Energy and buildings

How efficient is our building process today?  We are talking energy efficiency.

What about solar power are we using it well?  What do we know?

Dr. Bassam from BUiD helps us unpack what is going on around us.

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Appraisal of Teachers are we doing it well?

How much time do we give to the idea of appraising our teachers? Dr. Amanda Howard of the British University in Dubai, has pulled together a fantastic team to take the issues and ideas of appraisal to the stakeholders in the UAE. Judy Wren of Zayed University, Ann Akin of UGRU at United Arab Emirates University and Doug Henderson the Associate Dean of HCT Al Ain Colleges also joined in the conversation as key organizers of the appraisal road show.

What about the global economy?

Dr. Elango Rangaswawy of the British University in Dubai joinc me for a conversation about Greece and the global economy.

Sounds like things will get worse before they get better!

Enterprise Risk Management

Dr. Dayanand Pendey and Seema Kumar, a professor and student, from www.BUid.ac.ae join me in a conversation about the need to think about risk in business today.

What does the future hold for the construction industry?

Dr. Mohammed Dulaimi, the Director of Project Management MSc Programme at DUiD joins me for a conversation about where the industry could be going and how it will get there.

HCT and BUiD Talk Teaching and Technology

Michael O'Brien and Sean Dowling from HCT and Dr. Amanda Howard from BUiD join me for a conversation about technology and education.

BUiD Research on Special Needs

Dr. Eman Gaad, Dean of the Faculty of Education at BUiD, and Nadera a doctoral student join me for a conversation about research and special needs. www.buid.ac.ae 04 367 1949

The winners here are the UAE and a huge thanks to the Desert Group!

Global Project Management are we ready?

Jean Binder, Professor Paul Gardiner (BUiD) and Professor Jim Ritchie (Harriot Watt) join me for a conversation about Global Project Management.

Fairness at Work

Professors Mick Marchington and Ashly Pinnington of Manchester Business School and BUiD join me for a conversation about what it means to be fair in the workplace today!

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Fairness at Work Research Group

Research themes

The Fairness at Work Groups' main research themes focus on developing and disseminating interdisciplinary research that focuses on fair treatment, diversity and well being. We do this through the conduct of scholarly research that is relevant to students, academics and practitioners.

• Gender and diversity
• Workplace stress
• Dignity at work
• Voice, representation and trade unions
• Pay, working time and other components of HRM

Sustainable Architecture

Professor Bassam of BUID and Professor Jones of Cardiff join me for a conversation about the future of architecture when carbon footprints are all the rage!

www.buid.ac.ae
www.cardiff.ac.uk/archi

Special Needs Crisis?

Dr. Eman Gaad, the director of Disability Services for the Community Development Authority and Senior lecturer at the British University in Dubai, joins me for a conversation about Special Needs education and general integration in the UAE.

Eman.Gaad@BUID.ac.ae

How to Get a Better University!

Dr. Vaneeta D'Andrea is Director of Academic Affairs and Operations at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London and Professor of Higher Education Development.

And Mr. Martin Prince, Registrar of the British University in Dubai, joined us for a discussion about how we might think about a better University.

From Dr. D'Andrea's latest book.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Improving-Teaching-Learning-Higher-Education/dp/0335210686/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256704054&sr=1-1

Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A whole institute approach (Society for Research into Higher Education) (Paperback)


* What are the aims of higher education? * What are the strategies necessary for institutional improvement? * How might the student experience be improved? The emergence of the discourse around learning and teaching is one of the more remarkable phenomena of the last decade in higher education. Increasingly, universities are being required to pay greater attention to improving teaching and enhancing student learning. This book will help universities and colleges achieve these goals through an approach to institutional change that is well founded on both research and practical experience. By placing learning at the centre of organizational change, this book challenges many of the current assumptions about management of teaching, supporting students, the separation of research and teaching, the use of information technology and quality systems. It demonstrates how trust can be restored within higher education while advancing the need for change based on principles of equity and academic values for students and teachers alike. Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is key reading for anyone interested in the development of teaching and learning in higher education, as well as policy makers.

Artificial Intelligence.

I was joined in studio by Dr. Iyad Rahwan and Dr. Sherief Abdalla, both of the British University in Dubai for a conversation about AI. What is interesting here is how AI is being used in business today.

Workplace based leadership

Professor Ashly Pinnington speaks to Nightline about leadership in the workplace.

professor Pinnington is the dean of the faculty of business at the British University in Dubai.

Education Reform, What iis Needed?

Professor John Collins and Dr. Martyn Quigley, both of the British University in Dubai, joined me for a conversation about education reform and what we need to be thinking about.

Of particular interest is their take on maths education and the difficulties being faced by students who are struggling to be inspired.

And there is also the age old question of the role of the parent.

If you are interested in what education reform is all about, both in the UAE and abroad, then this is a must listen show!