Co-operation between UK and United Arab Emirates in education

This file relates to education in the UAE. It contains correspondence concerning:

• language teaching for UAE students and the need to make the process for their potential study in the UK easier; G G Arthur’s discussion with the Master of Pembroke College, University of Oxford over the possible bias of the UK higher education sector to prospective students from Commonwealth countries
• The residential difficulties of UAE students in the UK and their encounter with bureaucracy over living arrangements and visas
• The proposals from Durham University for a European Centre for Islamic Studies
• Newspaper articles in the Guardian and The Times on UAE students and educational matters
• The possible involvement of St Cross College, University of Oxford in UK-UAE educational talks
• The affairs of the British Council in the UAE, including its placement of UAE students on English language courses in the UK and a booklet on its operations for the UK-UAE Joint Commission
• The construction and progress of work on the UAE University
• The offer of Blackwell and the Oxford University Press to provide books and training material to the UAE
• The meetings between the British Ambassador to the UAE D J McCarthy and the UAE Minister of Education Abdulla Tiriam
• The postponement of the Joint Committee talks and its replacement with informal discussions on education between officials.