We produced a new year newsletter for our BBD friends in the Middle East and suddenly realised how much progress has been made by all our friends and clients. New schools opened, further schools advanced to win their licences. Two competitions won, in Qatar and Singapore. A flow of Academic Plans. Many congratulations to everyone and thank […]
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This last week has been all about Principals. I have several great friends who are making their way in international education as school leaders and they have fantastic stories to tell. Because they are at the leading edge of this revolutionary growth in independent, international schooling. Four such friends crossed my path this week, each
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Off to Dubai tomorrow, to open the sixth form centre at Al Diyafah High School. The new facility is dedicated to the Mother, sadly deceased, of the family who own the School. Winnie would be incredibly proud of what her daughter and son-in-law have made of their project. There are good families at the heart
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Our friends and clients at SOBHA Group have pulled off a great achievement by partnering with North London Collegiate School, in London, to win the open competition for a new school in Singapore. Congratulations to all involved, including the excellent Parthenon group, who were very active in providing data and analytics. Their wholehearted commitment to
My new piece, co-written with my friends at the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) in the UK, takes a look at the rapidly expanding world of international schools. Long gone are the days when a few embassy schools sought to provide a reassuring education to local ex-pats with a few locals hanging on. Several
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Talking to your children each night at mealtimes boosts their performance at school. In several countries, governments try to boost their schools’ results by giving advice to parents on what to read and how to encourage their child’s reading. This is an example from the UK “Words for Life” project: www.wordsforlife.org.uk. And here is a news
It is rare to find families at home doing science experiments together but it is fabulous when you see it in action. It is fun for all and you can get a good discussion going about science and about science at school. Take a look at this excellent site, from Scientific American: www.scientificamerican.com/education/bring-science-home/ It will
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This is an interesting website for picking up insights into individual international schools. It is a subscription service that I find handy: www.internationalschoolsreview.com Rather too many entries are from moaning teachers and it’s biased heavily against school owners and leaders but, on balance, the international community of schools needs a service like this to bring greater
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School marketing in Dubai has changed quite significantly in the past two years. In today’s competitive climate, a senior leadership team in Dubai needs to know the impact of SEO & SEM, paid per click vs paid per impressions, social listening and the purpose of a strong content strategy. In years past, schools in Dubai
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One of the phenomena that you come across in international education is the ambitious family. I don’t mean ambitious just for themselves, I mean ambitious for their own children and for the community. Many private international schools have been started by these families. In the UAE, there is a strong group of them, many Indian
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