Coronavirus Covid-19

  On April 9th 2020 the College of Law at the University of Bahrain organized a webinar session on “the legal consequences of the Corona virus” to discuss the role of the Bahraini lawmaker and the judiciary in dealing with the current (COVID-19) crisis. The webinar divided into two sessions, the first session discussed the issue from public law perspective, whereas the second session focused on the Corona virus from private law perspective. The first session, which was moderated by the Dr. Adel Bashir, an associate professor in Public Law, discussed five scientific papers including: digital education as a means of [...]

Kimberly Parekh is currently the UNICEF Gulf Area Office Senior Education Advisor, where she is focused on creating a regional and country level education strategic framework. Relevant to the subject of this webinar, Kimberly has directly worked in the professional development of teachers around the world, focusing primarily on in-service teacher training. Before this role, Kimberly has led operations, technical assistance, and evaluation and research in the areas of basic education, child protection, skills development, and higher education operations and technical assistance for organizations such as UNICEF, World Bank, Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait, UNESCO, US Government, consulting groups [...]

The joint UNICEF-UNESCO-World Bank webinar series is organized around the Framework for reopening of schools and its latest Supplement, as part of the Global Education Coalition on COVID-19 efforts to support governments in strengthening distance learning and facilitating the reopening of schools. The eighth webinar will focus on the results of a survey on national education responses to COVID-19. As part of the coordinated global education response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank have conducted two rounds of surveys with ministries of education, to better understand their responses to school closures and subsequent re-openings. The key findings of the second round of data [...]

أكد المشاركون في ندوة "فايروس كورونا تحت المجهر" أهمية الحفاظ على سلامة وصحة المواطنين والمقيمين في مملكة البحرين، مشيدين بوعأ المجتمع وتكاتفه في التقيد بالإجراءات الاحترازية، وبالإنجازات التي تحققت والتقدم الذي حصل في التصدي للجائحة منذ يناير الماضي 2020م. ودعا المتحدثون في الندوة - التي نظمتها عمادة شؤون الطلبة في جامعة البحرين على منصة التواصل الافتراضي يوم الخميس (16 أكتوبر 2020م) برعاية وحضور رئيس الجامعة الأستاذ الدكتور رياض يوسف حمزة - إلى أهمية أن يستشعر المواطنون والمقيمون في مملكة البحرين حسَّ المسؤولية تجاه الجهود التي يبذلها الفريق الوطني والطواقم الطبية والمتطوعون في التصدي لجائحة كوفيد-19. وأثنى رئيس الجامعة في افتتاح أعمال [...]

In activation of the memorandum of joint cooperation between the University of Bahrain and the Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission hosted Dr. Salah Muhammad Ahmed, Acting Dean of the College of Law, on its electronic platform Zoom on Monday 14/9/2020. Dr. Salah delivered a legal lecture entitled “Corona Pandemic (Covied-19) and its Effects on Work Contracts in the Private Sector Between Theory and Practice”. During the lecture, Dr. Salah reviewed the legal dimensions of the Corona pandemic, its legal adaptation and the availability of force majeure conditions or emergency conditions [...]

Webinar series on Best Practices in Teaching and Learning Information Technology During COVID-19 Pandemic Sustainable Education 7th October 2020, Wednesday, 11:00am to 12:05pm Moderator: Dr. Hessa Al-Junaid   The link for the registration is the following: https://forms.gle/Um3rUvWZ8k1NJCB76

"Staying Away from Unnecessary Crowds Protects you from Coronavirus" A Lecture at the University of Bahrain   Professor Dr. Khaled Mubarak bin Dinah, Professor of Microorganisms and Infectious Diseases at the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences at the Arab Gulf University, urged people to take preventive precautionary measures, namely  through adhering to personal hygiene standards, to avoid being infected with COVID-19.  These measures include: washing hands in the correct way, covering the mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing, and avoiding touching the nose, face and eyes – one of the most common causes of COVID-19 infection. He emphasized the [...]

UOB Business Administration College Held a Virtual Seminar on "The New Normal Status – Business Continuity after COVID-19"    The Administration and Marketing Department of the Business Administration College at UOB held on Wednesday July 15, 2020 at 11:00 am, via Microsoft Teams, a virtual general seminar for students, academics and the public entitled "The New Normal Status – Business Continuity after COVID-19".  Ms. Samah Yousif AlHamad – Supervisor of Business Flexibility at BAPCO touched on seven principal themes related to the approach of a working life after the Corona pandemic (COVID-19) as follows: evaluate the institutions readiness to adapt to changes, determine the support required upon return, apply the required protocols to approve a safe return to work, assess the [...]

The University of Bahrain Organizes a Seminar to Discuss the Challenges of Digital Transformation in Light of COVID-19 Experts discussed ways to overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through digital transformation at a seminar organized by University of Bahrain in cooperation with Prince Songla University, the Kingdom of Thailand. The seminar’s aim was to exchange visions, ideas, experiences and challenges facing all sectors, in light of the pandemic, at both global and local levels. It also aimed to highlight the importance of a transformation to maintain the continuity of work, and the provision of services at the required level of [...]