At the University of Stirling, RAK Campus, we've established the Centre of Excellence (COE) to provide structured guidance for teaching and learning, under the leadership of Dr Richa Arora. Our approach enhances passion for learning and teaching in students and faculty, aiming to provide quality education and opportunities..
The COE has implemented a "learning process ownership" approach to encourage students and faculty to take charge of their learning experiences and further strengthened and reinforced by the efforts of Shanthi Rajan, Director of Institution Development, who has played a vital role in building interdisciplinary teams that collaborate to achieve COE's objectives.
1. To position the University of Stirling, RAK Campus as a reputable provider of education and a recognized brand.
2. To develop partnerships with industry and institutions to enhance opportunities for students and faculty.
3. To emphasize knowledge-sharing and outreach programs to engage with the wider community and provide valuable learning experiences.
4. To establish five fundamental pillars: student learning and development, faculty development and engagement, institutional committees, marketing and promotion, and quality assurance
Centre of Academic Excellence (CAE) has initiated series of Faculty Development Programs (FDP) for their teaching staffers that will give them a deeper insight to reflect on teaching practices and portfolio building. In addition to this educators will have an opportunity to explore the focus areas of pedagogy, course and assessment design, professional communication, language and culture of the classroom, as well as their reflections on teaching. These sessions will use the most relevant research on how students learn in the HE context as well as broaden their range of teaching skills, and help them create inclusive teaching strategies in their unique context. In addition to this, these sessions will help them chalk out their teaching philosophy and teaching portfolio which details their experience and critical reflections on teaching and learning.
As educators it is critical to have a constant upgradation of skills and must be willing to acquire new skills and innovate in order to stay abreast of the market developments and through CAE we offer a variety of faculty development sessions catering to this very area.
Personal Development Programs (PDP) as a metaphor is like Fibonacci sequence where one arranges all their attributes in the most optimal manner and it is more of a reflection from within and to the world they belong to. The objective of the proposed PDPs are to have a holistic approach toward personal development from the perspective of developing ones’ own self-awareness towards their objectives, aspirations and goals of life while recognizing the situations and the demands both at work and life. This recognition gives an impetus to the strategic thought process whilst translating those into tangible achievements at a tactical level. In short, PDPs are to enhance one’s skills, capabilities, citizenry and the deliverables which one is expected to accomplish. Understanding oneself is a prerequisite for understanding the impact we have on people and on situations. Individuals are responsible for developing their own portfolio of skills and people learn best when they decide what they need to do for themselves. Given the importance of PDP in one’s career development, CAE has put together series of PDP sessions for the staffers.
At University of Stirling, RAK Campus, we believe in reaching out to other learning communities, enterprises, entities and people locally and in different parts of the world who may benefit from propagation of the knowledge and create success in life for themselves. Through the ‘Connect and Reach Out’ Initiatives we mutually and continuously enrich our knowledge and culture as a learning and teaching community.
As a University we have a social responsibility to participate in the enhancement of the community’s knowledge and to provide guidance towards an informed, successful and knowledge based sustaining capabilities. This initiative is designed to cause a tangible impact on these communities through University of Stirling’s various relevant programmmes for the community’s improvements in useful and productive life skills. Another aim of this programme is to create a motivation and a purpose for learning among people irrespective of age and the societal status for the larger good of the society.
University of Stirling
P.O.Box 41222
RAKEZ Academic Zone
Al Dhait South
Ras Al Khaimah
United Arab Emirates
Planet One facilitates the operations of the University of Stirling RAK campus, and will function as the non-academic infrastructure provider in the partnership.
