The Applied Science University represented by: Chairman of the Board of Trustees Wahib Al-Khaja, President of the University Ammar Kaka, Vice President for Administrative and Financial Affairs and Community Service Muhammad Youssef, Director of Administrative and Financial Affairs, and Advisor to the President for Follow-up Affairs Abdullah Al-Khaja, participated in the “QS” conference for higher education, The Middle East and Africa, which was organized by the international “QS” institution in cooperation with the American University of the Middle East in Kuwait. The conference was titled “Exploring a Meaningful Future: High-Quality Education in the Middle East and Africa,” and witnessed the participation of the Secretary-General of the Higher Education Council and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Higher Education, Shaikha Rana bint Isa bin Duaij Al Khalifa, who emphasized in her speech the importance of working side by side in Developing the higher education sector and striving for joint cooperation and exchanging available solutions and opportunities in a way that contributes to strengthening the position of higher education institutions in the Middle East and North Africa countries to move them forward in the world, reviewing the most important achievements of higher education institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain during the past two years. In addition, University President Ammar Kaka participated as a speaker in the panel discussion entitled Agents of Change (Innovation as an Introduction to Education), where he focused on the way in which higher education institutions can reach the less fortunate communities to ensure access to high-quality education, and he also touched on how to invest Universities in technological innovation with the aim of developing the best opportunities to access an outstanding education. Ammar Kaka highlighted some of the main initiatives led by the Applied Science University with the aim of expanding access to education, including reaching and supporting financially distressed students and outstanding students, such as the services provided by the Student Support Fund at the university, and the scholarships it offers to students to encourage them to excel. In the study. The President of the University praised the measures taken by the Applied Science University to help students who work and complete their academic studies, through flexibility in presenting study schedules, presenting lectures outside working hours, or on weekends for master’s students, and other procedures. finally; The university president talked about the balance in providing education for both sexes, pointing out that the percentage of female students in the university is 49%, noting that the challenge facing universities is to address the gap between male and female students with regard to the issue of employment, stressing the need to develop students’ skills and refine their personalities and way of thinking, including It reflects positively on educational outcomes and students’ skills.
