On November 2, the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) launched its Transformation of Education for National Development (Trend) campaign at the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium at Jamaica Coll.
Transformation? Impossible if word remains undefined
A failure to define what ‘transformation’ means and how it may be measured is blocking prospects of broader change at South Africa’s public universities. In fact, the term is so “overladen with what may be called ‘surplus politics’ that it obscures, rather than clarifies, research and debate”, according to a number of the country’s leading higher education analysts and former planners.
The discourse around the concept, which was first popularised by anti-apartheid activists, has obscured the actual changes taking place within the system – such as the significant increase in the numbers of black students and academics at South Africa’s higher education institutions.
Online Exclusive: Saudi Aramco s downstream transformation
2/18/2021
‘The Transformation of Downstream’
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 18, 2021 – “We are standing on the shoulders of giants,” said Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, Senior Vice President of Downstream, Saudi Aramco, during the launch of the Downstream business’ Transformation Program and new operating model.
Attending virtually from across the Kingdom and the globe, members of Downstream’s extended leadership team were taken through the key aspects of the program. “This transformation is absolutely needed if we are to face the challenges of the future,” Al Qahtani said. “Our aspirations are huge.”
After a video that took attendees through the sheer scale of Downstream, Al Qahtani highlighted his own deep connection to the business, and that he felt he was coming home after decades in the upstream side of the organization. He recollected that he had been brought up in the shadow of Ras Tanura, which hi