DISCOVER EDUCATION CITY

The Discover Education City campaign is an annual joint admissions recruiting outreach campaign organized by Qatar Foundation and the universities in Education City for high school students and their parents. The campaign is comprised of visits to schools, school group visits to the Qatar Foundation campus, events for independent school students and parents, and a series of workshops for counselors. The campaign kicks off during the fall semester.

 

The 2011 Discover Education City Qatar featured event is scheduled to take place on October 5 from 6pm to 9pm at the Student Center in Qatar Foundation.

 

The Discover Education City Qatar event is designed to provide prospective students, their families and the community in Qatar with information about the universities and student experience in Education City. Representatives from each of the universities will provide information about their programs and admissions requirements. Representatives from Qatar Foundation will be available to discuss financial aid, testing, and student life. Current students will provide first-hand accounts of their own experience at Education City.

 

Prospective students, parents and anyone interested in learning more about the Discover Education City Qatar event and the 2011 Discover Education City campaign can contact us by email at [email protected] or by calling +974 4454 0400 or +974 5523 4741.

 

We look forward to hearing from you!

 

 

 

The Event	when	where
Promising Students Program Event	September 21st– 4pm until 5:30pm-females 5:30pm until 7pm-males	Student Center-Ballroom

 

 

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Doha Counselors Day	September 28th – 8am until 2pm	Student Center

 

 

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Discover Education City Fair	October 5th – 6pm until 9pm	Student Center-Ballroom

 

 

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Counselors workshop (Careers topic)	October 19th - 8am until 1pm	LAS Building

 

 

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Counselors workshop 2 (Testing)	November 17th- 8 am until 1 pm	Student Center

 

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Counselors workshop	December 6th - 8 am until 1 pm	TBA

 

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Meeting with Independent School Parents	December 6th – 4:30pm until 6:30 pm	TBA

 

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Discover Education City events are also taking place around the region, including school visits and events for high school counselors:

 

 

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Oman	December 6th - 8 am until 1 pm

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United Arab Emirates	October 16 - 18

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Kuwait	October 25 - 27

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Bahrain	November 21 - 23

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We would like to hear about your experience with Education City in Qatar, so that we can continue to develop and improve our campaign. You can help us by taking the following survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LR3SBLN.

 

 

Doscover Education City 2011- Press releases

 

 Qatar Foundation launches Promising Students Program

• Program aimed at rising Qatari students in independent schools
• Session covered introduction to Education City universities and admissions process

 

Doha, QATAR – 21 September, 2011: As part of its drive to attract enrollment of some of the brightest young Qatari students in the country at Education City, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development hosted an event to officially launch its latest initiative, the Promising Students Program.

Held on September 21 at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University Student Center, the event witnessed the gathering of parents and students taking part in the program, to provide information about the universities in Education City, the admissions process and different aspects of the new outreach program.

The Promising Students Program is geared at students who attend Qatar’s independent schools, with the goal of better preparing them for admission into Education City universities.

The program is expected to support prospective Qatari students interested in studying at the universities in Education City, in areas like standardized testing and college admission.

A total of 100 students have been selected for this year’s program debut, out of a strong applicant pool of about 300. Of the 100, male and female students took half of the openings each.

“The goal of the Promising Students Program is to build a strong pool of applications. It will feature extremely talented and bright Qatari students who are expected to go on and apply to some of the best education programs Education City has to offer,” said Maha Al Thani, Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator, Education Division at Qatar Foundation.

To be selected, Qatari students of independent schools across the country with a class average of 85% and above took an English-language proficiency test as well as submitted an application of intent.

The selection process started during the winter of their Grade 11, after which the Promising Students Program coordinators worked with the students through the academic year until the following March.

In offering test preparations, the Promising Students Program partnered with the British Council who offered their expertise on the IELTS test, and with Sylvan who extended their expertise on the ACT test.  Test preparation was covered during the Grade 11 year. In the spring, the students then took the IELTS and ACT examinations.

With the students now in Grade 12, the Promising Students Program will be working with them in a number of other areas related to college admission. A range of workshops will be held offering expertise on how to write a college admission personal statement to developing a CV and interviewing skills.

“This program is important because it is about providing additional opportunities for students to prepare themselves for college admission,” said Asmaa Al Hajaji, Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator, Education Division at Qatar Foundation.

Alreem Al Mazroei is a student at Rabaa Al Adwea, and is participating in the program:  “I felt very lucky to be selected for this program where I received test preparation for ACT and IELTS. I achieved my goal of getting good scores on the exams thanks to the help of the instructors and the comfortable setting in the student center.  I look forward to applying to the universities in Education City.”

