Category Archives: Education

A Fashion Education Centred on the Student at The British School of Fashion

  British School of Fashion students | Source: Joe Navin for British School of Fashion LONDON, United Kingdom — The British School of Fashion offers specialised postgraduate programmes in the business of fashion. Based close to the influential Spitalfields Market at the London campus of Glasgow Caledonian University, the school’s mission is to educate, challenge and develop a new generation of Read More


Back to School with BoF Education

BoF Education Tutors | Lucinda Chambers | Source: Getty | Susanne Tide-Frater, Drew Elliott, Musa Tariq and Colin McDowell MBE | Source: BoF LONDON, United Kingdom — Today, continued professional learning is a necessity for career development, which has become increasing accessible through online education — an industry projected to reach over $275 billion in 2022, a projected growth of over Read More


Netanyahu’s Education Policy: A Speech and a Brochure

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a ceremony celebrating the new school year in Yad Binyamin, Israel, September 2, 2018.Avi Ohayon (GPO) In September 2007 the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company published an interesting study called “how the world’s best-performing school systems come out on top.” It piqued the interest of then-opposition chairman Benjamin Netanyahu. At the time, there was a Read More


Tips To Prepare for Examinations

Triumph is an outcome of hard work. Success doesn’t come and hold you overnight. It demands perseverance, determination and hard work. However, a few students incline to get tensed during the last minute preparation. And, the last 24 hours of preparation might be demanding. If it is organized in a right pattern, that will definitely take you through the best Read More


Education-focused REITs as capital source for schools

REITs provide long-term growth capital minus the debt burden to school owners. Photo: Mint India has over 497 million people in the education-seeking category of 5-24 years, or 37.1% of the country’s total population, according to the United Nations. Of these, 377 million young Indians fall in the school-going category of 5-19 years—this demographic dividend has generated considerable optimism, given Read More


Govt to raise 1 trillion from market for funding education infrastructure

Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as new medical colleges and central universities established after 2014 will get grants to service the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) loans. New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday allowed the human resource development (HRD) ministry to raise ₹1 trillion from the market for funding education research and infrastructure. The funds will be raised Read More


Delayed interest payment can increase education loan burden

Banks may allow for interest payment along with the EMIs after the moratorium period. Photo: iStock Marketing campaigns for education loans from banks or from non-banking financial companies make it a point to highlight the repayment holiday or moratorium period on the repayment of the loan. In most cases, the moratorium period extends up to six months after the completion Read More


DU admissions 2018: Delhi University’s add-on courses offer decent options

Delhi University students can supplement their studies by joining add-on courses. Most colleges offer add-on courses in foreign languages, media and communications and photography. Institute of Home Economics (IHE) introduced new courses this year – Radio Production & Radio Jockey(under department of communication and journalism), Computer-aided Design, and Certificate course on Organisation and Management of Early Learning Centres. “Earlier we Read More


The guide to moving abroad: Education

Moving abroad with a family presents a few additional things to consider. One of the big ones is how to educate your children in your destination country. The usual options are to either enrol them in a local school or an international school. With this chapter of the guide to moving abroad, we’ll help you think about the pros and Read More


An expensive education is not necessarily the best

If the push for affordability deters outstanding teachers from seeking opportunities in the UAE it is the pupils who might suffer.  Victor Besa / The National On Tuesday, staff at the UAE largest private education group were given the news that teachers’ salaries would not be hiked in 2019 and at least 75 non-education personnel would be let go. As The National reports, Read More