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Dr Ayoub Kazim with MSB Directors Dubai, UAE: Manchester Business School (MBS), consistently ranked amongst the top business schools in the world, has hosted for the first time at the Middle East Centre in Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV), the annual meeting of the directors of the School's six international centres. Dr Ayoub Kazim, Managing Director,Dubai Knowledge Village and Dubai International Academic City, members of TECOM Investments' Education Cluster, addressed the MBS directors and highlighted the success of MBS as an outstanding example of partnership and cooperation between DKV and its partners. Since opening in September 2006, the MBS Middle East Centre has enrolled more than 1,000 MBA students (all post experience, working professionals) in the region and has become the largest and the fastest growing of the school's international network of centres. Addressing the conference delegates, Dr Kazim, said: "I would like to congratulate Manchester Busine...

Dubai: The Knowledge and Human Development Authority has granted Dubai American Scientific School’s request to close in the 2013/14 academic year. The school was found to have charged some parents more than twice the amount of fees permitted by KHDA, and failed to investigate more than 30 students with extended periods of unauthorised absence. In addition, the school appointed 20 teachers without a formal contract or offer of employment, and without approval from KHDA or the Ministry of Labour. A number of health and safety violations were also reported. The school will close in the 2013/14 academic year and parents have been advised to seek alternative schooling for their children.Dubai American Scientific School was sanctioned in September 2012, when a number of education permit violations were discovered.  At that time, KHDA issued a directive preventing the school from registering new students, and helped existing studen...

Manchester Business School at Dubai Knowledge Village Dubai: Manchester Business School (MBS) Middle East Centre at Dubai Knowledge Village, has enrolled more than 90  new part time MBA students in the July 2013 intake. More than half of the new students – all working professionals - are resident in the UAE with the majority of the balance residing in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.  13 per cent of the new students are women and 10 per cent are already educated to Master’s degree level. In 2013, MBS will be unveiling innovations within its part time Global MBA programme, which has attracted more than 1400 students in the region, as well as plans for the School’s first MBA graduation ceremony in the Middle East, scheduled for Dubai in October 2013.  The Middle East student base has now grown to more than 1,400 part time MBA students and is the largest student cohort in the international network of Manchester Business School. The MBS Middle East Alumni Group was ...

Kuwaiti Students Kuwait city: Kuwait’s ministry of higher education is to give 4,500 Kuwaiti students scholarships to study abroad in 2013-14. The scheme is designed to improve Kuwaiti human capital, with awardees studying majors that accord with labour market needs. The grants can be used at top universities in 13 countries, although details of these are yet to be published. Majors will be chosen to reflect public and private sector needs; physics, chemistry and maths are among those already flagged for backing. Like many Middle East and North African countries, Kuwait is trying to improve education standards as it tries to diversify its oil-dependent economy. Petroleum accounts for 43% of GDP, 87% of export revenues and 75% of government income. Increasing study abroad will be part of this and it seems outbound numbers are rising. More than 2,000 Kuwaitis enrolled at UK universities in 2011 – up considerably from the mid 2000s – while 3,722 attended...

Can you leapfrog the slow and steady process of developments in Higher education  by plugging your students into the best lectures from across the world? This was the hope of a number of delegates attending a conference on education in the Middle East and North Africa that recently took place in London, particularly those from nations struggling with limited finances, huge numbers of young people and continuing security problems. Fathi Akkari, former minister of higher education in post-revolutionary Libya, told that he was in the UK to visit The Open University, hoping to agree a partnership that would offer degrees delivered jointly with the institution’s Libyan counterpart. He predicted that in 40 years, the “traditional” university would be a thing of the past and students would study and take their exams online. Professor Akkari, now a government adviser, told delegates at Gulf Education, held last month, that physical universities would end up like museums because higher...

Muscat: AMIDEAST administers the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for the Middle East and North Africa on behalf of the US Department of States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This highly prestigious scholarship program is a two-year fellowship, designed to give graduates of four-year Bachelors degree or Masters degree programs the opportunity to pursue a graduate degree at a US university. AMIDEAST is a leading American non-profit organization engaged in international education, training and development activities in the Middle East and North Africa. Founded in 1951, AMIDEAST in its early years focused on promoting U.S. study to students in the MENA region and managing U.S. scholarships and exchanges such as the flagship Fulbright Foreign Student Program. While these important programs continue apace, our work has expanded significantly. Today AMIDEAST programs and services touch the lives of half a million individuals a year – improving educational opportunities and qu...

Muscat: Dr. Issa Sabeel Al Bulushi, CEO, Gulf College, has chosen to receive the prestigious Education Leadership Award of the World Education Congress (WEC). This is first time this International award goes to Oman and Dr. Issa gets a special mark in Oman history. Award will be presented to Dr. Issa this June in Mumbai, India.  The WEC, held last year in Dubai and in London next year, aims to encourage partnership among institutions and to build on a vision and strategies for Higher Education Institutions coupled with the influence on evolving culture and deep systematic change in education, all of which are rolled into one as intrinsic.   WEC’s Chairman Mr. Smith disclosed in an email message, “Dr. Issa’s visionary leadership and progressive contribution to the field of education is well-known and his strategic and iconic positions he occupies made him a champion . With this, one could proudly say that Omanis have sustained a deep sense of pride fo...