394 opportunities found

The primary aim of the Social Change Club will be to address a variety of social issues by promoting diversity, tolerance, gratitude, and respect through charity events, online presence, and publications. During club meetings, members will discuss potential solutions to social issues in Kazakhstan and draft specific actions to implement. The members will also organize recreational events for young people to spread ideas and raise a funds for selected charities. Other actions will include the creation of hoodies and t-shirts with the cub logo to advertise and make this a trending topic of conversation. Through national and international collaborations via an existing network and maintenance of website and other social media accounts, we will raise awareness among a large audience. We are looking for people either onsite or remotely to spread this idea at a national and international level.

Ask students, local grocery stores, and local people to donate food that they’re about to throw away (almost expired food but safe to eat). I will use those foods to cook for the charity center once a month and on holidays. 

Capitol Debate programs draw students from around the world and our locations provide the resources to make every student’s stay rewarding. Our decades of experience let us create some of the safest and most secure academic programs in the country. We have a group of qualified educators who have taught and competed public speaking and debate for years, as well as residential advisors that are dedicated to making your students stay memorable as well outside of our classrooms. The key ingredient that we add, the ingredient that makes everything work together, is fun. Our students genuinely have fun at our camps. Along with the fun, our students gain the public speaking and debate skills they need to succeed in their personal and professional careers outside of the classroom. Our academic standards are high, which means our students are pushed to improve. They learn logic, critical thinking, leadership and teamwork, communication, public speaking, organization, and researching...

ModelOff is the home of The Financial Modeling World Championships. ModelOff hosts an annual competition open to individuals and teams who have a passion for financial modelling.  The competition is open to students and professionals who compete on an open playing field. Individuals who enter will have the opportunity to proceed to the finals which will be held in London, UK for 2019. The final is consists of 10 individual competitors and 6 Rookies. A Rookie is a student aged 24 or under.  Teams have the option of competing in the Private League or the standard team competition. The Private League allows teams to select the company league (professionals) or university league (students). ModelOff prides itself on providing an educational competition that is open to participants from across the globe, offering participants the opportunity to witness and be part of advanced financial modelling in an exciting and fast-paced environment.  For more information, please...

Held in Singapore's Catholic Junior College, the Whitley Business Forum (WBF) is the school's first student-organised business conference. Standard Chartered Bank's Regional CEO of ASEAN and South Asia and the Singaporean Minister of Education will be speaking in a panel discussion, along with one or two other distinguished business professionals (TBC at a later date). Topics covered include how students can prep for growing industries, and how to make use of one's education to jumpstart a career in business. WBF is a one-day conference that will be held sometime in early September, between the 2nd and the 6th. 

A competition, facilitated by an international expert, to encourage schools and students (from Grades 6-12) to compete in the fields of scientific and technical invention and innovation. Focuses on four categories – Biological & Ecological Sciences; chemical. Physical & Mathematical Sciences; Social & Behavioral Sciences; and Technology. Includes a non-competitive Primary Science Fair targeting younger students. Encourages students, parents and the public to think and learn about science plus motivates students to follow careers in science and technology, and make valuable contributions to the UAE. The competition looks to promotes different science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related activities ​ INITIATIVE DETAILS § Science competition with three entry levels, Junior (Cycle 2, Gr 6&7), Intermediate (Cycle 2, Gr 8&9) and Senior (Cycle 3, Gr 10-12) § Non-competitive Primary Science Fair (Cycle 1) § Technology Exhibition – Industry and higher...

Original Narrative is an annual, non-profit student short film festival initiated & hosted by MBRSC and AUD in Dubai. We hope to inspire, recognize and reward the up-and-coming filmmakers of tomorrow, showcasing students’ short films and screenplays from the UAE, the region and beyond. "Make a one to three minutes original short film based on the theme "Happiness" or "Brotherhood or Sisterhood" or "A Day in Your Life". For more information, please click here . 

The Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication at the American University in Dubai (AUD), in association with the Dubai Press Club, has launched an investigative journalism competition and a short film competition for grade 12 students. Both categories accept English and Arabic submissions. First prize in both competitions will be a full scholarship at AUD MBRSC.

The Think Science Competition is the region’s largest science competition focused on engaging teams of up to three or four talented youth from all across the UAE. It aims to identify eager and gifted youth with advanced innovative solutions that seek to serve a community benefit and betters the lives of others. It encourages youth to design, develop and build a working scientific prototype using their scientific knowledge, problem-solving and analytical skills to solve practical problems. In accordance with guidance issues by the international health organisations and due to the current travel restrictions, we regret to inform you that the Think Science World Fair 2020  has been postponed until further notice .  For more information, please click here .

The competition aims to encourage them to explore the role of peaceful use of nuclear applications to serve the community. The high-school students are encouraged to submit a proposal covering one of the following categories that focus on the role on nuclear science and technology to: improve human health; protect the environment and water resources; and generate clean energy. The three categories of the competition correspond with the UN Sustainable Development Goals which the UAE adopted in 2015. The categories touch upon: UN Goal # 7 "Affordable and Clean Energy" that aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable sustainable and modern energy for all. UN Goal # 3 "Good Health and Well-Being" to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. It also supports UN Goals # 6, 13, 14 and 15 to use nuclear applications to combat climate change, provide clean air, sanitation as well as protect the environment. For more information, please click here .

The Programme Each Fall, debate teams from UAE high schools come to NYU Abu Dhabi to compete for the Abu Dhabi schools trophy. A two-week programme, the tournament first invites teams for a day of coaching, during which our globally competitive university speakers train high school students at various skill levels: from first-time public speakers to experienced debaters. The following week, teams return to NYUAD to debate multiple preliminary rounds before breaking to the final rounds. The winning team, as well as the best speakers of the tournament, are recognised as the UAE High School Debate Champions. Speakers can opt to debate in either the English or Arabic division of the competition. The Vision High School debating is an extraordinary chance to learn to express ideas and arguments convincingly, explore new topics, and meet other driven students. There is a reason that many of the best high school debaters go on to study at the world’s most competitive...

