Education News

Adec looks to add heritage as subject

Abu Dhabi Education Council is looking at how to best turn artistic elements of world heritage sites in Al Ain into school subjects.

Students use chat apps for mass bunking

Many students used the social media to urge their classmates not to report to school beginning this week.

Inaugural TEDxUOWD event at Dubai's University of Wollongong

TEDxUOWD was an independent event organised by a team of University of Wollongong in Dubai students and curated by Dr Zeenath Khan.

UAE will become home to first Al Azhar college outside Egypt

As per the agreement, an Al Azhar college for Islamic science and dawaa will be set up in the UAE.

DI invests 90% in Austrian university's Dubai campus

Modul University Vienna, Austria's leading private university, is backed by a 100-plus years' legacy of Modul College's excellence in tourism and hospitality education worldwide.

UAE students National Day 'human sentence' breaks record

The 6,958 students - drawn from 35 GEMS schools across the UAE - spelled out the sentence "Happy National Day" in the presence of officials from the Guinness World Records.

Sharjah students cruise through UAE history on heritage bus

In association with "UAE Innovation Week" and in collaboration with the Council of Sharjah Education, the heritage bus toured Sharjah schools on Monday to promote the heritage of the UAE.

Heriot-Watt university celebrates 10 years in UAE

The number of students at the university's Dubai campus has grown from 120 in 2005 to almost 4,000 from over 100 countries in 2015.

After many failures comes innovation, says Emirati artist

Setbacks should inspire youth, says Emirati artist who was thrown out of university 3 times.

Masdar Open day for higher education students

The day-long event targeting undergraduate and graduate students in science, information technology and engineering will be held from 10am to 4pm.