Students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels should have the opportunity to engage with industry to focus their efforts and project work on developing solutions for real-world energy problems. University programmes such as Heriot-Watt University Dubai’s master s of science degree in global sustainability engineering can help support students in bridging the gap between raw innovation and marketable products and processes.
Research programmes are also an effective mechanism to collaborate and convert knowledge from the laboratory into real-life industrial applications. Universities can also play a significant role in supporting students and burgeoning enterprises on the entrepreneurial journey, by providing enterprise centres and innovation hubs where technical and business expertise is offered outside of the traditional curricula.
Being future-ready and future-proof calls for being equipped with digitisation tools Michael Waters is associate professor, real estate at Heriot-Watt University Dubai Image Credit: Supplied
Planning for the future in any industry is a rather abstract concept. The future is unknown. Human decision-making is ripe full of errors and cognitive bias, which perhaps makes planning for the future a somewhat unfruitful task. What I teach my postgraduate students is fairly simplistic which is scenario planning rather than forecasting. Scenario planning is a much more effective path to take. It has a structured approach and perhaps one we can take forward in our careers. The concept is about understanding the forces of change and then planning appropriately.
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Dubai, UAE: Heriot-Watt University Dubai (HWUD) has launched scholarships for all students from India, in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country. Called the COVID-19 Relief Scholarships, it will offer all Indian students enrolling from India a fee reduction of AED 8,000 or INR 160,000 approximately for the September 2021 intake.
The scholarship is applicable to all Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Foundation programmes. Students will be eligible for additional scholarships of up to 50% over and above the COVID-19 Relief Scholarships. They will also be guaranteed transfer to the UK Campus after two years in Dubai as part of the University’s 2+2 programme at the Undergraduate level.