By . Qatar wants to mature from a pharmaceutical novice into an Arab Goliath for drug development. It is willing to spend the money to achieve this, but industry analysts say big spending alone may not be enough to make the peninsula a true global pharmaceutical player at the level of Switzerland. More...
The Saudi government approved more restrictive eligibility rules for its foreign university scholarship program on Monday, Reuters and the Saudi Gazette reported. Details of the new rules are vague, but they would appear to make the scholarship program more academically elite. Read more...
By Chris Havergal. Register now to attend the THE Young Universities Summit on 5 to 7 April 2016 Universities in the Middle East and North Africa have been told to stop “apologising” for their relative youth. More...
By Chris Havergal. A preoccupation with technical skills means many Middle Eastern graduates lack broader knowledge and understanding, according to university leaders who called for a re-imagination of liberal arts. More...
By Chris Havergal. The voice of academics must not be lost from university governance as institutions around the world shift towards a corporate model of leadership, a conference heard. More...
By Chris Havergal. Profit-making providers are best placed to meet growing demand for higher education around the world, Lord Willetts said as he opened the Times Higher Education MENA Universities Summit. More...
By Ellie Bothwell. Come to our MENA Universities Summit from 2 to 4 February 2016 Egypt’s education system has “damaged a generation” of young people who are not able to compete in a global market. More...
By Ellie Bothwell. Saudi Arabia is the top performer in a snapshot ranking for universities in the Arab region, based on data from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016.
King Abdulaziz University is first place in the top 15 table, while its national rivals King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and King Saud University are third and fourth respectively. Lebanon’s American University of Beirut (second) and the United Arab Emirates University (fifth) make up the rest of the top five. More...
By Study International Staff. For many years, oil has been big business in Saudi Arabia, since the Kingdom is home to 18 percent of the world’s proven petroleum reserves and ranks as the substance’s largest global exporter. By Matthew Reisz. The Kurdistan regional government in Iraq is streamlining its higher education system – and still looking for far more help from British universities. More...
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