Education
Chesapeake elementary teacher reads bedtime stories to students over Facebook Live
Ms. Yearby grabs a seat at a desk in a spare bedroom inside her apartment, props herself up in front of a Macbook computer and logs onto Facebook. It’s time for another night of her reading adventures. Over the next half hour, Keisha Yearby will work through Tom Percival’s “Perfectly [...]
TASMU Smart Qatar Program unites technologically advanced youth to celebrate Techies Day
TASMU Smart Qatar Program, a flagship program by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC), has celebrated this year’s Techies Day by hosting a group of technologically advanced youth in MoTC’s premises. Techies Day, which takes place every 3rd of October, aims to promote careers in technology among young people. [...]
Eighty faculty and students from the University of Calgary in Qatar are medical volunteers at 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships
The University of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ) is supplying 16 Canadian instructors and 64 nursing students to work as medical volunteers at this week’s Doha’s 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships. The University of Calgary in Qatar is the country’s only Canadian university and Qatar’s sole provider of Bachelor and Master [...]
Classes without textbooks? More colleges giving it a try.
When Natalie Flynn surveyed students in her Temple University intro to physical geology classes, she found half weren’t buying the textbook she used. Many couldn’t afford it. “We were developing a very, very uneven playing field in the classroom,” she said. That’s when Flynn decided to phase out print textbooks [...]
The Ninth Edition of University Expo Returns to Qatar 16 – 17 October 2019
University Expo (UniExpo) 2019, aimed at students aged 16+, their parents, school counsellors, principals and career advisors, as well as professionals looking to further advance their academic credentials, takes place on 16 and 17 October 2019 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre. UniExpo offers inspirational seminars, by local and [...]
Qatar Finance and Business Academy in collaboration with Northumbria University concluded its Orientation Week for new students
With the commencement of a new academic year, Qatar Finance & Business Academy in collaboration with Northumbria University Newcastle successfully concluded its orientation week over a 4-day period to facilitate a positive transition for its new incoming students. Orientation week signifies the first step towards a successful academic year for [...]