Middle East and North Africa - Covid-19 series

The British Council in MENA is running a series to support UK higher education institutions to better understand how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting students in MENA: both their current situation and study abroad prospects. We will ensure that the UK and MENA higher education sectors are connected, and information shared is always up to date to ensure that all our students will have access to information related to UK education.

Our MENA countries include Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Please check individual country pages from the links in the top left for more information.

Our series includes:

• Weekly Covid-19 news update
• Webinars with our country staff
• Other engagement opportunities
• Country and region contacts.

This page lists all the available opportunities in the MENA region. Additionally, you can sign up for the MENA regional alerts to receive all the updated information directly to your inbox. To sign up for the alerts, simply go to your personal settings on this website (click on the ‘profile’ person icon in the top right of any page on IES) and select 'MENA' on the regional update filter.

To find out more about our work in MENA, please contact Susan Milner, Regional Director Education and English, Middle East and North Africa (Susan.Milner@britishcouncil.org).

Weekly Covid-19 news update

 We will publish updates from our countries on changes affecting students and the education sector and insights that are relevant to student recruitment every two weeks

• 23 April: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Webinars

Hear latest insights and put your questions to our country staff.

Upcoming

Join our Covid -19 global update webinars in partnership with BUILA

• Africa: May 12 – 9:30am UKT
• Middle East: End of May TBC

To register please click: https://education-services.britishcouncil.org/news/opportunities/join-ou...

Past webinar recordings

Please check back for details on past webinars

Other engagement opportunities

We will list all opportunities here, and as Opportunities alerts.

Country and regional contacts Please feel free to contact our team if you have any questions or feedback:

Country staff

• Bahrain: Kawthar AlArab (Kawthar.AlArab@britishcouncil.org.bh)
• Egypt: Sahar Khamis (Sahar.Khamis@britishcouncil.org.eg)
• Kuwait: Rasha Osman (Rasha.Osman@britishcouncil.org)
• Morocco : Kenza ElMohajir (Kenza.ElMohajir@britishcouncil.org.ma)
• Qatar : Paula Jensch (Paula.Jensch@qa.britishcouncil.org)
• Saudi Arabia: Rizwan Safdar (Rizwan.Safdar@sa.britishcouncil.org)
• United Arab Emirates (UAE): Dina Kanan (Dina.Kanan@ae.britishcouncil.org)
• Regional: Susan Milner, Regional Director Education and English, Middle East and North Africa (Susan.Milner@britishcouncil.org)