Annual Report 2021
Strengthening Student
Support
Collaboration
with the NCC from November
2021-November2022
ELC Practices and Achievements 2020-2021
Represented UCP at the 2020
virtually held TEFLIN Conference,
Indonesia
Annual CPD workshops Summer
Curriculum Revision
Summer 2020 and Summer 2021
Seminars, Conferences and
Workshops:
In order to strengthen student support, a Language Skills Centre Course was
developed. This course aims to enable students to competently cope with the course
material in English and to provide support. Skills Centre Course, a zero fee and
zero credit course Pass Fail/Course, was Time-tabled on the portal for the first
time in the semester Spring 2021. Students were categorized through a placement
test catering to the CEFR levels for languages. Teachers and students could access
the standardized content compiled by using Common European Framework of
Reference for Languages to conduct interactive teaching and learning sessions.
ELC was selected to represent UCP to collaborate with the National Curriculum
Council from November 2021-November2022, through which university experts
will give feedback on Curriculum Development. This activity aims to build a
national platform of universities to collaborate with each other and with the NCC
to assist in Education Reform.
We also had the honor of representing UCP at the 2020
virtually held TEFLIN Conference, Indonesia, on the Future Direction of English
Language Education.
We were also invited to open our annual CPD workshops for all faculty members
and provided sessions on blended learning strategies, assessment, classroom
management amongst others in Summer 2020 and during both periods of
lockdown.
To ensure that the students are acquiring the required academic skills, the
curriculum is regularly reviewed and revised according to the emerging learning
needs.
Seminars, Conferences and Workshops:
Engagement of the faculty in organizing seminars, conferences and workshops
for knowledge dissemination and soft branding of the CUST. A series of CPLD
workshops was held including two Skype Sessions with Trainers from the USA.
ELC Faculty attended HEC's Faculty Development Program (FDP) in August 2020
on online teaching and incorporated it in their online teaching & learning.
is because of communication skills that I am able to make meaningful connections, get my point
across clearly and simply impress people with my profile. This is certainly the most important
course that you'll study during your time at university and probably, one that you'll have a fun time
studying.
ELC Success Stories
Areesha Arif: (semester 5)
This is Areesha Arif, a student of BS-Media and communication Studies at FMCS. Right after
I joined UCP, I became president of a NGO -Wall of hope (UCP chapter 2019-2021). After
studying courses like mass communication and speak well, my public speaking has gotten even
better. I also got selected as Goodwill Ambassador for Youth, Peace, Climate Change, and Women
Empowerment in an international event "World Youth Summit for Peace”. I'm currently selected
for a US student exchange program scholarship (UGRAD- FALL 2022) and I believe that my
selection has a lot to do with what I learned from my university and teachers helping us analyze
situations and being consistent.
Hisham Talib Qureshi
My name is Hisham Talib Qureshi from the batch of Fall '16 and I graduated as an Electrical
Engineer. UCP had been a period of growth for me. Other than the technical mumbo jumbo
of engineering, UCP helped me develop additional skills which complement my profile. The
English courses outlined in my degree roadmap had 3 main components - Basic Applied English,
Technical Writing, Communication Skills. They set up the basic foundation you needed to be
good at English. It is the third course which brings it all together. Communication Skills is less
about English and more about how to communicate effectively. It taught me how to empathize
with people by being open in my communication and active in my listening. It taught me how to
prepare for interviews and what the hiring party looks for within a candidate other than technical
skills. It is a course I enjoyed studying and one which really rounded me off as being literate. It
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