Some universities in the UAE have reduced fees by up to 50 per cent to help families cope with the financial strain caused
by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The discounts come as higher education institutions try to hang on to the best talent and attract high achievers in a time of
financial uncertainty.
Last year, many universities in Dubai cut fees to ease financial pressures on students and their families.
Now that trend is being seen widely across the country.
We have to be aware of the financial burden parents are facing and help them as much as possible Dr Karim Seghir, Ajman University
BITS Pilani Dubai achieves 100% internship placements despite pandemic
DUBAI, 5 hours, 30 minutes ago BITS Pilani Dubai has announced 100% internship placements for its 2021 batch of students, despite an unprecedented and challenging year. The institute has collaborated with over 300 reputed companies over a period of time comprising of Fortune 500 Companies, MNC’s such as PWC, Reckitt Benckiser, GE, L&T, HP, Schindler, Noon.com, Landmark Group and more as well as sought-after upcoming startups to offer placements and internships. Moreover, BITS Pilani Dubai is the first engineering institute in the UAE to incorporate 7.5 months of internship in two parts as a part of the curriculum called Practice School Programme. Practice School I is offered in the summer after 2nd year for 8 weeks and Practice School II is offered in the final year for 5.5 months. It is an educational innovation seeking to link industry experience with university instruction where student
Har ghar entrepreneur: Social innovator insights from Ashoka Young Changemakers’ Yashveer Singh
At times of crisis, social entrepreneurs play an important role in mobilising for impact and policy change, as this in-depth interview reveals.
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Yashveer Singh is the Co-founder and Global Director of
Ashoka Young Changemakers. Ashoka is the largest association of social entrepreneurs in the world, with a global network spanning over 70 countries. Its vision of
Everyone A Changemaker is aimed at providing each young individual with the freedom, confidence, and social support to drive positive change
(see our earlier profile
).
Yashveer before joining Ashoka founded a youth non-profit to address talent inequity in the development sector and inspire university students to pursue social entrepreneurship. He was awarded the
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Recently, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerged in China and rapidly spread worldwide. It is declared an ongoing outbreak as a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). The spread of this virus is continuous despite many drastic containment measures (complete lockdown, curfews, etc). Currently, health authorities of the world focused on rapid diagnosis and isolation of patients as well as the search for therapies to counter the most severe effects of this infection. Recently, the vaccines are also being launched worldwide against the prevention of this infection.
COVID-19: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives intends to bring more rigorous knowledge of COVID-19. This book provides a general introduction about COVID-19, history, diagnosis, treatment, and management, along with its pathological mechanisms. In addition, it also explains the possible mechanism of deaths, targets, repurposing of drugs, herbal medicines in the treatment of C
The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani has launched a new-age B-school; BITS School of Management (BITSoM) Mumbai. The institute offers a world-class, two-year residential MBA programme that will be immersive and experiential. This programme aims to provide the students with expertise from experts and faculty drawn from the top global business institutes.
BITS Pilani is a name synonymous with excellence and entrepreneurship in the field of technology education for over five decades. Drawn with the same spirit, BITSoM is designed as a new-age global business school for individuals set to be visionary leaders of the future.
An Evolutionary Global MBA Programme in Mumbai