WCM-Q and Qatar Foundation’s ABP co-host ‘Building Bridges to Higher Education’ forum

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Doha, Qatar: Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar (WCM Q), a QF partner university, and The Academic Bridge Program (ABP), a member of Qatar Foundation, co or...

Dr. Marco Ameduri, senior associate dean for premedical education and Education City collaborative curricular affairs at WCM-Q.

Doha, Qatar: Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), a QF partner university, and The Academic Bridge Program (ABP), a member of Qatar Foundation, co-organized the “Building Bridges to Higher Education: Advancing STEM Readiness and Global Competence” forum, held at the Hilton Doha Hotel.

The one-day forum, held in partnership with Qatar’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE), and in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), brought together more than 200 participants.

The forum was designed to support high school students in their transition to higher education and help them explore academic and career pathways in science and healthcare.

The program opened with welcoming remarks from Dr. Rachid Bendriss, forum chair and associate dean for foundation, student outreach and educational development programs at WCM-Q; Dr. Saheim K. Al-Temimi, Director of ABP; and Dr. Marco Ameduri, senior associate dean for premedical education and Education City collaborative curricular affairs at WCM-Q. The welcoming remarks were followed by a keynote speech by Dr. Batool Hashem Al Sayed, Director of higher education institution affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. Director, UNESCO regional office for the Gulf States and Yemen, Salah Zaki Khaled also addressed participants.

Panelists and moderators represented WCM-Q, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar University, Georgetown University in Qatar, Lusail University, Mesaieed International School, the ABP, the MOEHE, UNESCO, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), and the Education Above All Foundation, alongside secondary-school educators and a final-year WCM-Q medical student Hessa Al-Thani.

Dr. Bendriss said: “The transition to university is a pivotal step in…

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