WED Bureau
Dubai
The Board of
Governors of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) met with the
University Learners Council recently to discuss the integrity and quality of the
educational process in the university in a first-of-its-kind gathering in the
UAE. The meeting reviewed also the importance of engaging the youth in ongoing
national efforts towards building a competitive knowledge-based economy.
Taking place
on the sidelines of the second regular meeting for the Academic Year 2016/
2017, the gathering was led by H.E. Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim,
Deputy Chairman of Police and General Security in Dubai and Chairman of the
University’s Board of Governors who emphasized the role of higher education
incorporating innovative and smart methodologies in enabling learners to lead
the country’s future comprehensive development. The Learners Council presented
its future plans as well during the meeting, giving particular emphasis on the
significance of cultivating leadership skills, adopting advanced learning
methodologies, highlighting competitiveness, and encouraging scientific
research and investment.
H.E. Lt Gen Tamim
said that youth empowerment is among HBMSU’s strategic priorities who strongly
supports key initiatives to nurture, train and employ the UAE’s young talents under
the guidance of the country’s visionary leaders. He also reiterated the
university’s commitment to support the learners’ growth in various areas of
leadership, research and development, and investment, noting their vital role
in the country’s innovation-driven economic prosperity according to the
directives of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE’s Vice President
and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, who said, ‘We are proud that the UAE is
a young country. And we are proud of our youth. We invest in them and empower
them precisely because they are our future.’
H.E. added:
“The meeting between the Board of Governors and the Learners Council marks a
milestone in the history of HBMSU, which has been forging a genuine partnership
with the youth by engaging them in the decision-making process and helping them
take on leadership roles. HBMSU has adopted this stance as evidenced by its
pursuit of high-quality educational outcomes to help its learners cope with the
requirements of the future. In light of this, we are working to build a
learning environment that nurtures innovation among the young for them to
become future leaders who are capable of driving the country’s growth, development,
and prosperity. This is according to HBMSU’s goals of taking the lead in terms
of scientific innovation and smart learning and offering exceptional learning
opportunities for future innovators of the Arab World.”
Waleed Abdulla
AlShehhi, President of HBMSU’s Learners Council, commended the unprecedented
gathering, saying that it gave the council an opportunity to directly meet with
the Board of Governors. He also praised HBMSU for encouraging its learners to
assume influential leadership positions and participate in the decision-making
process, in addition to cultivating the culture of competitiveness and
improving the young generation’s scientific research capabilities. HBMSU
ensures that its graduates will be more than qualified to help drive national
growth and place the UAE on the world map.
He said: “The
meeting is an unprecedented step towards encouraging learners to propose their
creative ideas on improving the quality of educational outcomes via smart
learning and diligent scientific research methodologies. Through this meeting, we
emphasize on the contributions of the Learners Council in the establishment and
management of an investment fund with learners who are entrepreneurs. The fund
supports scientific research works and human capacity building initiatives the
same way the ‘Nation Fund’ does under the chairmanship of H.E. Lieutenant
General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim.”
HBMSU took the
opportunity to highlight its achievements for the Academic Year 2015/ 2016
among which the most important was that it became the Middle East’s first
university to receive ISO22301:2012- Business Continuity Management System
Certification from the International Standard Organization (ISO). Last year,
the university was accredited with ISO 29990: 2010 certification, following an
external audit by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Limited. Lastly, the
meeting reviewed the tuition fees for the next academic year.
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