Dubai-based Research Centre for Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence will train students to specialise in aviation, management, security and smart cities
Dubai education
Dubai
Deal signed to implement new health policy in Dubai schools
Areas of collaboration between education and health chiefs include encouraging schools to increase physical activity to 150 minutes a week
Brighton College Al Ain
Brighton College Dubai makes key appointments ahead of opening
Set to open its third branch in the UAE in Dubai in September, Brighton College Dubai has announced the appointment of its first faculty members
Amanat Holdings
UAE’s Amanat buys Dubai school real estate assets for $98m
Amanat Holdings says it has completed the acquisition of the North London Collegiate School Dubai
Blackstone
Dubai’s GEMS said to delay IPO amid freeze on school fees
Sources say school operator is studying the potential impact on its earnings projections following a decision to keep private school fees unchanged for a year
Colliers
Dubai education tuition revenues said to top $1.8bn
Colliers International says business related courses remain the most popular choice in Dubai
Abraaj Group
Abraaj said to mull sale of stake in Dubai university campus
Sources say private-equity firm is in talks with Amanat Holdings to sell stake in Middlesex University’s campus in Dubai
Dubai education
UK design firm appointed for new Dubai secondary school
Godwin Austen Johnson is hired for Arcadia Secondary School project in Jumeirah Village Triangle
Dubai education
Bahrain’s GFH agrees to sell 70% stake in Dubai school
Unit GFH Capital, which acquired the stake in October 2014, says it has sold it to businessman Nashat Sahawaneh
Dubai education
Revealed: Dubai’s plans for an education revolution
Under Rahhal project, students can study part-time and attend numerous schools at the same time
academic year
Top UK university launches new campus in Dubai
The University of Birmingham becomes the first global top 100 university to establish a campus in the city
Dubai education
Dubai school teacher arrested in US for soliciting child
School says it carried out a background check that confirmed music teacher was fit to work with children
Affordable schools
Dubai needs over 200,000 additional school seats by 2027
Research from Colliers International suggests that there are lucrative investment opportunities in affordable schools to meet demand