University students from the UAE have outshined their equivalents from other Middle East and North African states in voicing out their opinion over pressing issues.
University students from the UAE have outscored their counterparts from other Middle East and North African states in voicing out their opinion, knowledge and solutions on four environment and sustainability “pressing issues.”
Herriot Watt University Dubai was declared the overall winner among 40 teams also representing Oman, Jordan, Palestine and Sudan, at the 20th cycle of the “Inter-College Environmental Public Speaking Competition” co-organized by the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG), Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), Knowledge Park Dubai and Dubai International Academic City.
Westford University College (Sharjah) was the over-all first runner-up at the spoken word competition which delved and dove into the general theme of “Assert Your Speech For Green Outreach.” RAK Medical and Health Sciences University (Ras Al Khaimah) was the over-all second runner-up.
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