The British Academy for Training and Development offers a course on Higher Education Development and Manpower Planning, as higher education institutions have a large, complex and vital role in this world, and there is a wide range of challenges and opportunities that are emerging, with many political, economic and social implications. Perhaps most important are the challenges associated with transforming the views of knowledge itself, which strongly affect the role and responsibility of universities in society. Universities are well positioned to connect the local and the global, which allows them to reach and significantly influence the process of change in societies. It may enhance their potential to contribute to human and social development by encouraging and facilitating citizen participation and involvement in these processes. 

Therefore, the British Academy is interested in providing a comprehensive scientific approach that supports this point. Higher education institutions work to improve the quality of education by updating educational content, teaching methods, learning environments, teacher competence and increasing cooperation. Institutions will also develop student admission procedures and recognition of previous learning and degrees in order to enhance national and international mobility.

Who Should Attend?

• Leadership positions holders in higher education.
• Heads, directors and senior management officials within the educational organization.
• Leadership employees.
• Heads of administrative departments in university education.
• Academic and lecturer staff from faculty members and their assistants in public and private universities.

Knowledge and Benefits:

After completing the program, participants will be able to master the following:

• Improving the level of internal and external efficiency of higher education institutions.
• Identifying the goals and objectives of higher education and the executive mechanisms to achieve them.
• Facilitating the development of different organizational teams and their relationship with other teams and individuals.
• Diagnosing problems and determining the appropriate solution, especially in the areas of human resources.
• Improving the outcomes of higher education institutions.
• The participant becomes able to manage human resources professionally and advance in human resources management.
• Describing scientific courses and methods of measurement and reporting therein.
• Improving the educational environment.
• Preparing Arab cadres capable of leading business institutions in relation to human resources management, and capable of providing professional and technical support to their institutions.
• Attempting to link people and work so that the institution's goals are achieved effectively and efficiently.

• Fundamentals of Higher Education Development:
  • Understanding the objectives and principles of higher education.
  • Education patterns and methods of continuous evaluation and improvement.
  • Internal and external professionalism and efficiency of higher education institutions.
• Management of educational institutions:
  • Professionalism of sound planning and progress in thought.
  • Developing management and leadership strategies in higher education.
  • Efficient management of human and financial resources.
  • Developing financial resources for higher education.
• Learning and teaching techniques:
  • Using technology to improve the learning experience.
  • Distance education and e-learning platforms.
  • Describing university courses so that they meet and match job descriptions.
  • Global curricula adopted by countries of the world and their impact on the education process.
• Developing the educational workforce:
  • Analyzing training needs and developing academic competencies.
  • Balancing jobs through investing in human competencies.
  • Rehabilitation and continuous training programs for faculty members.
  • Planned progress for developing human resources.
• Quality and educational accreditation:
  • Quality and follow-up of the progress and development of higher education
  • Quality standards and accreditation processes for educational institutions.
  • Obstacles to the quality of higher education.
  • Strategies for achieving and monitoring quality.
• Educational Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
  • Using data and analytics to make strategic decisions in higher education.
  • Developing educational innovations and promoting entrepreneurship in the education sector.
  • Devoting efforts to improving the educational environment.
• Incentives and benefits in higher education institutions
  • Direct material incentives
  • Indirect material incentives
  • Intangible incentives
  • Understanding the art and process of motivation
  • Understanding Maslow's hierarchy of motivation
  • Understanding motivation methods