Higher Education continues holding introductory forums for scholarship students for the academic year (2014/2015)

By the directives of his Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Ministry has continued holding introductory forums for the students who have been accepted to study on scholarships abroad at its expense for the academic year 2014/2015, and it has recently organized an introductory forum for the scholarship students, who will study in the UK and Ireland, at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi.

Mr. Saif Rashed Al Mazroui, Assistant Undersecretary for Institutional & Support Services Office at the Ministry, conveyed the congratulation of his Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan to the students on their success and acceptance in the UK universities. He also conveyed his Excellency’s call for the students to be ambassadors for the UAE abroad, and succeed in their undergraduate and graduate studies in order to return to serve and develop their country. The forum was attended by Nusra Ma’moun from the Cultural Attaché of UAE Embassy in London, Hanan Al Ameri, Acting Director of Scholarship and Cultural Foreign Relations Department, and Stephen Ray from the Cultural Attaché of British Embassy, as well as the students and their parents.

Al Mazroui talked during the forum about the deep cultural and educational relationships between the UK and UAE, and he pointed out that 40 seats for the Emirati students annually are not properly exploited, and large numbers of Emirati students graduated from the UK in many disciplines, such as Medicine, Surgery, Engineering, and other disciplines. He also emphasized that the Ministry is currently focusing on the State’s most important needs, such as the nuclear energy for the peaceful and developmental purposes, noting that those students have been chosen for their intellectual and educational capabilities.

Al Mazroui also said that the Ministry is planning to honor the innovators, and it has other plans to develop work in the field scholarships and other fields, calling the students to identify their educational goals in the foreign country, keep loyalty to their country, and stay away from the partisan, political, or suspicious gatherings. It is noteworthy that the Ministry signed several agreements with the various recruitment bodies to secure jobs for the fresh graduates, and the Scholarship and Cultural Foreign Relations Department launched initiatives, such as the Scholarship Portal that includes details and answers about the foreign scholarships.

Al Mazroui also emphasized that the students are required to register their names in the offices of the National and Reserve Service Authority, and set the appropriate time to perform the service either in the military or the civilian institutions. In the end of the forum, Al Mazroui responded to the questions of students and their parents, which were mostly on the issues and procedures of study in the UK.