The university, in line with accreditation requirements, held a whole day session to discuss ways and methods to embed entrepreneurship in its programmes. An audience of more than sixty members of staff and students gathered for this purpose. The discussion was led by Prof Ghassan Aouad, Prof Saad Darwish, Dr Chris Coutts, Dr Atif Al Shabarawi, and Dr Abdul Hassan Al Dairi. The event was interactive and the three presenters gave an excellent profile of the “Entrepreneurship University”. Staff and students reflected high commitment and desire to embed entrepreneurship in our curricula.

At the entrepreneurship development level, a key role of training is to develop tools and programmes that support the creation of an entrepreneurial culture.

Small Enterprise Development Programmes work to strengthen entrepreneurial management skills through capacity building and training resources that foster adoption of good workplace practices in micro, small and large enterprises. In the future, our university is aiming to focus on entrepreneurial skills development as an extension of the employability skills.”