The British Council is pleased to announce the finalists for a prestigious award celebrating the outstanding achievements of the UK’s international alumni. They are selected by our panel of judges as best representatives for the impact of UK higher education in their chosen career path and the impact they have made for the development of Egypt.
We are proud of them!
Mohamed Soliman has a decade of work experience in the field of science communication and engagement. He is currently working on numerous community-led and citizen science projects to break the wall between science and society and to change attitudes towards science to be more positive. His work has recently been recognised as one of the winners of Falling Walls Engage Breakthrough of the Year 2020.
Nevine is the Chevening Scholarship Programme Manager at the British Embassy in Cairo. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration from the American University in Cairo. She has 20 years of experience in education programs and project management including over 10 years in the British Chevening Scholarships programme and alumni relations. Prior to joining the British Embassy, Nevine worked in professional qualification exams including IGCSE and IELTS at the British Council Egypt. She also worked at CARE international in Egypt and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD-UN) where she worked on several poverty reduction related projects.
Ola has 10+ years of experience in the Communications for development field. Her experience varies from working with the UN World Food Programme regional bureau, UNDP, Millennium Development Goals, TVET based MSMEs in Upper Egypt and USAID’s economic growth sector. She trained and coached many organisations on branding, online marketing tools and media interview. Ola holds an MA in Marketing from Durham University and a BA in Advertising and Public Relations from Middlesex University in the UK.
Have you thought of ways to encourage teachers to get involved in CoPs? In this session, participants learnt how to identify different practices to get teachers feel enthusiastic about joining CoPs. Building on this, they started by learning how to set up a CoP and explored ways to set expectations, roles and responsibilities for a successful one. They finally discussed the options to consider before creating WhatsApp or Edmodo for professional development.
One year on from the beginning of the pandemic and as schools in some countries reopen, we’re taking the opportunity to discuss how we can build on our experience of remote learning over the past year. We’re asking two questions:
What does the research say about how effective remote learning for teachers is? We take a detailed look at Dr Steve Mann’s report on the impact and effectiveness of remote learning for teachers and teacher educators in MENA: Understanding the Effectiveness of Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers Delivered Remotely through an interview with the author and through responses to his research insights from teachers from Bahrain, Lebanon, and Yemen.
How practically can we support teachers who have limited or no internet connection? We listen to and discuss thoughts and examples from teachers and colleagues from the Yemen, Sudan and Iraq.
One of the key talking points in our professional lives is motivation. Our own motivation; how to keep our learners motivated; how to motivate parents to get more involved in the education of their children.
With this in mind, and to mark World Teachers’ Day, the British Council is organising an online event that brings together teachers, learners and parents to suggest and discuss some practical steps that we can take to generate, increase and sustain motivation.
Nadia is a freelance science writer and editor. She has a bachelor's degree in medicine from Cairo University and a master's degree in journalism and mass communication from American University in Cairo (AUC). She was a lecturer of online journalism and science journalism at Al-Ahram Canadian University, and a director of communications with Zewail City of Science and Technology. Nadia is an avid hiker - she summitted Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. She solo-cycled 5600km across Europe.
An initiative aiming to prepare students to represent Egypt globally and be aware of local and global connections. The initiative focuses on the concept of local engagement and global connectedness by building the skills and academic strengths of students; starting with soft skills on communication, leadership, negotiation, and mind mapping, then moving onto building knowledge of basic concepts of Egyptian foreign relations, international organisations and research skills.
‘Facilitation is the art, not of putting ideas into people’s heads, but of drawing ideas out.’
Many people use the terms training and facilitation for the same context, but are they different? Because understanding how to distinguish between them is quite important, in this session participants learn how to make this difference. They recognised the qualities of a good facilitator and highlighted the top 3 qualities to make a good one. Participants also explored and practiced a range of effective facilitation techniques and outlined how a good CoP meeting structure looks like.
Queen Margaret University
Social Impact Award
Dr Mohamed is a regional reproductive health specialist in the UN. He manages health programmes in 15 Arab countries. Dr Afifi oversees a regional portfolio that includes the analysis of health policies, laws and the health workforce in more than 11 Arab countries. His studies in the UK taught him to view health as a social phenomenon, and understand the impact of social norms and traditions, and the political economy, on health.
