Qatar University

An exclusive interview with Qatar University president Dr. Sheikha Al-Misnad to Al-Arab newspaper have created a new controversy among many local bloggers & newspaper columnists. Many speculation is flowing about the role of that RAND corporation plays on the recent Qatar university reforms. Many locals have outspoken about QU reforms and some considered it as an attempt to westernize the local eduction!!!
Dr Almisnad responded in her interview "
The presence of opponents of the reforms is expected , and they need time to understand the change and accept it"

What i don't really get, why are many locals against any sort of reform?Is there really a hidden agenda about the RAND initiative?

Hello everyone, i'm a Cameroonian student, currently studying in Qatar University, are there any part time jobs available over here?
shukrane
thank you

The Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQ) is set to present ‘Qatar Now: Ali Hassan — A Retrospective’, an exhibition curated by Dr Abdulla Al Thani and Dr Jochen Sokoly in cooperation with Al Markhiya Gallery and the Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha from September 9 to October10, 2009. A reception, open to the public, will be hosted on the opening day at 9pm at the Gallery in VCUQ.

The exhibition, curated by Dr Abdulla Al Thani, Vice President for Education at Qatar Foundation, and Dr Jochen Sokoly, Gallery Director and Assistant Professor in Art History at VCUQatar, is a tribute to contemporary Qatari artist Ali Hassan as he looks back at a career of over 25 years.

The Qatar University has finalised the list of students who will be granted scholarships for the new academic year beginning next month, says a report published in a local Arabic daily.
Quoting the head of the scholarships unit in the admissions office, Nasser Rashed al-Merri, the report says that as many as 400 students will receive scholarships. Among them, 120 students will be from Islamic countries.
The beneficiaries will not be paid any amount in cash but will be exempted from payment of course fees. They will be granted some other benefits according to the type of their scholarship.
Explaining the different types of scholarships granted by the university, al-Merri said that there were scholarships based on academic merit and on the economic background of the student.