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What's better than helping the UAE ensure food security through technology? Winning a share of 1 Million USD for doing so.
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The FoodTech Challenge is THE challenge for all students in the Middle East interested in FoodTech. Students have 3 weeks to submit their ideas and solutions in the fields of Agritech and Foodtech to stand a chance of being one of four winners.
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Deadline: February 13th, 2020
https://lnkd.in/e3Ztfq7

A warm welcome to Cambridge International School, Dubai 🎉🎉

This week was a very historic week for the UAE. The first Emirati astronaut head to space.🚀
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Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre established the UAE’s first Astronaut Program, the first of its kind in the region aiming to develop scientific 🇦🇪 cadres and prepare future generations of astronauts; to create and cultivate a culture of scientific endeavors and motivating the youth to pursue space science, engineering and technology.
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Astronaut AlMansoori and Astronaut AlNeyadi were handpicked from over 4,000 applicants to represent and serve the UAE in a new industry and to be heroes inspiring future generations.
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The historic mission of launching the First Emirati Astronaut to the International Space Station will be Wednesday 25 September 2019.

In 2005, asked graffiti artist to paint murals on the walls of their office. When it came time to pay Choe, then-President Sean Parker gave him a choice: $60,000 dollars or stock in the company. 👀
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It's hard to turn down 60 grand, but that's exactly what Choe did. And when Facebook went public in 2012 at $38 a share, Choe was suddenly worth $200 million. And those stock prices have only risen since then. 📈
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Would you have taken the cash or the stock? Be honest! 👇🏽

College is a time of academic self discovery. Perhaps you have a hidden passion for Creative Writing? Or maybe you'll find you have a knack for ceramics? Or could it be that Art History with a concentration on the Middle Ages is your calling? Well, if end up studying computer programming, you could "discover" that a six-figure salary is waiting for you in just four years.
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According to , big tech companies will pay engineers big bucks straight out of school. Levels.fyi, a compensation comparison tool for those working in Silicon Valley created by two engineers, "estimates that...an entry-level engineer who likely just graduated from college, should make $189,000 in total compensation, or about $124,000 in salary and $43,000 in stock compensation" at , CNBC reports.
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What would you major in if you were starting college this fall?

The Class of 2019 at two Harlem charter schools are HAPPY!
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All 114 graduates of Children's Zone Promise Academy I and II "have received offers to attend colleges and universities," according to . But and Children's Zone CEO Anne Williams-Isom know that to create lasting success for these students and their community, they'll need more than a degree; they'll need real-world experience.
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Did you have an internship that helped launch your career? What did you learn from it?

Who said education isn't transforming?
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According to the , two years before GOT premiered on , linguist David J. Peterson won a contest run by the show's producers to develop Dothraki, the language of "the nomadic clan of horse-riding warriors," from the smattering of made-up words author George R.R. Martin had included in his books. Later in the series, Peterson was tapped again to work on High Valyrian, "a mostly dead language comparable to Latin that is spoken by scholars and priests."
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After fans started to pick up on Valyrian phrases like “valar morghulis,” or “all men must die,” Duolingo launched lessons in the fictional tongue developed by Peterson himself. Daenerys may be one of the only fluent speakers on the show, but 1.2 million people have studied up on their High Valyrian using the app’s offerings, according to . In fact, High Valyrian had more active users as of April 2019 than Czech, Norwegian, Vietnamese and Hungarian.

Quick! Think back 10 years. Did you ever imagine that "social media manager" would be a thing? What about "influencer marketing director?" Or "Bitcoin broker?" The job market has shifted *a lot* in just a decade and the next generation set to enter the workforce seems to think that it will keep on changing.

According to a recent survey conducted by and YouGov, over 54% of Gen Z expects they'll work a job that doesn't exist yet. And almost 65% of Gez Z also thinks that technology is changing the job market for the better and create new opportunities.

How do you think will the workforce look 10 years from now? What job do you think you'll be working in a decade?

We believe that developing skills is not the sole responsibility of schools. It needs to be done in collaboration with the industry because the industry's demand is what shapes the skills that will be key in students’ future employability.