Qatar- Tamuq Maersk in partnership

Date

9/16/2015 7:12:03 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)Officials at the signing function.

DOHA: Texas A&M University at Qatar (Tamuq) and Maersk Oil Qatar inaugurated two-year partnership yesterday to enhance learning in science and technology among Qatari school students in support of advancing a knowledge-based society.

The partnership builds on years of successful collaboration between the university and Maersk Oil Qatar while consolidating joint educational activities under a new identity Dhia: Engineering Leaders.

The Dhia portfolio is based on strategic educational enrichment in science technology engineering and mathematics — known as STEM disciplines — and will aim to help young Qataris prepare for university studies in those areas.

Dr Mark Weichold Dean and CEO of Texas A&M at Qatar said “Maersk Oil Qatar is visionary in its efforts to develop Qatari talent and our renewed partnership reflects our shared priority for inspiring academic excellence among tomorrow’s generation of engineering leaders.”

Over the next two years Dhia initiatives will engage hundreds of Qatari students in grades 5 to 12 and their teachers in an array of academic programmes designed to help students find pathways for academic success particularly in engineering and science.

The partnership also includes sponsorship of the Engineering Leaders Conference on Engineering Education as well as Engineering Education Letters a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation via QScience.com.

Sheikh Faisal bin Fahad Al Thani Deputy Managing Director of Maersk Oil Qatar said “Signing this partnership for the Dhia programme with Texas A&M University is part of our commitment to deliver long-term tangible benefits to Qatar through our social investment programme.”

Jassim Al Khori Technical Manager of the Maersk Oil Research and Technology Centre added “Through Dhia we aim first to increase engagement and support the skills and progress of students in STEM subjects from primary to high school putting them on an early pathway to success and encouraging them to pursue university studies and then careers in STEM fields. Secondly we are building the capacity and capability of teachers by enhancing and accelerating their professional development as well as providing access to leading teaching practices and tools. And finally we are building a strong STEM research base and supporting the development of high quality graduates by promoting the application of technology to enhance the learning environment.”

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