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Incorporating valuable life skills

Employment opportunities await STEM skilled workforce, as DIAC Academic Partners share their views on the discipline

 

Dr. Ranendra Narayan Saya
Director of BITS Pilani Dubai Campus 
"Broad-based, flexible but academically rigorous curriculum of BITS Pilani emphasises STEM and includes structured internships with innovative and technology enabled pedagogy coupled with a strong industry research that will make students well prepared to support the UAE to achieve its high national goals and standards and far reaching international aspirations."

Dr. Jillian Pandor
Academic Head, Curtin University Dubai
"The UAE is one of the most vibrant and fast growing economies in the world due to its world leading innovation ecosystem. These innovations are driven by a combination of creativity, the audacity to pursue goals never before seen in the world, and a strong foundation of knowledge in the STEM disciplines. Given the UAE's focus on equal opportunity, it is very important that young ladies have equal access to the STEM disciplines so they are prepared for the jobs of the future. At Curtin Dubai, students learn not only the STEM subjects, but also the soft-skills most desired by employers such as critical thinking, creativity, research, and the ability to work well in a team. Curtin Dubai provides world-class facilities and faculty to ensure that students have the opportunity to gain both the theoretical knowledge and the hands-on skills they need to be successful in the STEM workforce."

Dr. Zeenath Khan
Assistant Professor, University of Wollongong Dubai
"STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and most recently, 'Arts' (STEAM) - incorporates valuable life skills that everyone needs. The methodical, systematic and logical approach to problem solving is a key ingredient that not only ensures success in one's STEM career, but further allows STEM graduates to pursue a variety of careers, including management and top leadership roles because of their ability to conceptualise, analyse, synthesise, interpret and infer solutions to practice problems are unparalleled, making them massively successful. STEM careers are everywhere. We are all riding the information wave, with the fourth industrial revolution currently in full swing. This means every facet of our lives is populated by pervasive computing and technology, which is helping us move forward leaps and bounds in all walks of life - be it Medicine, Politics, Environment, Social Impact, Education and so on. STEM is past, present and future and to keep the momentum going, we need both boys and girls to pursue the STEM education and careers at the same speed so that we are able fill those gaps in jobs and wages and a build a stronger economy that serves all."