Roberta Pennington
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Florida shooting survivors at Dubai education forum call for ‘improved school safety’
Global Education and Skills Forum hears from Parkland high school massacre pupils → Read More
FAQs: All you need to know about the UAE teachers licence
The Ministry of Education launched the first phase of the UAE teachers licensing in March 2018 → Read More
First batch of teachers to undergo UAE educators licensing scheme
First phase of the professional teacher certification scheme launched in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday → Read More
Rarely-seen venomous snake spotted in UAE
An adult Arabian cat snake is on average between 60 and 70cm in length → Read More
Daytime construction work near Abu Dhabi school ceased following concern from parents
Construction work will now take place in the evening, ADM announced after parents complained of deafening noise → Read More
Brightest pupils in UAE compete to become first Young Scientist of the Year
The award is modelled after Ireland’s successful BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, whose winners have gone on to great successes → Read More
Arab students call for more career counselling to prepare for jobs market
A survey of Arab youths in the region found that 90 per cent of students said it was important to complete an internship but only 55 per cent had actually done so → Read More
Dubai Indian school rankings out and just one rated outstanding
GEMS Modern Academy topped the 34 Indian curriculum schools → Read More
Khalifa University ranked among Asia's best after merger of Abu Dhabi institutions
Times Higher Education rankings place seat of learning at highest position to date → Read More
UAE mangroves the largest in the Gulf, study finds
Decades of conservation have allowed the mangroves to flourish → Read More
Head of UAE's biggest law firm says many graduates are not ready for the workplace
Essam Al Tamimi, of Al Tamimi & Company, told a forum that candidates and universities are not up to scratch → Read More
Abu Dhabi Science Festival returns for UAE Innovation Month
The festival will be held on the Abu Dhabi Corniche for one week → Read More
Emirati academic wins first scholarship to Oxford University from Dubai knowledge foundation
The scholarship covers tuition and living expenses for one graduate student admitted to Oxford who is a citizen of an Arab League member state → Read More
Shopkeepers hold out for small change
Retailers willing to absorb extra charges for the sake of customer satisfaction → Read More
Better integration of special needs pupils in mainstream schools needed in UAE
High turnover of staff is another challenge schools in the UAE face, a former inspector said → Read More
University of Birmingham Dubai appoints two key senior academic leaders
The university is the first 'top 100' insititute from the UK to come to the UAE, and will begin taking students from this autumn ahead of the opening of its permanent campus in 2020 → Read More
UAE parents' view of obese children unrealistic, study shows
The study published in the UAE finds parents are neglecting the issues risking the health of their obese children → Read More
Registration for UAE teacher training programme opens in February
The Teacher and Educational Leadership Standards note-0and Licensing programme has been in the works since at least 2013 → Read More
Number of UAE students choosing to study in US drops, report shows
Experts said a combination of the social and political climate in the US and a fall in oil prices cutting into foreign education budgets can be credited for the decrease → Read More
Abu Dhabi Shoppers stock up before VAT implementation
Shoppers resigned to the introduction of five per cent VAT → Read More