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[amyp]

I've received a job offer with the Oxford Partnership in teaching in the Northern part of Saudi. It will be at a vocational college in either Sakaka, Arar or Quarayyat. Could anyone tell me anything about working for them or living in that area? I haven't been able to find anything online. TIA.

[sicklyman]

[scot47]

These three places are remote small towns. Have you lived outside your home country before ? Can you handle isolation ? Functional Arabic would help - as would an ability to get on with people from VERY different backgrounds to your own.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arar,_Saudi_Arabia


Do not be fooled by the population figure into thinking this is a big town !
The same source will give you info on Qurayat and Sakaka.

My advice is forget it - go and do the Peace Corps instead.

[Siobhan 22]

From this, it seems to be women colleges.

https://www.zawya.com/story/The_Oxford_Partnership_chosen_for_Saudi_Colleges_of_Excellence-ZAWYA20140403105324/

Also, strange and troubling, links to a video don;t work and the general link at the bottom don;t work either.

https://the-oxford-partnership.workable.com/

[currentaffairs]

Arar and Sakaka are very remote towns. Nothing happening. Quite conservative as well (Riyadh and the north are the most conservative parts of the country). You could do a year there and make some money but any longer and you would go mad. The larger cities would be better especially for women.