Academic Training Programme in Multiculturalism and Leadership 2017 Contents • THE 2017 ATP WILL BE THE 23RD SUCH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME SINCE THE FIRST SUMMER SCHOOL IN 2003. • TO DATE, 975 STUDENTS HAVE VISITED DUNDEE FOR PROGRAMMES AT THE COLLEGE. Welcome to Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education 4 Application for the Academic Training Programme 5 in Multiculturalism and Leadership Overview of the Programme 6 Academic matters Lectures, Tutorials, Reading List, Attendance, Moodle 8 COMMENTS from ATP students Submission of Reports, Groups, Library, Internet Access 9 Academic coursework 10 “The programme was excellent and I really liked Dundee: Trips and excursions 12 it felt like home. The ATP was very interesting and helped Places to visit 16 us learn about other cultures, and showed us that as London and Oxford 19 females we have choices.” What to bring and general information 21 Domestic and international flights 23 “The ATP was challenging and opened our horizons. It Finance and costs 24 was a wonderful experience. I didn’t feel homesick once Health and welfare as the people had such a welcoming nature, and shared Pharmacy, Doctors 25 the same politeness as people in the UAE. I could never NHS 24, Hospital, Dentist 26 have imagined the beauty of Scotland, either.” What if I become ill? 27 2 www.almcollege.org.uk www.almcollege.org.uk 3 Welcome to Al-­‐Maktoum College It is my pleasure to write to you as you consider applying for the Academic Training Programme 2015. Whilst the ATP has been offered previously, we in 2015 hope it will run as an SQA-­‐accredited programme for the very first time. It is our hope that the programme will shortly be approved by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). If approved, students who successfully pass the programme will receive a certificate which will validate their hard work and hopefully aid them in their future careers. So, aside from gaining university credits, you will also receive a separate qualification in its own right. If selected you will be expected to travel to the Scotland and spends four weeks working on an intensive and demanding course designed to immerse you in an exciting cultural exchange programme. Our teaching staff’s experience covers a wide spectrum and will provide you with hard-­‐ earned, applicable and relevant insight. You will study and work with students from Universities all over your county: • Abu Dhabi University • American University in Dubai • American University in Sharjah • British University in Dubai Application for the Academic Training • College of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Dubai Welcome to Al-Maktoum College • Higher Colleges of Technology Programme in Multiculturalism • United Arab Emirates University • University of Sharjah • Zayed University and Leadership The Academic Training Programme is a unique experience, intended to give you, the student, a global awareness within the international and multicultural ethos of the Al-­‐Maktoum College and aim to prepare you as a potential future leader of your country. This booklet is ned desig to give you a feel for what life will be like whilst you are on the course along with all the other information you require when travelling abroad to study. Please read through and familiarise yourself with the programme as a whole. Dr Hossein Godazgar Principal Dr Hossein and Godazgar Vice Chancellor Principal and Vice Chancellor It is my pleasure to write to you exchange programme. Our teaching to give you, the student, a global Essential Criteria Essential Documents provides advice on accurate note- as you consider applying for the staff’s experience covers a wide awareness within the international Each of the participating Upon successful selection students/ taking, referencing and citation. Academic Training Programme in spectrum and will provide you with and multicultural ethos of the universities will have their own universities will be required to Multiculturalism and Leadership hard-earned, applicable and relevant Al-Maktoum College and aims to application process for recruitment submit the following documents The unit should take around 60 2017. The ATP has been approved by insight. prepare you as a potential future of students for the Academic to Al-Maktoum College before visa minutes to complete, and students the Scottish Qualifcations Authority leader of your country. Training Programme. In order to be letters can be issued: can retry if they do not pass first (SQA). Students who successfully • Abu Dhabi University considered for a place, you will at the • A copy of your passport time. Each student will be emailed pass the programme will receive a • American University in Sharjah This booklet is designed to give you very least have to meet the following • A completed application form, log-in details for their personal certificate which will validate their • British University in Dubai a feel for what life will be like whilst essential criteria: signed account with Moodle. hard work and hopefully aid them in • Cairo University you are on the course along with all • Be at least in your final years of • A copy of your IELTS certificate their future careers. So, aside from • College of Islamic and Arabic the other information you require undergraduate studies (i.e. 3rd or • Your academic transcript/record Upon completion of the unit a gaining university credits, you will Studies, Dubai when travelling abroad to study. 