By . Parents in the United Arab Emirates, when thinking about the education of their children, appear to be more career-minded than parents from other countries, a new survey shows.
The survey, “Value of Education Learning For Life 2015,” was commissioned by HSBC and gathered the views of 5,500 parents in 16 different countries. More...
By Ida Sophie Winter. Scene: On Rue Khalid Ibn Oualid, a North African street known for prostitutes, gambling and a French-owned bookstore that cross-pollinates between European and African culture.
Enter a sweating group of older expatriates—mostly French and white—caught under the blushing blaze of Tangier. More...
By Chris Havergal. The British Accreditation Council has signed a contract to inspect Bahrain’s universities, in a significant expansion of its international activities. More...
Trade unionists have warned of a possible collapse of Palestinian universities against the backdrop of a financial crisis that could cause a large deficit in the higher education budget and lead to its eventual suspension, reports Middle East Monitor. Read more...
Universities in Bahrain are looking to significantly boost interest from prospective international students through accreditation from the British Accreditation Council (BAC).
Despite having an area of just 741 square km, Bahrain is home to a number of institutions that welcome students from overseas. There are four main public universities, including Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain Polytechnic, College of Health and Sciences and the University of Bahrain. Read more...
The continued recent rise in the value of the dollar and the euro has seriously impacted on the spending habits of Turkish citizens, with those studying abroad facing spiraling expenses and many students planning to do so opting to forego their trips, figures from Turkish consulting firms say. Read more...
By Maysa Jalbout. With almost half of all of out-of-school children around the world living in conflict-affected countries, the international aid community is facing pressure to not only increase the amount of funding available in these settings but to also determine how to channel and sustain funding for high numbers of refugee children in protracted crisis areas like the Syrian refugee conflict. More...
Enghelab Square lies at the heart of Tehran’s urban and revolutionary landscape, just metres away from the gates of Tehran University. The site of some of the most pitched battles of the 1979 revolution, the square today bustles as an open-air market of goods. There, among the booksellers and fruit vendors, visitors can buy bootleg DVDs, banned books, drugs and alcohol and, if need be, an entire masters thesis – written from scratch and prepared for oral defence, in less than a month, writes Shervin Malekzadeh for The Washington Post.
Full report on The Washington Post site. Read more...
Al-Azhar University, among the Islamic world's most renowned institutions, is losing respect globally as its leadership sides with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, writes Michael Kaplan for International Business Times.
Full report on the International Business Times site. Read more...
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