Gulf News Edufair takes flight in Dubai with a strong start

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The Gulf News Edufair, UAE’s largest gathering of the education community, got off to a flying start in Dubai on Friday.  The education fair - which brought 50 educators and institutions under one platform – saw parents and students come together to discuss opportunities future opportunities in higher education.  The Gulf News Edufair, being held at the Ritz Carlton, Dubai, is expected to see more than 8,000 visitors over the three-day event.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/uae/gulf-news-edufair-takes-off-to-a-flying-start-in-dubai-1.94536270  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #education #Dubai

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00:00The Gulf News education exhibition is one of the best actually I've ever been

00:05because they have all renowned universities that actually showcase their capabilities,

00:11their degrees that they have, and the international connection and so on.

00:15I think this is something that we should look at. If you just go around and see things here,

00:20you see that most of them are actually looking at artificial intelligence,

00:24they are looking at cyber security, they have been looking at many other technologies,

00:28even in fintech, so it's digital marketing. This is a place where you need to go and see and watch

00:36because you will see what universities are in UAE that are serving the students to get degrees

00:44that are internationally accredited. One of the things that I like always to say,

00:48use the technology to make students love to learn. I call it L2L. This is the first message.

00:54Make sure the students love to learn. Once they love to learn, they will learn. Secondly,

01:01any educational institution, if they don't use cases in the market, in the real world,

01:09it will not succeed. So you need to let them understand what is it that they're getting,

01:13the theory, and where it's going to be applied. Once you do that, the applications are there,

01:18and this is where the students will learn. Regarding the parents, it's very important

01:22for the students to choose. You can be some kind of an advisor to the student and then let them

01:28choose. And the way to choose is also very important. You look at what capability you have

01:33and what subjects, and according to it, what is the market, what's available. You also look at the

01:41future. So you have to look at all three. Your capabilities, the subjects you love, the market,

01:47and the future market of these kinds of degrees. And also look at universities that are accredited

01:54internationally and nationally. The CHAD GPT, which is the GPT, Generative Pre-Training

02:01Transformation, actually this is a new disruption in the world, actually. It just started, it's not

02:07mature yet. And the CHAD GPT 4 came in, which is completely different also. It's very important

02:13for students to learn, but at the end, to use it for you to learn, not to use it to implement.

02:19Because if I use it to write something and give it directly, as my report is not accepted. So you

02:26learn from it, and really you learn from this thing. It's a new technology disruption that

02:34everybody will learn, even professors will learn from this kind of CHAD GPT. But you should learn

02:38from it, and not use it everywhere. So I think this is something important. Well, the degrees we

02:43have are already, it says by itself. Like we have a bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence,

02:49a bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, a bachelor's degree in Communication Engineering, a master's

02:54degree in Data Sciences, a master's degree in Cyber Security. These are all the elements of

02:59the CHAD GPT and other technologies used in education. Plus we have FinTech, Digital Marketing,

03:06so all the tools they're using are the technology. So the University of Dubai is trying to see where

03:14is the future, and what is it for us to do it now, to prepare them for the market of the future.

03:20Well, I said Digital Marketing is new, FinTech is new, and also Artificial Intelligence is new. We

03:26had Cyber Security. The main thing is also a master's degree in Data Sciences. This is

03:33a technology that we use everywhere. We have Hamam Rasha Space Center, all the research center,

03:40all satellites, and these are getting data, we are analyzing it. So data science is very important

03:45for every organization. So we have to prepare the students, but not only that. Research centers

03:53are here to do what? For students to learn, what do they learn, and how do they implement it,

03:58how do they apply it in the real world. And the research center will help you to do that.

04:02We have to go into implementation and applied sciences.

04:07It's been a pleasure to be in EDU Fair by Gulf News. It's an amazing fair, and it's like

04:18getting a lot of attraction from educators, advisors, and parents and students as well.

04:25Education nowadays is not like the education before, like the one that we

04:32had before, and it will not be like the one the student will be after graduation after five years.

04:39So what we are trying to do in Zayed University is teaching students to learn how to live.

04:47It is a message that we are giving to all our students to be able to survive with

04:55the new world, new environment, be able to be

05:01problem solvers, having the critical thinking in their mind, having a proper communication,

05:09having the proper different skills like presentation skills and so on. So it is about

05:17the building the skills required for the students and bridging the gap between the

05:25job market and educators, which we identified, and I think we are playing a key role

05:32of closing the gap and bridging that gap and prepare the students for their future.

05:37We took the lead two years back to introduce the interdisciplinary approach,

05:43which is interdisciplinary approach, and we introduced four new programs,

05:50mainly for interdisciplinary in different fields. I'm glad to announce that we got the

05:57CEA accreditation for our programs and something that is unique, and also what we are doing,

06:04it is not about the program itself. We are building and developing a unique value proposition in our

06:11strategy into our curriculum, mainly for the partner challenge and designing something called

06:19partner challenge, and give you a certain example or overview of it. You remember the

06:28program that we have at the university before, like you get one or two months

06:35of training in one of the industries. Now what we are doing is engaging our students

06:43with the industry from semester number one and semester two, moving forward into the years,

06:50so they will be able to solve a real problem in the market and get to know the industry well.

06:58The employer themselves know the employee properly, so again bridging the gap between

07:05the employer and education, and prepare our students for the job market and get to know

07:11exactly what is the real challenge that they are going to solve after graduation. Four programs,

07:16undergraduate programs, business transformation, computer competition system, social innovation,

07:23and sustainability. And talking about the sustainability, as you know, this year is the

07:29COP28 in UAE, and I think this is something it is addressing and aligning exactly with the

07:38UAE strategy and the future. This is exactly what we are teaching our students, is teaching them to,

07:44as I mentioned, learn how to learn, and teaching them the aspect of critical thinking and problem

07:51solving. So the message is you have to be responsible of what they are doing. They are

07:56going to work in the world after four or five years after their graduation. It may be different

08:03than what we have here, but the main message is the technology, think about it as a tool.

08:09It is not the thing that will solve everything. Your mind will solve everything.

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