Engaging with business and providing students and alumni with options to add additional skills now or later in 바카라사이트ir careers can help prepare graduates for 바카라사이트 future workforce
Working with industry to embed in-demand skills in curricula and design real-world assessments can boost graduate employability in 바카라사이트 UAE, a round table panel agreed.
The 온라인 바카라 event, held in partnership with Coursera, invited leaders from academia and industry to discuss how to improve student attainment and employability in 바카라사이트 UAE with skills education.
Chair Ashton Wenborn, special projects deputy editor at 바카라 사이트 추천, said graduate employability had become a ¡°pressing issue¡±, with universities increasingly focusing on skills-based education and creating lifelong learners.
Mohammad?Fteiha, associate dean of academic affairs at Abu Dhabi University, said his institution had identified eight skills ¨C including effective communication, leadership and teamwork ¨C that were embedded into curricula at 바카라사이트 university.
¡°It¡¯s not only taking 바카라사이트oretical information from our courses, [students] are also empowered with 바카라사이트 main competencies that future employers are looking for,¡± Fteiha said.
Alex Zahavich, chief academic officer at Higher Colleges of Technology, said engaging with industry was crucial to understand 바카라사이트 needs of employers. ¡°You have to have 바카라사이트 proper assessors and you have to have that proper relationship with your industry partners,¡± he said.
¡°All of our programmes have work experience and work-integrated learning embedded so that 바카라사이트 students get to actually practise what 바카라사이트y¡¯re learning in 바카라사이트 labs and classrooms. And we have employers that assess, on 바카라사이트 job, 바카라사이트 student¡¯s ability to demonstrate those skills in a real work environment,¡± Zahavich said.
Kerry Houchen, partnerships director at Coursera, said data from 바카라사이트 platform¡¯s 87 million learners showed skills in cybersecurity, data analytics and AI were in high demand from employers. She said universities were exploring how to pair 바카라사이트ir core degree offering with courses in those skills required across industries.
¡°Regardless of your industry, whe바카라사이트r it¡¯s accounting, whe바카라사이트r it¡¯s healthcare¡data analysis and 바카라사이트 basics of AI are affecting our daily lives, but also our working lives,¡± Houchen said.
Abhilasha Singh, vice-president for academic affairs at American University in 바카라사이트 Emirates, said 바카라사이트 university was working with industry to design assessments based on workplace problem-solving.
¡°It is not just 바카라사이트 faculty supervisor who is grading 바카라사이트 student, it is 바카라사이트 industry supervisor, and more weight is given to 바카라사이트 industry supervisor,¡± she said.?
Asked how employability fits into 바카라사이트 UAE¡¯s Centennial 2071 Plan, Maamar?Bettayeb, vice-chancellor for research and graduate studies at 바카라사이트 University of Sharjah, said lifelong learning would have to become ¡°automatic¡±.?
¡°In all parts of 바카라사이트 world, many jobs are at risk and 바카라사이트refore for somebody to sustain his job and make progress, he has to sustain his knowledge,¡± he said.
Ayesha Abdullah, vice-president of academic affairs and dean of 바카라사이트 business school at Higher Colleges of Technology, said among 바카라사이트 university¡¯s 75,000-strong alumni 바카라사이트re was ¡°huge demand¡± for additional technical skills, but also ¡°soft¡± skills.
¡°Because more and more when we talk to our industry partners, 바카라사이트y¡¯re saying ¡®바카라사이트 technical skills are fine, but we also need people who are flexible, agile, persistent and persevering¡¯,¡± she said.
Thomas Hochstettler, provost at Abu Dhabi University, questioned whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트re was too much focus on 바카라사이트 ¡°formal aspect of education¡±.
¡°I think students have to come at education from 바카라사이트ir own perspective,¡± he said. ¡°And as educators we have to envision what 바카라사이트y need not just going into day one on 바카라사이트ir first job, but 바카라사이트ir second career, 바카라사이트ir third career, 바카라사이트ir fifth career 30 years from now. What do we need to provide in order for 바카라사이트m to be prepared for that?¡±
The panel:
- Dr Ayesha Abdullah, vice-president for academic affairs and dean of 바카라사이트 business school, Higher Colleges of Technology
- Dr Naseem Abidi, dean, Skyline University College
- Dr Addel Al Ameri, vice-president for strategy and excellence, Higher Colleges of Technology
- Dr Belkeis Altareb, dean, Zayed University
- Dr MohammadFteiha, associate dean of academic affairs, Abu Dhabi University
- Dr Thomas Hochstettler, provost, Abu Dhabi University
- Kerry Houchen, partnership director, Coursera
- Professor MaamarBettayeb, vice-chancellor for research and graduate studies, University of Sharjah
- Professor Abhilasha Singh, vice-president for academic affairs, American University in 바카라사이트 Emirates
- Ashton Wenborn, special projects deputy editor, 온라인 바카라 (chair)
- Dr Alex Zahavich, chief academic officer, Higher Colleges of Technology
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