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GEMS Education is planning to set up private schools in the UK but with fees at half the price of top schools in the country. The education company, which employs over 10,000 staff around the globe, intends to open six fee-paying day schools for boys and girls aged three to 18 in towns and cities across England over the next two years, the UK’s Guardian reported. It said GEMS aims to charge parents between £8,000 and £12,000 a year – about half or a third of the price of some of the country’s leading public schools. Mark Labovitch, chief executive officer of GEMS for the UK, Europe and Africa, said it was targeting “huge swaths” of the British middle classes who could not afford private school fees.   Fees for non-boarding pupils shot up by 27 percent in UK private schools between 2007 and 2011, according to data from the Independent Schools Council (ISC). The location of the GEMS schools has not yet been finalised, but Labovitch told the paper there were parts of t...

CarnegieMellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) , Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar(WCMC-Q) , and Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) together have introduced two new collaborative undergraduate degrees in the biological sciences and computational biology.  Deans of CMU-Q and WCMC-Q, Dr. Ilker Baybars and Dr. Javaid Sheikh have together announced the new programmes alongside President of QF, Dr. Fathy Saoud. Dr. Kenneth Hovis, assistant teaching professor of biology at CMU-Q in a joint press conference held lately.  Graduates of these programs will have the scientific and analytic ability to meet the demands of the future workplace and be able to contribute to cutting-edge research in fields such as biomedicine, biotechnology and bioengineering.  The two new joint bachelor of sciences draw on the unparalleled expertise of two world-class institutions. CMU was the first university in the United States to offer an undergrad...

Delegates from the top Canadian colleges have participated in a seminar organized by Global Edu , a higher education consultancy based in Oman. Delegates presented a rosy picture about the higher studies in Canada and audience, mostly Indian students who aspire for higher studies in foreign countries, very well received the advantages of Canada. Affordability was the one of the most talked-about aspect of higher studies in Canada. Canada is cheaper compared to Australia, the UK and the US as far as higher education concerned.  Overseas students prefer Canada because more work opportunities are available to them now. Previously, international students were allowed to work for one or two years, depending on location. Now, Canada has rolled out a new open work permit scheme to attract foreign students - a move that may lure away Indian students from their favorite destinations like the US, Britain and Australia. Facing a shortage of skilled labor, the Government of Cana...

The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) will organise an international workshop on Mathematics on 18 February.  Workshop titled ‘The latest developments in the Number Theory and the Applied Mathematics’ is conducted in co-operation with the German University ofTechnology in Oman (GUtech) . The five-day workshop will see a number of students from Oman, Japan and Germany presenting results of research papers on mathematics. Additionally, the scientific forum will be attended by 37 international mathematics experts specialising the number theory as well as renowned researchers in mathematics and applied sciences who will display their latest research results. Teachers from SQU and GUtech will deliver lectures on e-learning and related topics.

The Centre for Special Education (CSE) at the Pakistan School Muscat (PSM) has been inaugurated in the presence of top officials from the Ministry of Education and other guests. Fatma Abdul Abbas Noorani, Director-General of Private Schools, Ministry of Education, was the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony. PSM pledged the establishment of a Centre for Special Education on March 18, 2010 when the SAI Group had conducted a seminar on Autism Spectrum Disorders at the school. The project was initiated by the previous Board of Directors, spearheaded by the ex-chairman, Shabbir Ahmed Nadeem. The centre has been established keeping in mind the needs of differently-abled children and their requirements. It has a dedicated team working under the guidance of Principal of PSM, M Zakariya Babur. It is led by co-coordinator John Tariq, a senior teacher who will be assisted by Special Educator Saima Altaf. Other teachers will also volunteer by serving at the centre in their free t...

Gulf Education Conference & Exhibition, London 2012 will be held at Hilton London Metropole Hotel, UK on 28 and 29 May 2012. is a strategic two-day event that will provide substantial opportunities for international businesses in the education sector, to create partnerships; and strike up meaningful business agreements with G.C.C member states. Bringing together some of the best senior level decision makers, key industry education providers and top officials from around the world, Gulf Education Conference & Exhibition will not only be a dynamic two-day event that provides inspiring presentations, tactical 1-2-1 meetings, and learning opportunities, but an excellent platform for generating alliances.  With the British Council, UK Higher Education International & Europe Unit, and the Leadership Foundation all meeting in London with members of the GCC to formulate the agenda, this is an event not to be missed!

Third International Conference of Quality Management in Healthcare, organised by the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital SQUH at the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has been concluded successfully. The first session included working papers on the improvement of quality and change of culture. The second session themed management of risks and safety measurement included seven working papers and the third on management of quality audit control operations.  500 participants representing healthcare institutions in the Sultanate, GCC and Arab countries, as well as prominent speakers form USA, Malaysia, Turkey, UK and Qatar besides the Sultanate take part at the two-day conference.