With AWS Academy, Ajman University will be able to prepare its students for industry-recognised certifications and careers in the cloud.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

Ajman University announced its participation in AWS Academy, an Amazon Web Services (AWS), programme that provides higher education institutions with a ready-to-teach cloud computing curriculum.

Beginning in Fall 2021, students can enrol in courses that will prepare them to pursue careers in the fast-growing cloud computing space and industry-recognised AWS certifications.

AWS Academy brings together higher education institutions, students, and industry leaders to address the cloud skills gap and meet the need for thousands of new cloud computing professionals.

IT professionals with cloud skills are in high demand. With AWS Academy, Ajman University will be able to prepare its students for industry-recognised certifications and careers in the cloud.

"At Ajman University, continuous innovation is embedded in the education we provide. Joining AWS Academy reflects our commitment to providing world-class education and career-readiness skills to our students in order to compete with the best and the brightest on the global stage," said Dr Karim Seghir, Chancellor, Ajman University.

A recent report says in recognition of their brilliant innovation to solve a pressing social issue, a team of Ajman University Engineering College students have been awarded the James Dyson National Award for Design Engineering. The James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers. The winning students – Marwa Alshouli, Somaya Samra, Bashayer Alasfour and Shamma Hareb – were awarded for their solution entitled Shield, which uses technology in creative ways to identify and prevent child sexual abuse.

“Child sexual abuse has been reported up to 80,000 times a year and 1 out of 10 children will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. The inspiration behind Shield was to protect children around the world from going through this traumatising event with lasting lifetime effects. We aim to utilise technology to minimise occurrences of child sexual abuse by implementing an accurate yet simple system which protects children and establishes immediate contact with the parents in case of any violation,” said the winning AU students, explaining their project.