Doha 20 March 2017 (QU) Qatar University (QU) hosted today ceremony to launch the fifth edition of the National CSR Report. Salah bin Ghanim Al Ali, Minister of Culture and Sports of Qaqtar was honored today as CSR Person of the Year 2016 in recognition of his significant role in supporting CSR and for being...

Doha 11 March 2017 (QNA) 2017 Education Conference and National Scientific Research Week will start Sunday at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC). It is organised by Ministry of Education Qatar in collaboration with Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) With the theme of 'Pioneering and Creativity', the Education Conference and National Scientific Research Week aims...

Doha 07 March 2017 (HBKU) 8th Annual International Translation Conference to be held on 27-28 March 2017 at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC). It was announced today by Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII), part of College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). The only one of its...

Doha A large group of Qatar University students joined first ever 'Toastmasters Club' recently opened for the students in Qatar University. Club Founder Executive Committee members were elected namely Alaa Afify as President, Maram Hefni, Vice President Education, Abdulla Al-Hajiri, Vice President Membership, Mohammed Mollazehi as Vice President Public Relations, Asmaa Bakr, Club Secretary, Sameh...

Doha, Qatar 04 March 2017 – The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), the leading global initiative for innovation and collaboration in education, has announced the theme of its WISE 2017 global summit: ‘Co-Exist – Co-Create: Learning to Live and Work Together’. The summit will take place from November 14-16 in Doha. The announcement was...

Doha, Qatar 05 Feb. 2017: Volunteer tutors recently attended a ‘Training for Trainers’ workshop hosted by Reach Out To Asia (ROTA), as part of its Adult Arabic Literacy (RAAL) program, at Qatar Foundation’s (QF) Recreation Center. Students from the Academic Bridge Program took part in the training course, designed to equip volunteer tutors with the...

Doha 05 February 2017 Visiting President of Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon visited Education City, Qatar Foundation (QF) today. Upon arrival Tajik President and his accompanying members of delegation were received by Engineer Saad Ibrahim Al Muhannadi, lifetime member of the Board of Directors, QF. President Emomali Rahmon is in Qatar as part of a...

Doha 03 January 2017 Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) has relocated to its new building in Education City. NU-Q has been housed in the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar building since it established programs in Education City in 2008. The new building was recently awarded a LEED Gold certification, which is a mark of quality...

Local Education Leaders Discuss Themes for WISE 2017 Doha, Qatar, 11 December 2016 The countdown to the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) 2017 recently began with a World Café workshop bringing together local leaders and education experts to discuss ideas for the event, set to take place in Doha from 14 - 16 November...

Doha 29 November 2016 Education City recently played host to the National Reading Campaign’s ‘Characters’ Village’, with over 12,500 visitors enjoying a range of ‘edutainment’ activities inspired by the campaign’s six iconic storybook characters. For five days, Qatar Foundation’s Ceremonial Court and Green Spine were transformed into mini worlds of fantasy and fun, with separate...