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Masdar hosts clean energy meet

Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, hosted last week an Institutional Membership meeting of the EU-GCC Clean Energy Network in Abu Dhabi.

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Heriot-watt opens new campus

Heriot-Watt University’s new Dh200 million purpose-built campus welcomed students to its new facility in Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) last week. Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond inaugurated the campus, which is spread over 300,000sq.ft.

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Finding solutions to the water crisis

DUBAI - ‘The Big Science Challenge’, a competition aimed at secondary schools across the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Jordan and the United Kingdom, is inviting entries from students aged between 11 and 16. Students can research and design an original, innovative solution to a problem concerning water, either locally, nationally or globally.

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Whiz kids compete in mental math competition

DUBAI - More than 1,500 school students aged between five and 12 from across the UAE gathered in Dubai over the weekend to prove their arithmetic skills by completing 200 calculations in eight minutes or an average calculation every 2.4 seconds at the UAE’s Eighth Annual National Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Competition held at Al Nasr Leisureland.

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Stars in their eyes

Student-run science clubs are sprouting across schools and universities in the country under the guidance of Dubai Astronomy Group (DAG). The aim of these groups is to rekindle an interest in science and the natural world among local students.

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Students to showcase sustainable
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In just a few decades, most Middle Eastern countries have grown from being fishing and pearl diving villages to become world-class centres of business, trade and finance. With access to world-class education, young minds have a bigger role to play in the conservation, sustainability and economic diversification of these newly built nations.

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