Sultan bin Mejren, director general of the Dubai Land Department, announced plans for a fully-digital real estate platform that will enable sales and rental transactions to be conducted remotely. Victor Besa for The National The Dubai Land Department is creating a ‘smart’ digitised platform that will eliminate the need for paper ... Read More »
Getty Images In the last month, the contracting process for companies vying to be one of the U.S. Department of Education’s debt collectors has spiraled into chaos. Companies that didn’t make the final cut or were fired for misleading student loan borrowers are suing the Department, and the judge overseeing ... Read More »
The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday effected a major reshuffle at the upper echelons of the medical education department soon after chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan conducted a “surprise inspection” at Hamidia Hospital, the teaching facility of the Gandhi Medical College (GMC), Bhopal. Additional chief secretary (medical education) Prabhanshu Kamal ... Read More »
Former head of the federal Department of Education and Training Lisa Paul OA PSM has joined the judging panel for the 2016 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards, which are presented by UniSuper. Ms Paul has a distinguished career as a public servant and served 11 years as head of the ... Read More »
Today, the Chicago Fire Department recognized Siemens and the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Fire Prevention Engineers (SFPE) for donating a new, state of the art, fire alarm panel to the Robert J. Quinn Fire Academy. The new system will be used to train the city’s fire fighters on ... Read More »
New York City’s Department of Education on Monday recommended renewing its contract with Pearson PLC, a six-year deal worth up to $13.4 million in which the education company would continue providing entrance exams for the city’s specialized high schools. Every year about 30,000 eighth-graders take the admissions test in the ... Read More »
If you, too, have spent hours scrolling through Anthropologie’s jewel-toned tufted settees, over-dyed rugs and ruched duvets just wishing you could feel them for yourself—you’re in luck. The retailer, known for its artistically ornate clothing, accessories, and housewares, plans to open new, larger stores to fit—you guessed it—tons more home ... Read More »
Career and technical education (CTE) aka vocational education has been one of the alternative ways for high school graduates who are not interested in pursuing a college degree. Unfortunately, the program has recently been plagued with criticisms, from being a “second rate” education to the widespread gender inequality in CTE ... Read More »
