Muaz Shabandri

education

Demand for student discounts

Many students in Dubai are strapped for cash and live a low-cost life in the fast-paced city. Allowances are limited and barely enough to meet high living costs. Food, electricity bills, travel expenses and stationery top their list of priorities, and with few subsidies and discounts on offer, most students find the going getting tough by the end of the month.

education

Demand for student discounts

Many students in Dubai are strapped for cash and live a low-cost life in the fast-paced city. Allowances are limited and barely enough to meet high living costs.

education

The making of a new-age journalist

DUBAI - Media training is at the crossroads as more and more journalism schools are relooking their course offerings. Experts say innovations in digital technology and the explosion of social media have created new jobs and changed the way journalists work.

education

The making of a new-age journalist

DUBAI - Media training is at the crossroads as more and more journalism schools are relooking their course offerings. Experts say innovations in digital technology and the explosion of social media have created new jobs and changed the way journalists work.

Academic City turns down 25 universities

DIAC has turned down 25 applications from international universities to set up their branch campuses in the TECOM Education Cluster because they failed to meet best practices and international standards.

education

16,000 students, 30 universities and a bus

DUBAI — There is despair over the limited public transport facilities to Dubai International Academic City (DIAC). Students say the present lone and long route is insufficient and have demanded additional RTA buses to take them to their place of study.

education

16,000 students, 30 universities and a bus

DUBAI — There is despair over the limited public transport facilities to Dubai International Academic City (DIAC). Students say the present lone and long route is insufficient and have demanded additional RTA buses to take them to their place of study.

Demand for executive education increasing

In the race to get to the top, many organisations in the UAE end up giving fancy job designations to their employees. But, when it comes to actually leading a team, even graduates from good universities fall short of performing well.

A date with US warship

DUBAI — Stepping inside the USS Peleliu, the hustle-bustle of soldiers, the gallant salutes and a general sense of military order greet you to an all-together different world.