrial sector. With the latest addition, the number of scholarships...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 28 June, 2015 12:24 am

Take on the Muslim Quiz Challenge this Ramadan

AUS Islamic Club launches an innovative quiz app called ‘Muslim Quiz Challenge’ this Ramadan This app, available on iOS and Android platforms, provides insight and tests individual knowledge on various Islam-related topics with a world-wide outreach Hosting 12 Islamic categories...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 28 June, 2015 12:00 am

Famous Arab comedians bring joy to SMC’s Ramadan Majlis

“It is impossible to separate art from politics.  Comedy cannot be separated from facts,” say comedians Ahmed Bedair and Tareq Al Ali Popular Arab comedians created an atmosphere of fun and laughter at the fourth Ramadan Majlis, organised by Sharjah Media Centre (SMC), yesterday ...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 25 June, 2015 1:38 pm

New global education research holds important lessons for the Middle East

Learning company Pearson today publishes two new reports by the world-leading education expert Professor John Hattie which call into question some of the key reform policies pursued by governments in the last twenty years. Hattie’s research promises to be useful for education policy makers...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 20 June, 2015 5:56 am

KSA marks 30 years of space research

Saudi Arabia has over the past decade through King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) designed and manufactured 13 satellites, demonstrating its expertise in the field developed since 1985.The Kingdom also established a research center to study the Moon and planets in our solar...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 18 June, 2015 1:46 am

Coca-Cola Invites the World to Reach up and Support the Special Olympics World Games 2015 Los Angeles

This summer, Los Angeles will welcome 7,000 inspirational athletes from 177 different countries to the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games. Supporting children and adults with intellectual disabilities, the World Games is the largest sports and humanitarian event on the globe. To celebrate,...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 14 June, 2015 1:45 pm

Arab Cities: Through Your Eyes in 21 000 images

The fifth edition of the National Geographic Abu Dhabi Moments Awards has, once again, brought the best in regional photography to the forefront. This year in partnership with Almarai for the second year, over 21 000 budding photographers entered their best images depicting the theme “Arab...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 14 June, 2015 1:24 am

Best in region: Saudi universities stay ahead

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) has been ranked first among the region’s Top 100 universities, according to QS World University Rankings 2015.According to the report, the American University of Beirut (Lebanon), King Saud University (Riyadh) and King Abdul Aziz University...

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Culture & Education | Friday 12 June, 2015 3:50 am

KSU honors engineering college faculty, students

A number of students and faculty of the King Saud University’s (KSU) engineering college have been honored with certificates for their research work and academic achievements. The ‘Research of Excellence’ awards were given by Khalid Al-Humaizi, dean of the engineering school at KSU, and was...

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