Education

If you are looking to boost your skills or get a refresher before the start of a new academic year, Middlesex University Dubai is holding a series of Summer Skills Workshops throughout August and September, free for new and returning students, who have confirmed their place for the September 2019 intake. Through workshops covering Postgraduate Business Fundamentals to careers and academic skills, the University aims to support students to prepare themselves for a successful academic year.

Access to higher education has never been easier thanks to Brighton College Dubai’s latest Sheikh Zayed Group presentation, which will see the school host a talk with Application Experts, Doxa on Wednesday 3rd July at 9:30am. The session, Applying to Oxbridge Against the Odds, aims to help pupils who are applying for higher education discover how to apply the simple and enjoyable way, and triple their chances at being accepted into their first choice university.

Greenland’s land mass of more than 2.1 million km2 is largely covered with glaciers, and their melting fuels as much as one-fifth of global sea-level rise. That’s why a team of USF and NYUAD geoscientists’ new discovery of a mechanism that allows these glaciers to collapse into the sea has special significance for the low-lying coastal areas, such as the ones in the UAE.

On the 28th and 29th June, Bukhatir Education Advancement and Management (BEAM) held its notable graduation ceremonies in two of their biggest schools celebrating the many accomplishments of its 278 students before an audience compromised of peers, teachers, and families.

Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), the educational arm of Dubai Land Department (DLD), recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi Vocational Education and Training Institute (ADVETI). The MoU represents an aspect of existing cooperation through government institutions between the two Emirates.

Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS), a regional leader in banking and finance education and training, welcomed the CEO of National Banking Institute (NBI), the banking academy of Nepal. During the visit, EIBFS shared its expertise in banking and financial studies and best practices in the UAE banking and financial sector with NBI.
Jamal Al Jassmi, General Manager of EIBFS, Noura Abbas Ahmed, Director of the Program Administration & Delivery Division at EIBFS, and other senior officials from the Institute received the delegate.