4th year) for the last academic year certificate will be issued and also receive a separate qualification • Higher Colleges of Technology Please read through and familiarise • Have grade averages that are • An academic reference on headed Al-Maktoum College will be updated in its own right. • United Arab Emirates University yourself with the programme as a equal to 60% and above paper of each student’s status. • University of Malaya whole. • Study in any discipline, including If selected you will be expected to • University of Sharjah subject areas within humanities, Pre-departure Online Training When on the programme, students travel to Scotland and spend four • Zayed University Islamic Studies as well as Science Students and chaperones will then will use Moodle to submit their weeks working on an intensive and and Engineering be required to complete and pass reports via Turn-it-in, a software demanding course designed to The Academic Training Programme Dr Hossein Godazgar • Have an IELTS grade of at least 5.5 the ‘Avoiding Plagiarism Unit’ on our program which checks for plagiarism immerse you in an exciting cultural is a unique experience, intended Principal and Vice Chancellor overall (and a minimum of 5.5 in online e-learning platform Moodle. and originality in students work. each component). This must also This unit stresses the importance be dated within the last 2 years. of avoiding plagiarism and also 4 www.almcollege.org.uk www.almcollege.org.uk 5 Overview of the Programme The Academic Training Programme in Multiculturalism Students will be required to be able to travel and study and Leadership (ATP) will be delivered at the Al-Maktoum in Scotland for the duration of the programme under the College of Higher Education in Dundee, Scotland. supervision of their university/college chaperone. The ATP will run as an SQA-accredited programme. The Academic Training Programme aims to provide This means that it is a recognised qualification and meets students with an introduction and academic grounding the SQA’s official qualification development criteria. in the topical areas of multiculturalism, leadership, If you successfully pass the programme, you will receive and cultural engagement. Students are expected to a certificate which will validate your hard work and engage with the broad issues within the study of Islam hopefully aid you in your future career. and Muslims, and to gain academic knowledge and understanding in the fields of multicultural studies, In addition to being approved by the Scottish the issues of Muslims, globalisation and international Qualifications Authority, the qualification will be relations, civilisational dialogue, and leadership skills. credit‑rated on the Scottish Credit and Qualification The primary aim of the programme is to challenge Framework. and expand your intellectual skills and approaches, to prepare you with the knowledge and skills required for All teaching will be in English, and will give you an insight active leadership (social and academic) for the twenty- into what it means to be a student in the UK. first century globalised world, and help you develop your leadership skills to the particular career path you have You should expect to work very hard during the 4 weeks chosen. in Scotland. The programme is very intensive and academically focused. It will include lectures, workshops, The programme is structured around at least 50 hours tutorials, debates and day trips all over Scotland. of classroom time, in addition to approximately 40 hours of independent study and 30 hours on writing the reports Students who participate in the programme will be and submitting them via Turn-it-in. expected to commit themselves to participate fully and to demonstrate that they understand that their attendance The Academic Training Programme is a fantastic but on the programme in Scotland will be for educational intense experience, and there will be little spare time purposes. during your stay. 6 www.almcollege.org.uk www.almcollege.org.uk 7 Academic Matters Lectures take part. The only exceptions are this will have an impact on your You will attend most lectures in the optional trips where you may grades – and potentially, on whether the Shaikh Rashid Conference Hall, choose to spend the time studying you pass the programme. Arriving which is situated on the ground instead. late also affects the rest of the floor of the College. These will last students, and continuous disruptions most of the morning and afternoon Reading List will not be tolerated.