The tribal elders of the remote Senegalese village of Louba have a vision, that the next doctor, president or pharmacist will come from their community. They know that means their children need to be better educated and there is enthusiasm from all the local families, parents groups, women’s...
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Times Higher Education launches its largest ever World University Rankings
Times Higher 2020 World Rankings Times Higher Education (THE) released its 2020 World University Rankings table listing the top 1,396 universities from 92 countries. This is the THE’s largest ever release. University of Oxford maintained its position as the world’s best for the fourth consecutive year and was followed...
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Your path to client excellence
Excellent client service should be at the heart of every business. It is the mindset that finds a way to make sure every client is satisfied and continues to be so. At Knowledge E, we have a client excellence department that always strive to find new and better ways to...
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Why we organise mid-year team reviews: 3 key outcomes
While Dubai enters its fifth week of sauna-like existence, KnE was able to ignore the mercury bubbling! This is because our mid-year gathering kept us laser-focused and filled with enthusiasm. Each July we make sure to plan a day away from the routine of our office. We sit back, get...
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KHDA releases higher education classification
The first cycle of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority’s (KHDA) new higher education classification initiative has been announced by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council. Substantial Growth in Education Sector Students looking for local higher education now have access to...
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Top 8 tips to combat phishing emails
Phishing emails have cost companies more than $3.1 billion since January 2016 and it’s currently at an all-time high. Most users never question the “from” field in the emails they get day in and day out and without the right kind of tools, they believe there’s no reason not to...
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10 Common stylistic mistakes to avoid when writing a research paper
Oftentimes a research paper is rejected on stylistic/linguistic grounds, rather than its scientific excellence, which is a bit unfair as a researcher invests a lot of time and effort in conducting his research. However, in the scientific world, publishing and communicating a research work and its findings is as important...
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5 Tips to make the most of studying (even with music)
Studying is so important, because without it we can’t expect to get good scores on our tests and exams, and it helps us to learn more about the world and some of the important things within it. With exam season forever looming around the corner, it is good to get...
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2018 Frankfurt Book Fair – An experience to remember
My first time at Frankfurt Book Fair, or Frankfurter Buchmesse in German, turned out to be both dazzling and overwhelming. The venue was huge and it was rather easy to get physically lost; the fair was spread over several exhibition halls. This five-day annual event falls in mid-October with first...
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A Meaningful Overseas Visit to Malawi
I have just come back from the most meaningful overseas visit in my life. When the Knowledge E Foundation agreed to support a rural community in Malawi by donating funds for the construction of a primary school through the philanthropic organization Dubai Cares, I was excited to learn of the...
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كروس رف هي مؤسسة غير هادفه للربح، تسعي لتحسين الأتصال بين الباحثين وكذلك التقارب بين المجتمع العلمي، من خلال تعيين ومشاركة البيانات الوصفية، إتاحة بنية تحتية، تسخير التكنولوجيا، وكذلك إنشاء وتحديث الأدوات والخدمات. تعود بداية فكرة انشاء المؤسسة إلي عام 1996 عندما قامت لجنة تمكين التقنيات (Enabling Technologies...
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The quest for higher university rankings in the GCC
How smart strategies give lift to GCC Universities in recently published Times Higher Education World University Index. Here is a chicken and egg scenario: what was there first – the high-performing University or the University ranking index, measuring the competitiveness of Higher Education Institutions? You might simply say ‘the institution...
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Your job application checklist
In this post, I am going to share some ‘intel information’ regarding the recruitment process here at Knowledge E. I will give you as a job applicant some tips and tricks that you can use for any job you might apply for, now or in the future, at Knowledge E...
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Foster research output with a growth mindset
[:en]I first read Carole Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success about 5 years ago from the perspective of an educator, looking for resources for an undergraduate course. I was teaching on ‘Global Leadership’. Upon reading the book, I quickly understood why Dweck’s work had become an essential pillar for so many...
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Ten Tips for Choosing the Right Conference to Attend and Present your Research
A common forum for discussing and exploring research findings is a scholarly conference, and consequently organizing and hosting conferences is an important and rapidly growing activity that aims to gather researchers and interested parties for networking, exchanging ideas and presenting research findings. Indeed, conference organising has grown into a lucrative...
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Sushi now available in the SciCloud Kitchen!
The continuous development of SciCloud as a platform for research discovery and collaboration has reached another important milestone. SciCloud Analytics now supports the Sushi protocol. This means that as a Library administrator, you can simply enter the credentials directly in SciCloud for each of the publishers that you subscribe to...
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Are you ready for VAT?
With less than a week to the implementation of VAT in the United Arab Emirates, many people still have questions. The Executive Regulation of the Federal Decree Law No. 8 of 2017 on Value Added Tax was issued in November 2017 and you can read it here. VAT...
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10 Cool tools that supercharge your business
There’s certainly no shortage of tools to help professionals in a variety of categories – Social Media, Analytics, File Transfer, Project Management, Communications etc. – so here’s a list of the 10 tools, I draw from as part of my toolkit to help you speed up your work. Secure your...
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Ten Tips to enhance the Credibility and Visibility of your Journal
Since the number of questionable publications is increasing, it’s important for publishers and Editors-in-Chief to enhance the credibility and visibility of their journal. We advise you to follow the below ten tips to achieve this goal: Mention the Abstracting & Indexing services that your journal is covered by it...
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Knowledge E celebrating our 5th Anniversary
Last month we celebrated our 5th year in operation. It is the perfect time to look back at the journey and to reflect on what we have achieved so far and the lessons learnt. It has been an exciting yet challenging journey and we have been fortunate to have the...
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