ACK Business Students Showcased Their Projects at Al-Yaal Mall

Kuwait, 10 August 2017

School of Business students at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) gave an outstanding presentation to Al-Yaal Mall management, presenting their strategic marketing plans for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s).

The initiative is in line with the Project Based Learning program provided by ACK, which links the students with the workforce reality in a unique application of the academic concepts of strategic planning.

Commenting on ACK Students’ performance, Mr. Jamal Qishawi, Al-Yaal Mall Manager, said: “I am very pleased to see the diversified projects and strong strategic planning presented by ACK students especially that it is in line with the economic and social changes in the region.”

Dr. Sam Toglaw, