DUBAI / Emirates Business The prospect for the higher education sector in the UAE is bright, experts speaking at the forthcoming IPSEF Higher Education Forum say. UAE based universities have grown consistently in enrolments and revenues at a robust compound annual growth rate of 8-10 percent. The overall student base across local and international university campuses in UAE is estimated ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Emirates ICT Innovation Center (EBTIC), which is based at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology, has announced the launch of the EBTIC Innovation Club (EBTIC-IC) – a dynamic networking platform dedicated to thought leadership and knowledge development in innovation and entrepreneurship in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. The EBTIC-IC aims to stimulate homegrown ...

Bloomberg For the third time this month, a hurricane is spinning towards the already battered Caribbean and gathering strength along the way. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded tropical storm Maria to a hurricane as winds picked up to 150 kilometres per hour by Monday morning. The storm, 100 miles east of Martinique, is intensifying, and hurricane warnings have been ...