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5 Compelling Ways CIMA Global Business Challenge Can Help Your Career
Middlesex students, Team Revenution, emerged victorious at the regional finals of the CIMA Global Business Challenge 2015 on June 14. Mind you, the international business competition held by the Chart…
4 Things You Only Learn at the End of High School
After receiving the eagerly awaited [or dreaded] results of the CBSE 2015 finals a few weeks ago, I came to terms with the fact that I’m not in high school anymore; this realisation was obviously acco…
Around You: 4 Ways To Manipulate Workspace Design To Increase Productivity
In the past few years, workspace design has seen an emerging trend of wide open offices, with no walls or barriers, no cubicles – hailed as perfect for collaborative, inspired projects. As menti…
6 Easy Tips: How to Never Be Late Again
Fingers tapping on the steering wheel, nervously changing radio channels, checking the dashboard clock every two seconds and hoping for an empty road; I’ve been there too many times. Stressed, a…
5 Easy Ways To Appear More Confident Than You Feel
Clammy hands, a swollen throat and a heart waiting to rip your chest open with its constant thumping. We look like a pile of nerves when we’d rather seem as cool as John Wayne in a stare-down. Now, yo…
A Look At The NRI Student Experience
The author of this piece, Amrita Thakkar, did her schooling in the Middle East and is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree at Symbiosis University, Pune) To say that most Non Resident Indians (…
Why Are School Fees In Dubai So High?
Over the past five years, residents of the UAE have borne witness to a steep rise in education costs, sending waves of anxiety among parents looking to enroll their children in quality schools in the …
Manipal MCRAW2015: Sexual Selfies, Online Job Portfolios And Dungeons& Dragons
Photojournalist: Stefin Elsy We carry it around in our pockets, the gateway to unlimited interaction. What are the best ways to use Facebook? What effect does it have on face-to-face socializing? Can…
Expo 2020 Dubai: What’s In It For You?
Featured Image Artist: Sanna Mander [sourced from expo2020dubai.ae] Since it’s inception in 1851, when the best-known World Expo took place in London’s Crystal Palace in the UK, expos have been an imp…
College Students, Get An Internship | The Road To Employment
Remember your first day at college? A worried mind that couldn’t find the right classroom, confused eyes that searched for help; what is glorified as a new time in your professional life; a mome…
Give Your Social Media Skills The Upgrade It Needs
B-Change will be partnering with Manipal University Dubai’s School of Media & Communication which is hosting a global research conference, themed “Social Media: Consumption, Impact & Gra…
Where To Apply: 5 Universities With Undergraduate Media/Communication/Film Degrees
Research credits: Tasnim Hasan Schools are wrapping up their finals exams, and universities and colleges have opened applications across the U.A.E, but which university has what you’re looking for? Wh…
Where To Apply: 10 Universities With Undergraduate Engineering In The UAE
Schools are wrapping up their finals exams, and universities and colleges have opened applications across the U.A.E, but which university has what you’re looking for? Where should you apply? The task …
Part-Time Lovers: What You Really Need To Know About Dating A Co-Worker
One of the most oft-heard phrases in the world of commerce is: ‘Don’t mix business and pleasure.’ In most people’s eyes, relationships and business partnerships are separate entities, and rightly so. …
5 Tips To Save, Write, & Work Better From Mrs Moneypenny FT | Heather McGregor
At the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature, we met a lot of quirky personalities, but Heather McGregor only took a minute to have us bewitched. Her charm and infallible sense of humour, albeit po…
The Do’s & Don’t’s of Social Media
Today is the big day; either you get the job or lose it. You give your first interview in a few hours– Naturally, it’s nerve-wrecking. No matter how much you try to distract yourself, your thoughts ke…
Gaining Audiences, Writing Well & Increasing Employability: Adrian Furnham Tells All
At the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature, we encountered the dashing Adrian Furnham at a session titled ‘The Business Of Thriving In Business’ and he had us hooked in minutes. Furnh…
Dubai Lynx Day 2 Lowdown: Solid Strategy
Fresh from Day one’s dose of inspiration, Day two at Dubai Lynx was one for building some solid strategy. Day two did not make big promises or predict the end of the world, rather it give the au…
Dubai Lynx Day 1 Lowdown: What’s Flickering In The Minds Of Creatives?
From story-telling in 2014, Dubai Lynx has shifted its gaze fittingly during this year’s edition towards a critical discussion: In an arena where technology is accelerating at a breathtaking pac…
Who’s coming to Dubai Lynx 2015?
David Carson, David Shing, Abla Fahida and Sandrine de Raspide to share their stories, innovative new trends and techniques With ideas dangling from the ceiling, sprouting from the ground and crawling…
How To Ask For A Raise Fearlessly And Professionally
In light of the recent report from Gulf News, “UAE salary guide 2015: Are you being paid enough?”, a guide on ‘how to ask for a raise politely without running the risk of sounding to…