Dubai Health Authority s webinar highlights health benefits of reading
DUBAI, 8th March, 2018 (WAM) The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) today organised a virtual seminar on The Role of Reading to Serve the Scientific Research and Scholars for the future , with the participation of a group of representatives from universities in the UAE, as part of the Month of Reading , which takes place in the UAE in March every year.
The webinar was moderated by Dr. Wafa Al Nakhi, a researcher at DHA’s Data Analysis Research and Studies Department and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Science.
(MENAFN - hbku.edu) February 13, 2021 - Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) announced that it has successfully earned a WELL Health Safety Rating for its university campus through the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). As part of its commitment and continuing efforts to achieve the highest international standards in higher learning and assure the learners, faculty members and staff of their health and safety amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, HBMSU enrolled for the rating system and met all the requirements to be given the WELL Health Safety Rating seal, making the university the first in the UAE and the Middle East to achieve this milestone.
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A forward-thinking Dubai university has helped tens of thousands of teachers across the world embrace the switch to digital learning since the Covid-19 pandemic began
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Hamdan bin Mohammed Smart University was better placed than most to adapt to a new era of education when the virus spread all over the globe, forcing in-person lessons to move online.
The UAE’s first accredited smart university, already heavily focused on digital innovation and preparing pupils for the hi-tech jobs of the future, devised online crash courses to tutor teachers which sparked massive interest overseas.
The university partnered with the Ministry of Education in March to ensure students were covered and teachers had the skills required.