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science. Students ages 13 to 18 from countries across the globe are invited to create and submit original videos (3 minutes in length maximum) that bring to life a concept or theory in the life sciences, physics or mathematics. The submissions are judged on the student’s ability to communicate complex scientific ideas in engaging, illuminating, and imaginative ways. The Challenge is organized by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. Prize: $250,000 post-secondary scholarship $50,000 prize for your teacher $100,000 Breakthrough Science Lab For more information, please click here .

The COBIS art competition is open to students from the Council of British International Schools' member schools. The theme changes each year.  There are five categories students can enter: Early Years and Foundation Stage Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Key Stage 3 Group Entries For more information, please click here .

On Saturday 23 February 2019, Doha College will be holding their sixth annual Medical Review School Conference at their Al Waab campus in Doha, Qatar. For this event, Doha College has once again partnered with COBIS to extend invites to British schools across the world. This event brings together aspiring medical students and industry experts to present on some of the key medicinal challenges of the 21st century. The Medical Review Conference allows students who are thinking of following medicine to enhance their skills and boost their university applications. Event details For this one-day conference, interested schools are invited to enter teams from Years 11, 12 and 13 to research recent developments in medicine and deliver a short presentation about it. 2020 marked the seventh edition of the medical conference, over 65 teams of students from 18 schools signed-up, including two schools from outside Qatar. This number is the highest in the history of the conference....

Run by the Council of British International Schools: All entries must follow a yearly theme.  This theme should be used to inspire students as they write their original poem. Categories There are three age categories: Category A: 10 yrs and under Category B: 11-14 yrs Category C: 15-19 yrs For more information, please click here .

The COBIS Student World Debate Competition brings students from COBIS Schools across the globe together for three days of debate on topical issues.   Dates and Location: The COBIS Student World Debate Competition took place on 5-8 February 2020 in Malaga, Spain. Student Eligibility: Schools can bring teams of 4-6 students who are currently in Key Stage 4 and 5.  The students must belong to a member school of the Council of British International Schools. For more information, please click here . 

The Dubai Maths Super League is a series of competitions testing mathletes in each year group, from years 7-13. The events (one for each year group) are hosted at different schools in Dubai each year. The competition consisted of 4 rounds of 30 minutes, with questions carefully crafted by our newly founded Maths Society members from Years 12 and 13. These rounds varied from multiple choice to taxing logic puzzles, fully challenging all aspects of the Year 11 students’ Mathematical abilities.

Many of our offices offer internships of varying lengths. All provide valuable insight into the world of corporate relations as well as an opportunity to see how Brunswick works. You will learn about the business critical issues our clients face. You will work with teams to support our clients in communicating with their stakeholders, the media and to Government. Our practical and entrepreneurial culture means that our interns have the opportunity to hit the ground running, helping clients navigate substantive challenges, alongside some of the world’s most experienced communications professionals. Because our clients are borderless, we operate as one firm, without financial or geographic barriers. Our interns work with colleagues from across our 24 offices around the world, supporting our clients who are facing complex, international challenges. This gives Brunswick Reach Interns the opportunity to learn from all aspects of Brunswick’s business operations. A Brunswick Reach...

The UAE has become a global platform for the use of future technology for peaceful purposes and employing them in the service of humanity, stated His Excellency Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Organising Committee of the UAE Drones for Good Award. The vision of the Award is based on international reports that show that the value of drones market in the world will reach $16.1 billion by 2021, with a growth of 5.5% per annum, especially in the environment and logistics sectors. Drones have also been shown to have huge potential in urban planning 3D imaging technology in addition to areas such as disaster response and projects in various economic sectors such as oil & gas, electricity and construction. The main categories of the award include, but are not limited to: Environment, Education, Logistics, Transport, Construction & Infrastructure, Healthcare, Civil Defence, Tourism, Social Services, Economic Development, Humanitarian Aid...

The theme for the 2020 Photography and Art competition is  The Impact of technology in our daily life.   For more information, please click here .

UAE is the United Arab Emirates edition of the international World Robot Olympiad. Each year the WRO UAE National Robotics Challenge is held to select the UAE team that will represent the country at the international WRO final. The World Robot Olympiad is an event that brings young people together from all over the world. It is a combination of science, technology and education. This event will allow certain young people the opportunity to develop their creative and problem-solving skills through various robotic challenges and competitions. Across all categories, 102 teams from the UAE are taking part. Add in those from Oman, Egypt, Turkey and the Gulf and more than a third of the competitors come from the Middle East. The World Robot Olympiad has Five competition categories: Regular Category Open Category WRO GEN II Football Wedo open and regular University Category" For more information, please click here .

Tomorrow’s innovators practice imaginative thinking and teamwork. FIRST LEGO League teams research a real-world problem such as food safety, recycling, energy, etc., and are challenged to develop a solution guided by adult coaches. They also must design, build, program a robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS® technology, then compete on a table-top playing field. FLL is not just robotics competition. FLL includes 4 Judging Categories: Robot Game: Where teams will program their robots to solve mission that they get in FLL Challenge set Project: Team will bring their research work based on the theme Trash Trek. Either a powerpoint presentation or a poster presentation. Core Values: Teams can bring their posters showing their journey from the day they started preparation until the day they received the solution. It is related to gracious professionalism, teamwork and more. Robot Design: Judges will observe designs of the robot made by the team to solve robot game missions. This...