Sharjah (Al Ittihad)
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and in the presence of Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, President of the American University of Sharjah, a group of policy makers and experts in academic and government circles discussed the future of education and knowledge in the United Arab Emirates. Issues and challenges facing higher education institutions.
This came during the activities of the Knowledge and Education Forum, organized by the American University of Sharjah, to celebrate the 25th anniversary (Silver Jubilee) of its founding. Participants in the forum discussed the role of scientific research in promoting the growth of universities, with a focus on biotechnology, medicine, and engineering biomedicine, supercomputers, and artificial intelligence, and shared their insights on innovative practical solutions to overcome the challenges facing higher education.
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi said: “From this platform and on this special occasion, I thank His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, founder of the American University of Sharjah, for His Highness’s vision and support for establishing a center of knowledge and a beacon for science and learning at the local and regional levels. And global ».
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi highlighted the university’s flexibility and its ability to keep pace with the rapid changes, developments and global challenges, noting that scientific research is a major focus and priority for the American University of Sharjah, which enabled it to contribute to solving problems and overcoming the challenges facing society.
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi added: “This axis places (the American University of Sharjah) at the heart of the future of our country and the world, and we should continue to build on this axis in the long term, to ensure that the university’s position is established as a global center for the knowledge industry, as future generations of graduates will enter new future labor markets not We know it now, and to ensure that they follow in the footsteps of the current graduates, we must provide them with a set of basic and necessary skills, including critical thinking and problem solving, emotional intelligence, cooperation, flexibility and adaptability, cultural and global awareness, and other skills for the future, to ensure that they continue to be at the forefront that drives Employers choose them and not others, and continue their pivotal role in building the future of our societies.
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi referred to the words of the American computer scientist Alan Kay, and her approval of his vision, which confirms that the only way to predict the future is to build it.
Dr. Susan Mam, Chancellor of the American University of Sharjah, welcomed the attendees, and Dr. Hisham Al-Sharif, a member of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Sharjah, spoke about the university’s vision for the future, while Sultan Al-Ghurair, a member of the Board of Directors of the Abdullah Al-Ghurair Foundation for Education, spoke about the “Voices” theme. community leaders.”
