BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GBSB Global​ - ECPv6.15.15//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:GBSB Global​ X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.global-business-school.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for GBSB Global​ REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261015T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20261015T140000 DTSTAMP:20261015T081335 CREATED:20260930T091536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T144010Z UID:10000077-1792069200-1792072800@www.global-business-school.org SUMMARY:Parent Info Session\, MENA & Gulf: Free GBSB Global Webinar\, 15 October DESCRIPTION:Free online info session for parents\n \n\n MENA · Held in Arabic \n\n Three years from now\, this is your family.\n\n \n Before that day comes the paperwork\, the money and the worry. Spend one hour with us\, in Arabic\, and you will know what the degree is worth\, what it truly costs\, and who looks after your son or daughter while they are far from home.\n \n\n \n \n Reserve your place\n \n \n See what we answer\n \n\n \n Thursday 15 October 2026\n ·\n 13:00 Riyadh\n ·\n 60 minutes\n ·\n Free\n Your local time\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n What you are really asking \n The three questions behind every call we take from a parent.\n \n \n We answer them in Arabic\, with numbers and names\, not brochure language. Here is the whole hour in three lines. \n \n \n 01\n Will the degree count when my child comes home?\n \n \n \n 02\n What is this really going to cost us?\n \n \n \n 03\n Where will my child live\, and will they be safe?\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n Question one \n Will the degree count when my child comes home?\n GBSB Global is accredited in Malta by the MFHEA\, which sits inside the European Higher Education Area\, and recognised in Spain by AQU Catalunya. That is the framework employers and universities in your country look for. \n In the session we explain what each of those names means for your child’s diploma back home\, in plain language\, and we show you exactly where to check it yourself. \n \n MFHEA accredited\n AQU Catalunya\n QS 5 stars\n How to verify it\n \n \n \n \n Graduation day\n \n \n\n \n \n Question two \n What is this really going to cost us?\n The full number\, in one place. Tuition for the Foundation year and the Bachelor’s degree\, the scholarship categories your child can qualify for at the current approved rates\, and an honest monthly budget for rent\, food and transport in each city. \n Payment plans included\, so you can plan the whole degree and not only the first year. \n \n Tuition\n Scholarships\n Living costs\n Payment plans\n \n \n \n \n One conversation\, all the numbers\n \n \n\n \n \n Question three \n Where will my child live\, and will they be safe?\n Student accommodation and how it gets arranged\, the visa and residence steps in the right order\, what arrival week looks like\, and the student care team your child can walk up to and talk to in person. \n You leave with a clear picture of an ordinary week in their life\, not a marketing version of it. \n \n Accommodation\n Visa & residence\n Arrival week\n Student care\n \n \n \n \n Outside the campus\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n All three answered live\, in Arabic\, on Thursday 15 October.\n Free\, 60 minutes\, from home. Bring the questions we did not list.\n \n \n Reserve your place\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n Who your child spends the year with \n Your child will not be doing this alone.\n Students arrive from more than 100 countries\, so nobody is the only one far from home. \n \n\n \n \n \n One intake\, one photoOn the Barcelona campus steps\n \n \n \n Sport and student clubsLife outside the classroom\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n Three cities\, or from your own kitchen table.\n Your child picks the campus. The degree\, the faculty and the support are the same in all of them. \n \n\n \n \n \n BarcelonaMain campus\, Spain\n \n \n \n MadridCampus\, Spain\n \n \n \n MaltaCampus\, English speaking\n \n \n\n \n \n Not ready to send your child abroad yet? The same degree can be studied fully online from home.\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n After the session\, who looks after your family? \n You call Houda.\n Regional Manager\, MENA \n Houda works with families across MENA and the Gulf every day\, hosts this session\, presents it\, and answers your questions live\, in Arabic. \n After the session Houda stays with your family: the application\, the scholarship decision\, the visa\, the arrival. One person who knows your case\, on the other end of the phone. \n \n \n \n One named contact\, from your first question to enrolment day\n \n \n \n Every conversation in Arabic\, for you and for your child\n \n \n\n \n \n Meet Houda on 15 October\n \n \n Free · 60 minutes · In Arabic\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n The hour\, minute by minute \n No slides you could have read yourself.\n Nothing is held back for a follow-up call. Everything a family needs to decide is covered inside the hour. \n \n 60\n minutes\n \n \n\n \n \n 5 min\n \n Welcome\n Who we are\, where we teach\, and how the hour is going to run. \n \n \n 15 min\n \n The academic path\n Foundation year or straight into the Bachelor’s\, and what each year of the degree looks like. \n \n \n 10 min\n \n Recognition\n MFHEA\, AQU Catalunya\, and what the diploma is worth back home. \n \n \n 15 min\n \n Money\n Tuition\, living costs\, scholarship categories and the current approved rates. \n \n \n 15 min\n \n Your questions\n Live Q&A in Arabic. Anything we cannot answer live\, we answer by email afterwards. \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Reserve your place \n One hour now. One less worry for the next three years.\n Register and the joining link arrives by email\, with a reminder before we start. Bring your questions\, and bring your son or daughter if they want to listen in. \n \n \n \n Free\, online\, 60 minutes\, entirely in Arabic\n \n \n \n Live Q&A with Houda Abdelmoula\n \n \n \n The session is live only and is not recorded\, so join us on the day\n \n \n\n \n Thursday 15 October\, your local time\n \n 10:00Casablanca\n 11:00Tunis\, Algiers\n 13:00Cairo\, Beirut\, Amman\, Riyadh\, Doha\, Kuwait City\n 14:00Dubai\, Abu Dhabi\, Muscat\n 12:00Barcelona\n \n \n \n\n \n Save your place\n Registration runs through Eventbrite. Instant confirmation\, with the joining link. \n\n \n \n \n\n Registration is handled by Eventbrite. You can opt out of GBSB Global communications at any time. \n Open registration on Eventbrite URL:https://www.global-business-school.org/event/parents-info-session-mena-october-2026-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.global-business-school.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Graduation_ceremony_GBSB501-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR