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The original idea for the university had emanated from the Dubai-UK Trade and Economic Committee (DUKTEC), which comprised nominees of the Government of Dubai and the Government of the United Kingdom. It was first thought that a British university would assist with the recruitment and retention of British expatriate workers, but a subsequent ...
The Ministry of Education does not recognize educational institutions based in free zones. While individual Emirates are responsible for managing the standards of educational institutions within their free zones, Dubai is the only Emirate that does so through the Knowledge and Human Development Authority's (KHDA) University Quality Assurance ...
Teach First is the largest recruiter of graduates in the United Kingdom, [7] and was ranked 2nd only to PwC in The Times annual Top 100 Graduate Employers list in 2014 and 2015. [8] [9] [10] The Teach First scheme has been met with some controversy and criticism since its inception, [11] which has impeded its planned expansion into Scotland. [12]
In 1998, Zayed University was opened, initially for women only, with campuses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. A US $100.7 million purpose-built campus in Dubai opened in 2006. [10] Zayed University accepted select groups of male students starting in 2008, and now has a significant number of male students.
Currently, more than 90% of school education in Dubai takes place in the private sector, served by 194 private schools offering 17 different curricula to more than 280,000 students from 182 nationalities. [1] Dubai has 26 international branch campuses of universities from 12 different countries - including the UK, Australia and India. More than ...
The QS World University Rankings are a ranking of the world's top universities produced by Quacquarelli Symonds published annually since 2004. In 2024, they ranked 1500 universities, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, University of Oxford, Harvard University and University of Cambridge taking the top 5 spots. [15]
The Chevening Scholarships Programme commenced in 1983 as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Awards Scheme (FCOAS) and is funded by the British government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office and its partner organisations. [1] [3] The stated objective of the scheme is to build a network of friends of the UK, who will be future leaders in their ...
In addition to a range of elective courses at the London Business School, the school has partnerships with around 32 exchange schools around the world. Each academic year around 100 students spend a term at another leading business school. The MBA Programme has one of the world's largest international exchange programmes. [20]