UAE on Verge of Embracing High-tech Mode of Learning
Coverage from the two-day e-merging, e-learning conference being held at the Abu Dhabi Men's College. The UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, is reported as embracing new learning technologies. More...
It is no longer safe for British academics and students to work and study in the United Arab Emirates, experts and lecturers’ unions have warned, after a court in the Gulf state jailed for life Durham University PhD student Matthew Hedges, who was accused of spying, writes David Batty for The Guardian. More...By Brendan O’Malley and Wagdy Sawahel. The sentencing of Durham University PhD researcher Matthew Hedges to life imprisonment in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on 21 November is causing further shock and alarm for academics carrying out research in the Middle East, who are already shaken by the murder of Saudi Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey in October. More...By Brendan O’Malley. United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has indicated that he has had constructive discussions with United Arab Emirates officials about the case of Durham University PhD researcher Matthew Hedges, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Federal Appeal Court of Abu Dhabi in the UAE. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. British Ph.D. student in U.A.E. was found guilty of spying after what observers say was an unfair trial in which he was denied due process. Some academics urge Western universities -- including NYU -- to reconsider role of campuses in the Emirates. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. Safety conditions for researchers conducting fieldwork in the United Arab Emirates are deteriorating, the Middle East Studies Association’s Board of Directors said in a statement Thursday. More...
The Algerian authorities have stopped funding and closed 72 scientific research laboratories in 2018, following “negative assessments” of their activities. More...By Azzeddine Bensouiah. Algerian campuses are simmering and risk a troubled year ahead as unhappiness continues over the administration of the recent access competitions which are required for admission to masters and doctoral degrees. More...
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) have released the latest in their series of regional rankings. The Arab Region rankings are generally quite stable but the first place this year goes to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals of Saudi Arabia which has pushed the American University of Beirut into second place. The top five are completed with King Abdulaziz University and King Saud University in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates University. More...
It is apparent that m-learning will continuously have a massive role in terms of development in teaching and learning methods for education. Student's intention to use this technology is the main factor that eventually leads to a success in implementing m-learning. The objectives of this particular research are to come up with the development and examination towards a research model to uncover the factors that have important effects on the intention to use mobile learning for basic education in Egypt. More...
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