Teacher Feature of the Week
This week’s teacher feature highlights Afsheen Mahomed, sharing insights into her journey into teaching, personal interests, and advice for students.
Smart Tips for Studying Online
Studying online can be challenging — but with the right habits, it becomes much easier. This guide shares simple tips to stay focused, organised, and productive every day.
Top Revision Tips
Exam season doesn’t have to be stressful. From breaking revision into focused chunks to looking after your wellbeing, these simple habits can help you study smarter and feel more confident when it counts.
Al Quoz Arts Fest 24th – 25th January
Quoz Arts Fest returns to Alserkal Avenue with two days of art, music, food, and live performances — bringing one of Dubai’s most vibrant cultural events back for another year.
DUBAI FOOD FESTIVAL 2026
Taste of Dubai returns to Dubai Media City Amphitheatre with a vibrant mix of food, music, and live chef demos — bringing together one of the city’s biggest celebrations of food and entertainment.
Young Scholars Program (YSP) – Northeastern University Summer 2026
Northeastern’s Young Scholars Program offers a highly selective, fully funded summer research experience, giving students the chance to work in real labs and explore STEM fields alongside university mentors.
GETEX+ Education Fair 15th – 17th April 2026
GETEX+ brings together students, universities, and career experts at Dubai World Trade Centre — offering a valuable opportunity to explore study pathways, compare programs, and plan your future.
Waterloo Math Competition 2026
Final call to register for the University of Waterloo contests — a great opportunity for students to challenge themselves in maths and science before the deadline closes.
Davos – World Economic Forum 2026
The World Economic Forum in Davos brought global leaders together to address major challenges like climate change, technology, and economic uncertainty — highlighting the need for collaboration in an increasingly complex world.
Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 31st Jan – 1st Feb 2026
The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2026 brings together innovators, investors, and visionaries for two days of collaboration, inspiration, and opportunity.
Emirates Literature Festival 21st – 27th January
The Emirates Literature Festival brings together global authors, readers, and creatives in Dubai for a week of storytelling, ideas, and cultural exchange.
Blockchain, Crypto, and the MBA: Redefining Finance and Operations in 2030
Rising UK food prices provide a real-world example of cost-push inflation, showing how higher production costs can squeeze incomes, reduce spending, and create the risk of stagflation.
Psychology Internship
Keyani Wellness Centre is offering high school students a Psychology internship from December 15–19, 10am–1pm. Contact reception at 0585870799 to secure your spot.
Intern Opportunity
Zista is hiring student interns in Dubai for an Art, Design and STEM fair on 18 April. A short-term role running from March through April — ideal for students or recent graduates. Send your CV to hr@zistaedventures.com to apply.
Summer Programmes Fair 2026
The Summer Programmes Fair 2026 is coming to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, featuring 40+ global enrichment providers across Art, STEM, Sports and more. Join 500+ registered students on January 29 in Abu Dhabi and January 30 in Dubai.
Inheritance tax on farms should be delayed to avoid unfairness, says thinktank
Applying inheritance tax to farmland may seem fair in theory, but risks discouraging agricultural investment and harming working farmers — a textbook case of government failure and unintended policy consequences.
UK rent controls and the housing crisis
Rising rents and price-inelastic demand make housing a clear case of market failure — and a strong argument for why government intervention, despite its drawbacks, is sometimes necessary to protect consumers in essential markets.
UK inflation: Food costs push price rises to new 40-year high
Soaring energy and food costs pushed UK inflation to 10.1%, driven by global supply disruptions and the war in Ukraine — a real-world example of cost-push inflation, stagflation, and the limits of monetary policy.
UK unemployment rate rises to 5% as jobs market weakens
The UK’s rising unemployment rate reflects more than weak demand — it exposes deeper structural issues including regulatory burdens, low productivity, income-elastic exports, and political uncertainty that together make recovery harder to achieve.
People are really hurting’: From airports to grocery stores, shutdown leaves Americans scrambling
A US government shutdown triggered by budget deadlock highlights how political gridlock can undermine fiscal policy — reducing confidence, cutting aggregate demand, and delivering a real-world lesson in government failure.