By Melanie Swan. The largest private university in Russia, Synergy, has opened a Dubai campus – and the emirate’s education regular believes it will help meet a growing demand for Russian-accredited educations.
There are about 80,000 Russian residents and tens of thousands of former Soviet state citizens in the UAE, plus many Russian businesses. Read more...

Increasing demand for schools and universities from both expatriates and nationals is paving the way for growth in Dubai’s education sector. 
While the children of international workers have long boosted numbers at private schools, a need for higher-level training programmes geared toward Emiratis has generated new opportunities for investment. 
Schools reaching capacity 
The number of pupils at Dubai’s private schools has more than doubled over the past 10 years, reaching 225,000 in 2012/13, according to the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), which regulates private sector educational institutions. More...

The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MOHERST), in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, recently convened a daylong validation forum of the draft tertiary and higher education policy 2013/2022 at the Paradise Suites Hotel.
In his official opening ceremony on behalf of the permanent secretary, Jerreh Sanyang the deputy permanent secretary for admin and finance at the MOHERST described his ministry as a young ministry working on a lot of documents one of which is science and technology innovation policy and the quality assurance framework.
According to him, all these policies and instruments are supported accordingly and it was necessary to have tertiary and higher education policy. More...

By Paul Szoldra. Forget Bitcoin ATMs. The oft-misunderstood digital currency is going even more mainstream. 
The University of Nicosia in Cyprus announced they would be accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment for tuition, making them the first accredited institution in the world to accept the cryptocurrency. Read more...

By Abed Alloush. After the court’s decision which was announced on Wednesday–that the strike of administrative employees of Greek universities is illegal but not abusive–the Public Prosecutor of Athens, P.Fakou, ordered a new investigation towards the strike’s legitimacy.  This time the administrative employees, by continuing the strike, are facing charges of acting against the court’s decision. The university’s community is monitoring the situation with bated breath. In fact the representatives of the administrative staff have made it crystal clear in all directions, that no matter how many times the Greek Ministry of Education appeals against their strikes, they will continue their struggle. More...