Students from the American University of Sharjah met today with staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the series of roundtable discussions being held at universities throughout the Middle East and North Africa under the IMF Youth Dialog.

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Group teams up with TU Berlin to host two-day course

Abu Dhabi University Knowledge Group (ADUKG) has introduced a series of programmes to equip logistics professionals and specialists as the UAE continues to grow into a logistics hub, with almost US$26 billion of projects in hand.

According to the International Logistics Performance Index’s cross-country comparison, the UAE is the Middle East’s highest ranking country in terms of performance within the logistics and supply chain industry, marking 3.63% growth in 2009.

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• Felicia Jesslyn, GEMS World Academy student chosen as Maths Ambassador for the UAE
• Annual maths competition held on the first Wednesday in March all over the world
• More than 500 Gems World Academy students compete in live online quizzes

15 year old Felicia Jesslyn from GEMS World Academy (GWA) has been selected as the UAE’s World Maths Day Ambassador. World Maths Day is an international annual online mathematics competition, held on the first Wednesday in March every year, and Felicia’s job has been to encourage students to take part.

GWA was selected, over all of the schools in the UAE to have a representative student to be the UAE ambassador.  Felicia was selected by the World Maths Day committee for her aptitude, logic and arithmetic capabilities.

Caroline Parker, Head of Mathematics at GWA said, “We are so proud of Felicia at school! Her hard work and dedication has paid off and we believe that her role as an international maths ambassador will open up many opportunities for her future”.

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Eton Institute, U.A.E’s leading training & development centre based in Dubai, is hosting a workshop that will allow participants to harness the power of social media and networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, LinkedIn, etc. for social, informational or commercial purposes.

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Eton Institute, U.A.E’s leading training & development centre based in Dubai, announced today to its over 1500 followers on Facebook and Twitter that it will not be conducting the much anticipated free language course this March as it does every month. Instead, promising students and followers an unforgettable experience, it will be offering amazing prizes and massive discounts open to all throughout the day on 11^th March, which marks the 4^th anniversary celebrations of this young and vibrant Institute.

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His Excellency Mr Sami Daen Al Qamzi, Director General of the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED), honoured the graduates of the first batch of the Middle Management Leadership programme launched in 2009 as part of DED’s contribution to the nation’s Emiratisation and capacity-building goals.

The first batch included 20 employees selected from the middle management of DED and its agencies including the Export Development Corporation, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME Development, the Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment and the Foreign Investment Office. Mr Al Qamzi distributed certificates to the participants at a ceremony held in DED.

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Institute for Vocational Development’s workshop on project management explains adaptability across business

Project Management, once limited to the construction and IT sectors, is now highly effective to the simplest of business projects spanning different organisational departments, said the director of the Institute for Vocational Development (IVD), a member of Abu Dhabi University Knowledge Group (ADUKG).

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Eton Institute, U.A.E’s leading training & development centre based in Dubai, is hosting a workshop that will allow individuals and entrepreneurs to harness the power of the most cost-effective advertising medium till date, Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising. The PPC workshop will discuss real-world solutions and strategies to setup successful ‘in-house’ PPC campaigns that reach more customers online at a lower cost per acquisition.

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GEMS Education looking to enhance relationship with NASA by working with Arab Youth Venture Foundation

This week sees the first official NASA visit to the Middle East and the first visit to schools in the region as two operational astronauts take time out between space flights to share their experiences and expertise with students at six GEMS Education schools in Dubai, UAE.

Visiting NASA astronauts Captain Barry E. ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Dr Robert L. Satcher Jr have recently returned from the 31^st shuttle flight to the international space station.

Andrew Gregory, Planetarium Director at GEMS World Academy, home to the only school-based planetarium in the region, says, “GEMS Education has made a clear commitment to integrating space studies into the curriculum.  Not only does study of the universe contribute to each student’s understanding of the world around them, it also helps to raise their aspirations, fuels their desire to know more, and ensures they look outward as scholars and individuals.”

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