QU honours Ashghal for supporting students and graduates

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)

DOHA: Qatar University (QU) honoured the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) in recognition of its efforts in providing training academic sponsorship and employment for QU students and graduates during 2015.

The recognition ceremony aimed to thank a number of institutions and partners of the university from both the government and private sectors who made important contributions in enriching the content of the university’s academic programmes and diversifying the students’ experience through providing promising career opportunities of sponsoring and training.

Representing the Public Works Authority were Saif Al Kaabi Human Resources Manager at Ashghal and Mohammed Al Qahtani Head of Training and Development Section at Ashghal.

The recognition ceremony was attended by Dr. Hassan Rashid Al Derham President of Qatar University vice presidents and a large number of college deans university staff and company representatives.

On this occasion Dr. Hassan Al Derham expressed the university’s pride and gratitude for this partnership and said that the practical component of academic programmes is one of the most important elements for good preparation of the graduating students.

The authority works hand in hand with Qatar University and other higher education institutions in order to prepare distinct generations of young men and women in Qatar.

The authority organises briefing days for students of the College of Engineering to brief them about Ashghal its various departments the practical specialisations of each department and it’s current and future core projects.

The authority also holds briefing days to introduce its scholarship programme which is now being implemented in coordination with the Government Scholarship Programme in the Ministry of Administrative Development.

The authority also aims at encouraging students who are expected to graduate soon to work with Ashghal and benefit from the future opportunities especially in the context of the huge projects being currently implemented in Qatar in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The Training and Development Section at Ashghal recently hired two students who graduated in Spring 2015 from the engineering faculty in Qatar University through the scholarship programme.

Ashghal is currently sponsoring 30 students in different engineering specialties namely; civil mechanical electrical and chemical. Ten of these students are studying in Qatar University.

The authority’s recruitment strategy includes external training programmes at the headquarters and global centres of the international engineering specialists and consulting companies associated with Ashghal.

This provides the benefit of transferring expertise on best techniques design and implementation practices and sophisticated systems of project management.

This is in addition to the general development programmes which aim at developing the knowledge and skills of the national competencies in order to strengthen their experience and work performance on the individual level.

The Peninsula