Muscat: Yousef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, minister responsible for foreign affairs will preside over the 22nd batch's graduation next Wednesday. The ceremony will involve 2422 students graduating from the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU).
The function will be held on December 3 and 10. Students of the science colleges, namely College of Medicine & Health Sciences, College of Nursing, College...
The ceremony of the First International Nursing Conference, organised by the College of Nursing at Sultan Qaboos University, was held yesterday under the patronage of Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Saidi, minister of health.
Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al Hussein from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, WHO Patron for Nursing and Midwifery in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and President of the...
The annual career fair and seminar at Indian School Muscat will be held this Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 2 pm on both days. The career seminar will be held from 9 am to 10 am.
Presentations will be shown on 'Importance of Career Guidance, Fairs & Various Careers' which are possible through different streams education. Experts will provide details to the students on prospects for...
Muscat: The First International Nursing Conference on 'Innovations in Nursing Education and Practice Leading to Quality Care' to be hosted by Sultan Qaboos University's (SQU) College of Nursing from November 28 to 29, would showcase the emerging themes in nursing.
The official inaugural ceremony of the conference will be held at 9.00 am tomorrow, at the...
Indian School Darsait First Annual School Magazine Imprints was released by Tonny George Alexander, Chairman Board of Directors, Indian schools in Oman, last week.
Omanakuttan N, president of the School Management Committee and other members of the Management Committee also attended the function. The programme started with a speech by Pranov R Krishnan, headboy of the school. Tony Alexander...
MUSCAT: Saud bin Ahmed Al Nahari, chief executive officer of the Ports Services Corporation (PSC), has called for amendments in the marine and navigation laws to keep abreast with the changing requirements of the current stage.
In a statement to Al Shabiba, the sister publication of Times of Oman, Saud said one of the key challenges for the PSC was to make available specialised cadres in the...
Every society remembers the valuable contributions made by teachers in shaping the minds of future citizens.
With the second Dr H Virmani Award for Teaching Excellence function - which honours teachers of Indian schools in Oman - scheduled for December 2, prominent members of the society recall the role teachers have played in their lives.
S.K. Virmani, managing director, Bahwan Engineering Group...
Al Bustan School ruled the waves at the second Inter-school Sailing Competition under supreme sailing conditions at the Mussanah Sports City yesterday.
With clear blue skies and conditions ideal for sailing, some of the young sailors in Oman competed on the waters near the Mussannah Sports City.
Thirteen schools took part in the event with Al Bustan, Al Zahra, Al Saidiya, Rashid bin Al Nadher,...
Al Bustan School ruled the waves at the second Inter-school Sailing Competition under supreme sailing conditions at the Mussanah Sports City yesterday.
With clear blue skies and conditions ideal for sailing, some of the young sailors in Oman competed on the waters near the Mussannah Sports City.
Thirteen schools took part in the event with Al Bustan, Al Zahra, Al Saidiya, Rashid bin Al Nadher,...
THE MSM 30 index closed 0.93 per cent lower for the week ended November 17, 2011 at 5,521. All the sector indices ended lower led by the industrial sector which declined 2.08 per cent.
Market turnover during the week was 10.57 per cent higher than in the previous week at RO13.0 million. Key factors that influenced market movement in the previous week include:
Italian and Spanish sovereign bond...
For the first time in the Middle East, an exhibition will be highlighting the work behind the pages that make up a daily newspaper.
Award-winning examples of news design from the region will be exhibited at The American University of Sharjah in the College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) Gallery. The displays have been selected from The Best of News Design Creative Competition sponsored by...
Michael Arrington, whose influential TechCrunch blog covers Silicon Valley, has started a venture capital fund to invest in start-ups, including some that he and his staff write about.
The $20 million CrunchFund is the latest example of Arrington's casting aside one of traditional journalism's cardinal rules - that reporters should avoid conflicts of interest by maintaining distance from the...
As part of the latest youth consultation for Muscat Youth Summit, the Brand Oman Management Unit (BOMU) spearheaded by His Highness Sayyid Faisal Al Said has launched a nationwide electronic youth survey aimed at young people in the age group of 15-25.
Running online (www.brandoman.om/youthsurvey) until December 31 and available in Arabic and English, the survey is the Sultanate's most...
Muscat: Health Minister Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed A'Saeedi, yesterday hailed the efforts undertaken which led to partial resumption of work at the Al Nahda Hospital.
He pointed out that the efforts undertaken by administrative, medical and paramedical staff at the hospital, as well as other health establishments of the Ministry, SQU Hospital, Armed Forces Hospital, Civil Defence, Oman Dentistry...
Muscat: Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan in Muscat, has launched an intensive Japanese language course.
While SQU offers a five-week Japanese language course focusing on conversational skills, it is the first time an intensive course is being offered covering all four skills of language - reading, writing, speaking and listening.
The course is five days a...