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November 23, 2016 - The region's first International Student Festival (ISF) to be held on the sidelines of the Autumn edition of GETEX (Gulf Education and Educating Event), will open up tomorrow (Thursday, November 24, 2016) as well as run until November 26, 2016 at the Meydan Gallery and also Convention Centre in Dubai. The occasion will certainly be co-located with GETEX Autumn, the leading student recruitment platform between East, which will certainly provide a platform for universities and institutes to recruit trainees for their spring consumption.

ISF is particularly designed as an event for students to discover education and learning out of the class where learning is promoted via engaging activities including sport, style as well as culinary abilities and also graphic arts to name a few.

Anselm Godinho, Managing Director, International Conferences and Exhibitions (IC&E), the coordinator of ISF & GETEX, said: "We wish to bring together the UAE's multicultural student community, which is one of the most varied cultures in the world, under one platform where they could share common interests while discovering as well as having a good time also. The inaugural Student Festival offers a special possibility for them to take part in their passions and interests in the area of art, design, fashion, food, digital innovation and also sporting activities, among many others."

The show will certainly additionally include the bubble soccer game 'Knockerball' for the first time in the Middle East. Other highlights consist of free digital photography workshops, cake decoration, culinary, digital imaginative options and also innovative yoga exercise sessions.

GETEX Autumn will certainly include various discovering alternatives for any age teams consisting of undergraduate and also postgrad programs; seminars for students and parents; and employment and non-academic education and learning. A few of the universities and institutes joining the event consist of United Arab Emirates University; Middlesex College Dubai, Middlesex University London; EasyUni Egypt; Gulf Medical College, UAE; Hindustan Aviation Academy, India; Lakshya CA Campus, India; Manipal University, Dubai; Orient Plane Academy, UAE; Qadri International Education and EducationConsultancy, UAE; Queens College Belfast, UK; Saint Petersburg State Economic University, Russia; SP Jain School of Global Administration, UAE; Swiss Education and learning Group, UAE/Switzerland; The University of Buckingham, UK; and University of Balamand, Lebanon.

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