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World class
university
Human
Resources

Student & Faculty. The w
and weft of a great univ
Be it internationalization of the academic community or enhancing the
learning experience, it is the quality of students and faculty that makes
it happen. Here are the traits of the winners…
Science Libraries like Radicliff
Camera at Oxford University are
hallmarks of a world class university

by Team Careers360

L

ooking at global universities
at the top rung of academic
achievements does suggest
a paradigm shift in majority
of Indian institutions with respect to
improving the quality of education. In
order to maximize learning, it is beyond
any doubt that faculty members play an
integral role in knowledge creation, dissemination and in pro- actively engaging
with the students. Bigger is the institute,
larger is the community and therefore
greater is the diversity.

Faculty’s key role

The best universities in the world are
meticulous in selecting faculty members
who can create a learning-centered campus. The challenges, however, vary from
university to university in creating such
a campus that necessitates knowing how
students learn, understanding the barriers to learning, developing classroom
techniques that promote learning and
simultaneously be updated in their subject domain and general awareness, to
continuously contribute to the global
learning curve.

How do students make a
difference?

It may sound simple. But from being
mere listeners to what is being taught,
the universities that lead the way have
students who engage in the learning process to grasp the concepts. The students
report higher levels of engagement and

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