the third session of the Dubai International Forum for Education Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa, with the participation of Cihan University - Duhok, concluded the session entitled "Higher Education post Covid-19 : what will we have learned and what are we able to change for the better?"
Presented by: Dr. Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary General, International Association of Universities (IAU) Executive Director, International Universities Bureau,  France.

The post covid era is what we are all aspiring to. Some call to ‘build back better’. At the IAU, we call for higher education to better taylor to the needs of society both at local and global level. Universities and other higher education institutions need to take into consideration lessons learned throughout the pandemic, in order to rethink the way in which they operate, teach, foster and produce research and engage with the community. Reimagining itself will not be synonym for universities to reinvent themselves entirely yet for university leaders and all university and HEI stakeholders to reflect, rethink, adapt and co-construct a better kind of higher education and research that will offer the much needed higher education that will help educate thoughtful, ethical, leaders for a future. They have a unique opportunity to develop in a way that can lead to a better engagement with the global goals and to offer what is needed to develop the kind of society we want to live in and in a world we better care for. Dr. Hilligje van’t Land will be pleased to present the outcomes of the IAU Global Surveys on the impact of COVID 19 on Higher Education.