 

All Qatari students of independent schools who meet the application criteria can apply for the Promising Students Program. They can get more information by contacting [email protected]

The Promising Students Program information session takes place just as Qatar Foundation’s annual undergraduate admissions recruiting campaign kicks off.  The annual campaign, entitled Discover Education City, is directed at prospective students and their parents. It is designed to raise awareness about the academic programs offered at the universities, the admissions process and the vast resources available at Qatar Foundation’s Education City.  The campaign comprises high school visits, counselor workshops and a gala event in Qatar.  The gala event is scheduled for October 5 at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University Student Center in Education City.  For more information about the event, visit www.myeducationcity.comor email .

 

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For further information, contact:

Kimberly Mathern

Brown Lloyd James

Mobile:  +974 6645 5177

Email:

 

QF Press Office

Communication Directorate

Qatar Foundation

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Qatar Foundation organizes program for high school counselors

• Around 90 high school counselors from around Qatar participated in the day-long program
• Panel discussions covered information about Education City’s universities, admissions procedures and best practices in college counseling

 

Doha, Qatar –1 October 2011: Qatar Foundation for Education Science and Community Development (QF), its university partners and the Academic Bridge Program, hosted a program for high school counselors from around the country. 

Held at Qatar Foundation, Doha Counselors Day 2011 saw close to 90 counselors from independent and private schools in Qatar participate in a series of sessions. The annual event is integrated as part of the Discover Education City campaign, recognizing the important role high-school counselors play in preparing students to make decisions about their futures.

The day opened with a welcome by Dr. Dennis Roberts, Assistant Vice President for Faculty and Student Services at Qatar Foundation’s Education Division, who in his lively presentation ‘What’s new since last year: Institutional and student achievements’, highlighted the exciting work taking place at Education City.

Addressing the counselors, Dr. Roberts said:  “You are the door openers; the people who connect with the students to promote the work we do at Education City, and advise the students how they should prepare for admissions and reach their potential.”

Dr. Roberts enumerated some of the major achievements of the universities over the past 12 months.  These ranged from undergraduate research works receiving significant grants and awards to collaborative projects organized by students providing aid to communities in need.

Admissions directors and representatives from the universities and the Academic Bridge Program presented during an admissions panel where they emphasized their holistic approach to evaluating university applications. All sessions were held in both English and Arabic simultaneously.

“Doha Counselors Day is important as it provides a platform to a diverse range of high-school counselors in Qatar to get the latest information about the universities in Education City, and provides the tools to help guide the students to prepare and apply for admission,” said Director of Admissions Texas A&M University at Qatar, Maha Ayyash.  

Qatar Foundation has organized counselor workshops covering specific topics, which are scheduled for October 19, November 17 and December 6.

“Qatar Foundation strongly believes that counselors have a substantial role to play in charting a propitious course for students on the verge of planning their lives ahead of K-12,” added Ayyash.

This was followed by a presentation of admission case studies to give the counselors further insight into how applicants are evaluated during the admissions process.

“Last year was my first year here and these counselor forums organized by Qatar Foundation are a tremendous arena from where to gather all the information that I know I need to get. The other aspect is meeting so many other counselors with similar roles, and who are able to use each other as resources,” said returning counselor from Al Jazeera Academy, Steve Petraglia.

The last of the sessions was dedicated to the counselors, who took center stage and exchanged evolving ideas in the field along with best practices.

“The most valuable resource from today was bringing the counselors together, and to share ideas, to improve individual systems, and to learn from each other in order to streamline different forms of technology to help students apply to college,” said returning counselor, Julie Thompson, from Al Khor International School (British Stream).

As part of the annual admissions recruiting campaign, Doha Counselors Day 2011 was held in advance of Qatar Foundation’s  ‘Discover Education City - Qatar’ event, which will be held  next week (October 5) in  Qatar Foundation as it open to high school students across the country.

The annual admissions campaign includes informational events for prospective students, their parents and high-school counselors in Qatar and the region.

Also leading up to the annual outreach event was the launch on September 21 of the ‘Promising Students Program’, a new initiative which envisages better preparing bright Qatari high-school students for admission to any of the universities at Education City.

For more information about the Discover Education City event on October 5, visit www.myeducationcity.comor email

 

-ENDS-

For further information, contact:

Kimberly Mathern

Brown Lloyd James

Mobile:  +974 6645 5177

Email:

 

QF Press Office

Communication Directorate

Qatar Foundation

Email: