[email protected] TUESDAY 24 MARCH 2015 • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 LULU-AL MANA & PARTNERS PROMOTION KEY HANDING OVER CEREMONY P | 5 In 20 years, almost 3,300 students have graduated from the different schools and universities at Qatar Foundation. This includes 844 graduates from the eight pre-university academic institutes housed by QF, five Qatar Academy schools, Qatar Leadership Academy, Awsaj Academy, and the Academic Bridge Program. NO STYLE GREATER THAN COMFORT, SAYS KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN P | 8 BIOGEN’S ALZHEIMER’S DRUG SLOWS MENTAL DECLINE IN EARLY STUDY P | 11 P | 2-3 | TUESDAY 24 MARCH 2015 | 02 EDUCATION n 20 years, almost 3,300 students have graduated from the different Qatar Foundation: Preparing schools and universities at Qatar IFoundation (QF). This includes 844 graduates from the eight pre-university academic institutes housed a generation of leaders by QF, five Qatar Academy schools, Qatar Leadership Academy, Awsaj Academy, and the Academic Bridge Program. Additionally, more than 2,500 students have graduated from the universities at Education City, including Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and its partner universities. Many of these students are now working across a variety of public and private sector fields, including oil & gas, engineering, tech- nology, communications, construction, and finance as well as education and science. For the last two decades, QF has worked diligently to establish a unique educational environment that offers well-developed, comprehensive academic programmes to prepare the next generation of Qataris. By helping to develop well-educated and highly-skilled graduates. The story of QF started when H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, recognised the need to provide quality education to the youth while preserving the local culture and traditions.