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WISE Award 2012 finalists announced as summit nears

Provisional program for the summit released
Preparations for the fourth World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) are now well underway. The Qatar Foundation initiative, which iwill be held at Qatar National Convention Centre from 13-15 November, will bring together more than 1,000 innovators and education stakeholders under the theme Collaborating for Change. The 2012 WISE Awards finalists have now been announced, and judging has begun to determine the winning six entries from a shortlist of 24 projects. For the first time, a WISE Award will be given to the project that has best delivered innovative financing of primary education. A provisional program for the summit has also been released and applications for conference places are now being accepted.
freshman students gathered at qf for five days of orientation ahead of their first year of university life.

new students get acquainted with qatar foundation life

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Qatar Foundation (QF) has welcomed a new intake of university students to campus through a series of orientation events. New students enjoyed movie screenings, tours across Doha and of QFs on-campus facilities. There was opportunity for community engagement as well as the chance to learn more about the Qatari way of life. More than 500 students and parents attended the conclusion of the orientation for a presentation on campus resources, programs and services at QFs Student Center. Following the orientation the students were introduced to representatives from their respective universities for further induction ahead of the commencement of their first academic year.

qfI sponsors award-winning arabic course

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Qatar Foundation International (QFI) has partnered with Arabic Without Walls, an award-winning online course provider that assists in the teaching and learning of introductory Arabic. During a time when budgets for foreign language learning are being cut across the board, QFI believes it is critical to ensure quality programs such as Arabic Without Walls, said Executive Director of Qatar Foundation International Maggie Mitchell Salem. This online approach provides Arabic language instruction to students who cannot otherwise access it. The high school implementation of Arabic Without Walls won the 2010 Distance Education Course Award and the 2012 K-12 Distance Learning Course Award.

Kirk Belnap, director of the national Middle east language Resource center, gives a presentation about tips to learning a language at an arabic without walls seminar.