education
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UAE and Saudi Arabia put up a good show in global university rankings
The latest QS rankings are proof that the Gulf’s investments in higher education are beginning to show results.
25 Jun 2025
Why international students are flocking to the UAE
A whole new wave of students is arriving from geographies and demographics never seen before in the Emirates, drawn not just by opportunity but also because of geopolitical and economic crises back home.
15 May 2025
Mubadala acquires a stake in Nord Anglia Education for $600 million
The investment company joins a consortium that plans to expand the UK-based private school operator’s footprint across the Middle East.
17 Apr 2025
Why foreign universities want a presence in the UAE
A mix of government facilitation, favourable location and rising student demand is seeing global institutions making a beeline for the region.
14 Apr 2025
Cracks appear in the American education dream
An anti-immigrant sentiment alongside a crackdown on ‘wokeism’ in the US coincides with the Big Four of foreign education starting to shut the gates. For Indian students looking to go abroad, these are the worst of times.
12 Apr 2025
India declines to participate in PISA in 2025, yet again
For a country aspiring to be a superpower, with more than 250 million children in schools, India’s reluctance to participate in an international student assessment study is confounding.
08 Mar 2025
What do the early placement trends at IITs tell us?
Unlike last year, top-tier engineering colleges can expect to see a lot more companies (many of them startups) coming to campus.
08 Dec 2024
Explained: Why aren’t IIT graduates getting hired from campus?
Passing one of the toughest exams in the world to get into an IIT is no longer enough.
20 Oct 2024
Past imperfect, future tense for Indian edtech
A dissection of where Indian edtech went wrong and what its future could be.
27 Sept 2024
Is college worth it?
While the answer is a resounding yes for fields like medicine and law, there are many new fields where a college degree isn’t necessary or even relevant.
27 Sept 2024