David French in Beirut for ACSS inaugural conference
Beirut, 19 March 2013 – David French, Executive Director of the Alexandria Trust, participated in the inaugural conference of the Arab Council of Social Sciences. The conference brought together social scientists from across the Arab region with political scientists, urban planners, architects and historians. The conference also provided an opportunity for academics and doctoral students to consider the challenges facing the Arab region from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The region has the...
Read MoreAl-Fanar Media inaugural event in Dubai cancelled due to academic freedom concern
London, 27 February 2013 – Al-Fanar Media, a new independent publication founded by the Alexandria Trust and dedicated to covering news and analysis on Arab higher education, has cancelled its inaugural event scheduled for this coming weekend in Dubai. Recent crackdowns on academic freedom in the United Arab Emirates, in particular the recent decision of the UAE government to prevent a lecturer from the London School of Economics from entering the country to...
Read MoreAl-Fanar Media receives two-year grant from Ford Foundation
London, 25 February 2013 – Al-Fanar Media, a new independent publication dedicated to covering news and analysis on higher education in the Arab world and founded by the Alexandria Trust, has received a two-year grant from the Ford Foundation. The grant will provide critical support for the new publication as it seeks to provide balanced, accurate, and insightful coverage of all aspects of academic life in the Arab world and to serve...
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Former UK Home Secretary joins Board of Alexandria Trust
London, 21 November 2012 – The Alexandria Trust today announced the appointment to its board of trustees of a new member, the Rt. Hon. Charles Clarke. Clarke was a member of the British parliament for Norwich South from 1997 until 2010, where he served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2002 to 2004 and as Home Secretary from 2004 to 2006. He is now Visiting Professor in politics at...
Read MoreStrengthening Dialogue and Public Voice
Prospects for a New Higher-Education Publication in the Arab World London, May 2012 – In May of 2012, the Alexandria Trust convened a workshop in Cairo with a wide variety of thought leaders, from countries ranging from Bahrain to Morocco, to discuss the prospects for a new regional higher-education publication for the Arab world. The workshop was also aimed at discovering key higher-education issues that such a publication might cover and...
Read MoreSalah Khalil and David Wheeler speak at IE education conference
Madrid, 23 October 2012 – Alexandria Trust Founder Salah Khalil and Al-Fanar Media founding Editor David L. Wheeler participated at the third annual IE University conference. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Reinventing Higher Education’. The conference gathered university administrators, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academics, and other stakeholders to discuss the current state of and future directions for global higher education, particularly in the areas of research, learning, governance and management. Wheeler...
Read MoreInaugural meeting of OECD Network of Foundations brings Salah Khalil and David French to Paris
Paris, 3 October 2012 – Alexandria Trust Founder Salah Khalil and Executive Director David French participated in the inaugural meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Network of Foundations Working for Development (NetFWD) in Paris. Khalil spoke at a session on ‘Job Creation for Youth in Africa: What Role for Education and Strengthening Skills?’ The OECD’s NetFWD offers a unique, informal forum for dialogue and information sharing for...
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