Talent Beyond Borders
byWritten by Bahar AlAwadhi and Sarah AlMulla Exploring the career pathways available to the local talent pool and some of its limitations. “To make this…
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Losing the Spark: A University Experience
byWhile I started university energetic and enthusiastic, I left it burned-out and demotivated. Is losing the spark inevitable? To say I was excited when I…
University Majors: Making Decisions We Can Barely Handle
byIt’s quite unfortunate that teenagers around the world are expected to know exactly what they want to achieve in life with so little experience….
When I Grow Up, I Want To Be A …
byHigh school students are still trying to shape who they are as individuals and yet need to make a decision that will define who…
What if Messi Does Not Want a Higher Education?
byShould we always view higher education as a goal and not as a mean? And must we always adhere to the dogma that almost…
Looking Past The Uniforms
byLet’s look past uniforms/unified clothing and see the individuality of the individual wearing it. Around eight months ago, I moved to live in NYUAD, a…
5 Measures Universities Can Take to Better Manage their Students’ Mental Health
byWhat are the policy changes or new programs universities can launch to improve the status of their students’ mental health? With all the awareness on mental…
Don’t Feel Guilty for Your Education
byHow can guilt elevate one’s level of academic anxiety and what are some of the solutions to combat it. A thought which I have pondered on recently…
Academic Anxiety Is Likely Why You’re Not Doing So Well In Your Studies
byWhat is academic anxiety? And how can we recognize it and begin to overcome it? Take a moment to think about how many times you’ve been…
Dwindling Friendships With Age
byReflecting on her personal experience, the columnist shares her opinion on why friendships dwindle with age, and how they are formed differently across age. During…
What Is Children Human Rights? And How We Can Raise Awaerness About It?
byWritten by Maitha AlShamsi (CEO of Human Rights Sector in CDA) Article in Brief: A film competition to raise awareness on children human rights is…
Female University Students’ Thoughts on Marriage
byBy Fatma Bujsaim (@FatmaBujsaim) My column turns one year-old this month and since it focuses on undergrad issues, I thought long and hard of the…
The Importance of Managing Your Time
byBy Fatma Bujsaim (@FatmaBujsaim) Every now and then, we find ourselves sitting on the floor in a pile of papers, documents and books, while our…
Turning Education Into Knowledge
byBy Fatma Bujsaim (@Fatma_Bujsaim) At some point in life, we have been programmed to believe/understand that everything we need to learn and know is either…
University Stress = Mind Block
byBy Fatma Bujsaim (@Fatma_Bujsaim) In the past articles from “Just Another Undergrad” column, the light was shed on how high school and university lives are…
Categorizing Friends
byBy Fatma Bujsaim (@Fatma_Bujsaim) On the one hand, life was simpler in school, friendships were put into simple categories that were labeled as either black…