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24 September 2020

Op-ed: COVID-19 has given the world’s universities a chance to put dysfunction behind them

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Op-ed: COVID-19 has given the world’s universities a chance to put dysfunction behind them

Qatar University.

Dr. Hassan Rashid Al-Derham, President of Qatar University – one of the participants in the Education Disrupted, Education Reimagined conference series organized by QF’s global education think-tank WISE – on how the institution he leads responded to the pandemic, and why educational necessity also creates educational opportunity

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