Annual Report 2021
Participation in International Conference on Quality 4.0 in US (Oct 25-27,2021)
American Society for Quality (ASQ) organized three days ASQ Quality 4.0 Summit during Oct
25 - 27. It was attended by delegates from top US organizations, European Organizations for
Quality (EOQ) and others from across the world. Conference themes included case presentations
on Advances, Adoption and Advocacy about Digital Quality in Industrial Revolution 4.0.
Mr Zubair Anwar, Head UCP - Centre for Professional Excellence was invited to participate in
a talk with Dr Nicole Radziwill under the theme: "Panel Discussion on the Virtual Mainstage:
Digital Transformation:
Participation in International Conference on Science and Sustainable Development
in Egypt
The 2nd NRC International Conference on Science and Sustainable Development was conducted
in Cairo, Egypt from Oct 25 – 27. The conference was inaugurated today by Minister of Petroleum
and Mineral Resources of Egypt, Mr Tareq Al Molla. Several international delegates are attending
this conference physically and virtually from across the world.
Mr Zubair Anwar, Head UCP - Centre for Professional Excellence was invited as plenary speaker
on the first day of the conference to deliver his keynote after the opening ceremony. The theme
of his keynote was about "The Case for Transformation to Industry 4.0 - A bigger picture". Large
number of Academicians, Professionals, Research Scholars, and Scientists attended this virtual
session.
English Language Centre
Introduction
The English Language Centre (ELC) was established in 2019. The vision was to bring all English
Language Instructors serving as language experts in 8 different faculties of UCP at one centralized
platform to enhance English Language Teaching (ELT) practices. The ELC uses the blended
approach through Skill based Language Teaching in the courses being offered in both on campus
and online mode.
The ELC catered to 13,332 students across 8 Faculties during the Academic Year 2020-2021 and
this number is continuously growing. The Centre aims to enhance students' language and critical
thinking skills to enable them to competently cope with the course material in English, across
disciplines.
Our courses comprised English 1, 2, and 3 and those were what emerged as the departments within
the Centre. Two Team Leads were placed in charge of each department. English 1 constituted
Functional English Courses, Reading and Comprehension, and Basic English Writing, later (Fall
2020) it also included Basic Writing Skills. English 2 initially started off with the Communication
Skills Course and Business Communication and Report Writing was added in Fall 2020. English
3, Technical Writing and Presentation Skills was initially offered according to discipline specific
needs to 4 faculties FOMS, FOIT, FLS, & FOL. In Spring 2020 FOS, SAF, FADP and FMCS
courses were added and now we are also teaching this course in FOE.
Strengthening teachers' pedagogy is imperative to the success of any programme. To address
this area on ongoing basis a mentoring team was developed of the seasoned teachers with a
programme with relevant tools to observe teachers and provide constructive feedback for
continuous improvement. Strong language skills are imperative to both academic and professional
success. To ensure that our students would get the required support to meet this goal, a Language
Skills Centre was piloted in Fall 2019. This was based on the Common European Framework for
References for Languages (CEFR) levels, an international system with global recognition. Both
of these are innovations that set apart the services offered through ELC at UCP from other
institutions.
The Case for
Transformation to Industry 4.0
The Bigger Picture
The 2nd NRC
International Conference on
Science and Sustainable Development
Oct 25, 2021
Keynote by
Zubair Anwar Current Roles
Head-UCP Centre for Professional Excellence
Member Leader-American Society for Quality (ASQ), US
*Chair Technical Communities Council Committee on Quality 4.0
"Member ASQ Award Board
*Service Quality Body of Knowledge Chair, Service Quality
Division
*Member Technical Communities Council QBOK Peer Group
*Reviewer/Moderator World Conference on Quality &
Improvement
*Technical Reviewer, Quality Progress, Largest Global Magazine
• Senior Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE)
⚫ Guest Faculty-edX Lean Six Sigma Program, TUM School of
Management, Germany
⚫ Member Editorial Advisory Board-Quality & Operational Research
89 Annual Report 2021
Zubair Anwar
Zabar Anwar
Standardized Curriculum
Standardized Guidelines and Assessment
Centralized Resource
Faculty Development: Continuous
Professional Learning and Development
Session Observations for Mentoring
Monitoring & Evaluation
Student Support: Skill Centre Offering
Programme based on CEFR Levels Portfolio
Assessment Enhance Language & Critical
Thinking Skills
English Language
Centre
Centralized English
Language
Services across
faculties to improve
language Skills and
enhance the quality
of learning
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