Education – magpie

18 April 2026

The language of education: why CAAD changed the names of two programmes

12 January 2026

When a university changes the names of a couple of its course programmes, you might reasonably assume it to be a terminological tweak. But words matter: a name-change could signal something bigger, something more fundamental. That seems to have been [ … ]

Arts and culture education: just what do we need?

12 March 2024

Last month Abu Dhabi hosted the UNESCO World Conference on Culture and Arts Education, a three-day beanfeast for around 1,000 culture and education stakeholders from around the world – including 90 ministers of education and/or culture and 125 other representatives [ … ]

“Strategic” changes at DIDI

15 August 2023

Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation has promoted Hani Asfour to the new position of Vice President – Innovation and Institutional Partnerships. He’s replaced as DIDI’s Dean by Dr Amir Zeid (right), formerly the Founding Dean of the College of [ … ]