Education City students hone skills in Future Learning Academy hosted by QF partner Texas A&M at Qatar

Education City students hone skills in Future Learning Academy hosted by QF partner Texas A&M at Qatar

More than 30 students from throughout Education City experienced a unique learning journey during the second edition of the Future Leaders Academy designed to help aspiring leaders unleash their potential and introduce them to essential leadership and management skills.

Organized by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at Texas A&M University at Qatar, a Qatar Foundation partner university, the Future Leaders Academy was presented in collaboration with academic and industry stakeholders and gave students from various Education City universities an opportunity to explore principles of core leadership elements, including strategic thinking, organizational entrepreneurship, financial management and project management.

The program included modules on Principles of Strategy, led by HEC Paris in Qatar, Managing Financial Resources by McKinsey & Company, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Ericsson and TASMU and Project Management, Tafawoq — Qatar Shell. Students also had an opportunity to network and interact with industry representatives.

Joshua Kobb, Executive Director of Partnerships and Growth at HEC Paris in Qatar, said, “We were pleased to deliver the ‘Principles of Strategy’ module for the Future Leaders Academy (FLA) program and show our support for Qatar Foundation’s multiversity project. At HEC Paris, we have outstanding expertise in developing strategic thinking among future public and private sector leaders.