Community Service
Deliver collaborative leadership through coaching and development of sustainable projects, courses and academic discoveries in partnership with both faculty and academic departments across QU and nonprofit and public community partners.
Scope
- Strengthen QU’s relationship with the community through social outreach.
- Explore engagement opportunities through academic curriculum, schools outreach, social enterprises and volunteering.
- Develop training and educational programs for primary and secondary school students.
- Offer basic soft skills training/seminars to the public.
- Design and deliver programs to minority and disabled groups.
Free Courses – Distance Learning
Qatar University - Community Service and Continuing Education Center (CCE) offered a series of distance learning courses in line with the University and State's efforts to reduce the spread of Covid19 pandemic and to protect members of the society.
As a part of Community service, CCE offered free distance learning courses, which aimed to engage participants in building their personal and professional skills without having to leave their homes. These courses generated a great interest in the community and CCE received 1000 plus registrations for the free online courses. Zoom, Webex and Blackboard Collaborate Ultra were the online platforms used for course delivery.
The courses offered were as follows:
- Financial Crisis Management.
- Fundamentals to Business Continuity Management.
- Financial Modelling Using Excel.
- Principles of disaster management and the role of the community.
- How to manage a family budget.
- Emotional Intelligence.
- Promoting Immune System through Food.