Dubai: A COVID-19 vaccine rollout encouraging more students back to campus, progress on key projects and the introduction of golden visas has created a favourable atmosphere for the UAE’s academic community, despite ongoing global challenges.
Dubai International Academic City and Dubai Knowledge Park are collectively home to more than 27,000 students and believe that the emirate’s education sector has more than a few reasons to be optimistic about the future.
After breaking ground in 2019, construction on The University of Birmingham’s state-of-the-art campus in Dubai International Academic City is on in full swing. Ranked among the world’s top-100 universities, the elite British institution will accommodate up to 2,900 students upon completion.
Dubai’s higher education sector optimistic about 2021
DUBAI, January 10, 2021 Dubai International Academic City and Dubai Knowledge Park are collectively home to more than 27,000 students and believe the emirate’s education sector has more than a few reasons to be optimistic about the future. A Covid-19 vaccine roll-out encouraging more students back to campus, progress on key projects and the introduction of golden visas has created a favourable wind for the UAE’s academic community, despite ongoing global challenges. After breaking ground in 2019, construction on The University of Birmingham’s state-of-the-art campus in Dubai International Academic City is in full swing. Ranked among the world’s top 100 universities, the elite British institution will accommodate up to 2,900 students upon completion.
Outlook for 2021: The education perspective
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Demand for the right talent and skills will be high across all industries
by Professor Ammar Kaka December 31, 2020
With the vaccine for Covid-19 now being rolled out, I expect that by mid-2021 we will see the start of a global economic recovery. Travel will start to pick up as people are anxious to start to travel again for both business as well as pleasure.
Closer to home, the Expo in Dubai will play a significant role as a large-scale key global event that will kickstart the economy post the pandemic. It will also be an opportunity for the world to showcase what business and society in general will look like in the new normal.
Heriot-Watt University Dubai Launches Community Awards for the New Year
To ring in the New Year, Heriot-Watt University Dubai has launched a new financial subsidy for students interested in enrolling in a degree entry (foundation), undergraduate or postgraduate programme, including the MBA programme offered by the Edinburgh Business School, in January 2021.
Called the ‘Dubai Community New Year Award’, it will offer all current students of Heriot-Watt University Dubai progressing to their undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in January 2021 a fee discount of AED 8000. To avail of this, all that new and continuing students need to do is apply and pay 10 percent of their tuition fees as an advance payment (non-refundable) against their tuition fees, between January 1st and 9th, 2021. Students based in the UAE must also submit the stipulated post-dated cheques for their tuition fees.
Finding the right blend: Business education in a post-Covid world
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Finding the right blend: Business education in a post-Covid world
The overarching goal of blended learning is to combine the most interesting aspects of traditional classroom teaching with the advantages of online learning
by Dr Paul Hopkinson December 20, 2020
It wasn’t too long ago when schools and universities in the UAE and all over the world had to scramble to move courses online almost overnight. With lockdown restrictions earlier this year and the sustained need for social distancing, many educational institutions including Heriot-Watt University have adopted the blended learning model to overcome the challenges of the pandemic. For the uninitiated, blended learning combines digitally enabled dynamic learning experiences with traditional classroom teaching.