Monthly Archives:: March 2014

Once every four years athletes gather from all across the globe to compete on snow and ice to take the gold medals in the Winter Olympics, but these sports are not just limited to the coldest regions of the planet: this event has taken place on three different continents in eleven countries with the first… Read more »

Broken into a wide variety of styles across an even wider variety of regions, food in Asia has been developed exponentially throughout the ages as techniques have been refined and cuisine diversified further and further over time. Asia is home to some of the most unique cuisine from across the world and sees cooks use… Read more »

With its origins based in 1993 in the Empire Polo Club, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival began with a performance by rock band Pearl Jam, and although the band’s management used the site to boycott Ticketmaster, the success of the concert demonstrated just how well a larger-scale event would succeed. In 1999, the… Read more »

Typically considered one of the most developed regions of the world, the European continent holds a massive amount of cities supporting around 740 million people and covering over 10 million kilometres squared of landmass. The continent is also home to some of the most notable sights and scenes in the world and below we discuss… Read more »

Only last weekend the pioneer electronic music festival, possibly even the world’s premiere electronic music event, Sonar Stockholm in Barcelona, came to a close. This year we saw amazing artists including Daphni, Clark, Floating Points, Abdulla Rashim, Sisy Eye and Nadja Chatti on the Friday, and Jon Hopkins, Aeroplane, TM404, Naomi Pilgrim, Downliners Sekt and… Read more »

Marking the start of the Chinese Calendar and also known as Chunjie (Spring Festival) in China, the Chinese New Year  is also known as Nian (Festival of the Year), Guo Nian (Passing of the Year) and Nongli Xinnian (New Year of the Agricultural Calendar) while Chinese New Year’s Day is known as Yuandan (The first… Read more »

Teach in Qatar: Teachers are on the move!   Dubai, Dubai, Dubai, that’s all we seem to hear when teachers call in to the office.  The crazy thing is the salaries aren’t as lucrative as they used to be and is still an expensive country to work in.  Anyone who is on the ground or… Read more »

SeekTeachers.com is delighted to receive feedback from a teacher we recently recruited in Lusaka, Zambia. Owen placed Shelagh in January 2013 and she is delighted with her experience. As previously blogged, teaching in Africa is FAST on the rise. Shelagh is a well seasoned international teacher who has experience of working in Africa also. Well read the below… Read more »

Teachers and most general people are not aware of the current economic system in the world. Both the UK and America are decreasing fast and the likes of the UAE and Africa are shooting up. Qatar was recently named the richest country in the world because of natural reserves like oil and gas. Nigeria is… Read more »

Africa, a land so vast, so urban, so untouched, with beautiful nature, wildlife and poverty in many parts with no scope for development. Well that’s the media likes to keep portraying!   It’s time to wake up teachers, Africa is on the move!   The SeekTeachers team recently attended a conference with the “Friends of Africa… Read more »