Posts Categorized: Politics

Exhibited in the Gulf Medical University (GMU) last week, students from over fifty schools have exhibited their scientific projects at the Annual Scientific and Medical Exhibition in Ajman. The Exhibition is also called GMU Mase 2014 and saw over 4500 students from over 250 schools attend the exhibition.   The exhibition was inaugurated by the… Read more »

Since the discovery of Oil and Natural Gas deposits in Qatar’s mainland, the country has seen a vast amount of wealth finding its way into Qatari hands and it’s no surprise that some of the biggest developments and the brightest minds in the world are also finding their way into the country, especially in its… Read more »

For hundreds of years the African region has been exposed to heinous feats of violence, standing atop this bloodied mountain of public rioting, tribal warfare and governmental oppression by both corrupt politics and military regime alike is Nigeria. Even in the last few decades we’ve seen a repeated change of government powers, repeated coup d’états… Read more »

You strive, day after day, working for the man in the standard nine to five that everyone else seems to have and each day you feel like you’re coming home a little more lifeless than when you left. All that brightens your day is the smiles on your children’s faces. If you’re the child, you’re… Read more »

Every year in the South Indian State of Kerala in the town of Thrissur, the Elephant Festival takes place. Starting in early May and dating back over 200 years, the festival begins in the Vadakkunnathan Temple and over the course of the day spreads out to ten temples across the region which are: The Thiruvambadi… Read more »

If there’s one thing all teachers have been asking, one question on the tip of the tongue but that has never been answered since the beginning of formal education, is just one word: How? Time and time again, numerously inventive ways of education have been tried and tested, from the oldschool Victorian-era disciplinary ways to… Read more »

Countrywide rioting, public outcry, parliament in flames!   Okay, that last one was admittedly a bit much, but it’s been noted time and time again, whether it’s through Youtube, Facebook or in the minds of numerous aspiring undergraduate students that the Liberal Democrat party made mistake after mistake with their debauchery of the education system,… Read more »

China’s often been considered to be under the thumb of a vicious dictator, its peoples’ freedom restricted and their rights denied under the reign of a tyrannical government bent on working its citizens to death and bleeding their economy dry. Wages are low and workload is high and the nationals seem to have less and… Read more »

So commonly within the walls of Academia, we are told that it is ‘critical’ to know this, or ‘vital’ to know that. Certainly, there are many important knowledge bases, mental mind sets and complicated techniques useful in every industry obtainable from any academic institution worth its weight. But how much of what we learn is… Read more »

In the United Kingdom, at least, the 2011-2012 period saw university fees jump substantially, no thanks to the broken promises of the Liberal Democrats and their leader, Nick Clegg, who actually made a pledge to freeze, lower or nullify university fees and subsequently went and gave in to the demands of the Conservative party in… Read more »