Wednesday, October 15, 2008

oct 15---hour 2 public private partnerships

So increasingly we are living in an age where the cost of education is extortion and this cost cannot necessarily be mat by the state alone! But what about the expertise to bring the best education to a nation? Do all states have the intellectual infrastructure to make the allow the education complex to thrive?

Margaret Corcoran from the School Improvement Partnership joins us for a lively discussion.

Oct 15--- hour 1 discrimination

Hour one was devoted to a conversation about institutional discrimination in the UAE!
How can business ask a women if she is going to get pregnant before they hire her?
How can we hire based on age or colour?
How can we pay people for equal work different wages based on colour and nationality?
Yet multinationals here in the UAE do this!
Why?

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Oct 14---Archeology

Dr. Emma Thompson of the Sharjha Archeology museum joined us to talk about why this field of study is important to us all!

Oct 14---Architecture.

Mr Rashad Mohammed Bukhash Director of Dubai Municipality's Department of Architectual Heritage talked about the state of Dubai's architecture.
All may not be as it seems.
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