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             YOUR GUIDE TO HIGHER STUDIES IN THE UAE



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                 s   the   pandem-                            al study destination. From  country’s leading universities
                 ic  approaches  the                          a pandemic perspective, the  to bring back Edufair.
                 18-month mark, high-                         country has managed to keep  While restrictions made
           Aer education remains                              a lid on its number of positive  last year’s inaugural event a
           one of the coronavirus’ most           Scan the    cases while running a vacci-  virtual one, Edufair 2021 will
           disrupted sectors. At a time           code to     nation programme that has  mark the higher education
           when high school students              register    seen more than 17.1 million  event’s in-person debut when
           are making the important                           doses delivered to its popu-  it takes place from today un-
           decision of which university                       lation, and keeping the econ-  til August 14 at Shangri-la
           to attend, choices that were  Register now on      omy open. Its universities  Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road.
           once easy are suddenly a lot  www.gnedufair.com    have been developing their
           less certain.                                      research capabilities, offering  BUDDING HUB
             This is particularly perti-                      internationally  recognised      FOR RESEARCH
           nent for many of the UAE’s  August 12 -14, 2021    degrees as well as ample op-       With this year’s
           expat students, who might                          portunities for research, in-    Expo 2020 Dubai
           be considering the options                         novation and entrepreneur-  — a globally significant six-
           on offer in western countries.  11am to 8pm        ship to students.        month event which is ex-
           The rise of the Delta variant                        To help prospective stu-  pected to attract 25 million
           in Covid-19 cases has once                         dents learn everything they  visitors — focused on sustain-
           again led to restrictions on  Shangri-la Hotel, Sheikh  need to know about studying  ability, the UAE’s universities
           travel. As a result, global mo-  Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE  in the UAE, Gulf News has  are doing their part to re-
           bility has tightened, impact-                      partnered with some of the  search and develop their own
           ing study abroad plans for                                                  solutions.
           many international students.                                                  For example, students at
             “The ongoing travel restric-                                              RIT Dubai have been devel-
           tions to the traditional des-                                               oping renewable portfolios
           tinations for UAE-based stu-                                                based on solar, geothermal
           dents has meant that many                                                   and biomass energy.
           are rethinking plans to study                                                 Sustainability  is  being
           abroad,” says Dr Cedwyn Fer-                                                studied on a number of oth-
           nandes, Pro-Vice Chancellor                                                 er fronts at UAE universities
           of Middlesex University and                                                 too. This is something the
           Director of Middlesex Uni-                                                  country’s government sup-
           versity Dubai.                                                              ports,  with  sustainability
             Meanwhile, a number of                                                    being a core tenet of UAE Vi-
           factors have made a strong                                                  sion 2030.
           case for the UAE as an ide-                                                   The UAE’s long-held status


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