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Riffa: Royal University for Women (‘RUW”), the kingdom’s first private university accredited by the Higher Education Council (HEC), has announced that its move to deliver all of its undergraduate and postgraduate classes online amid COVID19 concerns has been a great success.
RUW joins numerous Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) around the world, such as Harvard University, Ohio State University, the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan, in moving classes online, a shift that is unprecedented in the history of higher education.
Commenting on the move, Acting President of the University, Dr. David Stewart, said: “As we adapt our teaching and learning methods in line with the kingdom’s wise leadership in dealing with the COVID19 situation, top of mind for RUW was how to best support our students and faculty, and maintain the University’s personalized approach to education.”
He added: “We found that students embraced the shift to online learning. It makes sense, our students have grown up surrounded by technology. They are used to big technological changes and adapt quickly to updates, and this is the case with our recent shift to our virtual learning space, Moodle. I am pleased to announce that we are witnessing increasingly high levels of class attendance and engagement amongst our students with online learning seemingly synergistic with RUW’s immersive, engaging and personalized approach.”
The University is delivering its classes through live sessions as per the normal class schedule. Faculty stream their classes live from the University Campus in Riffa, with students interacting with the classes from their homes using a shared screen.
In order to further support students during this change, RUW faculty and staff have increased their office hours in order to be even more accessible to students online, by phone, or via email.
Dr. Stewart concluded: “There is an acknowledged global skills gap between education and the new, technology driven workplace, and, even prior to our recent online shift, RUW was implementing new technologies and methods designed to equip our students with the skills they need to create solutions to global challenges and succeed in the Digital Economy”.
About RUW
The Royal University for Women (RUW) is the first private university in the Kingdom of Bahrain to be accredited by the Higher Education Council (HEC) and is the only university in the country solely dedicated to the education of women.
Established in 2005, RUW’s campus is a self-contained city that spans 63 glorious acres in Riffa, the Kingdom’s largest city. The state-of-the-art campus can cater to 3,000 students and features world class academic facilities and lifestyle amenities within landscaped gardens.
The University’s global partnership network brings a world of research, expertise and experiences to our diverse and dynamic community. RUW has strategic partnerships with West Virginia University in the US, Huddersfield and Bangor University in the United Kingdom and Kobe University in Japan.
In addition, the university collaborates with La Rochelle Business School in France and Dar Al Hekma University in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
RUW’s programmes are Internationally accredited by Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities (ASIC) UK and are delivered from the University’s four colleges; College of Art & Design, College of Business & Financial Sciences, College of Engineering, and College of Law, in addition to the Center for General Studies. Initial degree programmes were developed in collaboration with McGill University in Canada and Middlesex University in the UK and a number of programmes are accredited by Pearson UK.
The RUW campus includes two residence buildings, a student center, lecture halls, labs and design studios, a nurse’s clinic, a sports center equipped with an Olympic sized swimming pool and multi-purpose stadium, prayer room, cafeterias- including a Starbucks- a variety of restaurants, a mini market and a salon. The University is a 1-minute drive to Awali Hospital, 28 minutes to Bahrain International Airport, and 26 minutes to King Fahad Causeway to Saudi Arabia.
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