Education - the Most Powerful Weapon of All

Held at Lancaster House in central London on 25th and 26th June 2013, this event is being held as part of the UK's presidency of the G8 Deauville Partnership with Arab Countries in Transition. Deadline for application is 5pm GMT tomorrow (29^th May). Please contact [email protected] for more details.

Mentoring for impact

The incubation, development and support of sustainable entrepreneurship and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), is crucial to increasing employment and economic generation.  The Mowgli Foundation operates in countries across the Middle East to ensure that this is structured and supported. It matches entrepreneurs to mentors believing that once someone has experienced the benefits and joy of mentoring, that they will go on to mentor others;  thus changing societies and leadership development models with the ‘to serve is to lead’ principle at its core. (Please also get in touch  if you want to be mentored).

Recycling Natural Resources into Knowledge

Join us in London at the Get Energy conference - 4^th ,5^th and 6^th June. Experts from a range of sectors will be contributing to the debate, including Kurdish Universities, national and international oil/gas operators, educationalist, school specialists and government representatives from natural resources and education. Supported by the KRG in conjunction with Whizz Education and Get Energy it is hoped that the connections made and the ideas shared at this event will contribute directly to a ‘pipeline’ model of education within Kurdistan that can indeed then provide a template for similar development in other regions. To find out more get in touch with Get Energy’s Elizabeth Conboy, [email protected] .

A former teacher and mother of, 3  – Madeleine  is passionate about education, communication and CSR.Since starting in 2004, Whizz Education’s mission has been to raise standards in Maths. Maths-Whizz is used by thousands of 5-13 year olds in 8 countries, with major growth coming from the USA, the Middle East and Russia. By mid-2013, Maths-Whizz is expected to have launched and rolled out into 10 markets. To support this model of sustained, positive growth, Maths-Whizz is supported by Whizz Education offices in London, Seattle and Dubai. Additional support is provided through authorised international partners. Whizz Education is looking forward to other international market entries in 2013 and always welcomes strong partner approaches to support further international expansion.