KARACHI:Ziauddin University’s Faculty of Law and University of Northampton UK jointly organized a four-day workshop on “Staff Training and Development Program” at Ziauddin University here today.
On this occasion, Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, Vice Chancellor, Ziauddin University, said, “We have a consortium of universities in Pakistan and they have got members and a very good opportunity to share their experiences and have interactions with each others. Workshops like these are very beneficial for teaching staff to develop their teaching methodologies and skills.”
“The purpose of this workshop is to work together on same page by both universities to come together in one location for training session and understanding each other’s teaching methodologies. There is also need to cover admissions, student records, assessments, ceremonies and exams (ACE), library and learning services, academic partnerships office and finance,” he further added.
On the first day of workshop, Introduction to University of Northampton, Overview of the program, professional services and key contacts, interactive activities, introduction to UK Higher Education and its standards and principles, UK Higher Education Credit System, were explained.
In a “Program Team Sessions”, subject specialist and program level expectations, learning outcomes, subject team activity presentations and learning descriptors and learning outcomes were discussed.
The delegation from University of Northampton comprised faculty members including Maggie Anderson – Academic Programme Manager, Kate Exall – Senior Lecturer in Law LLB, Rani Kaur Senior Lecturer in Management BAM/ MBA, Alexander Lawson- Assessment and Quality Coordinator Law- LLM, Kelly Ann Cannon – Lecturer in LAW –LLM, Heather Yovanoff- Academic Programme Development Manager.