Below are episodes that comprise our various podcast series: Policy & Practice, Majlis, and Speeches & Symposium. Visit our SoundCloud for additional playlists sorted thematically by our priority areas: education, arts and culture, health, and urban planning.
Since the establishment of the Ministry of Education in 1971, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has undertaken significant education reforms to improve its education system. This has led to questions around what kinds of reform initiatives have been implemented over the years, what were their strengths and weaknesses, how did different stakeholders view the reforms, and how efficient and effective were the reform implementation processes?
Mangrove forests, which stretch along the UAE coast, are a unique ecosystem that is home to diverse microorganisms that have the potential to produce biofuel. This presentation will discuss renewable energy in the UAE.
This policy majlis examined the UAE’s performance on PISA in relation to other countrie and focused on understanding gender gaps in performance on the 2015 PISA, and compared Emiratis to other Arab students.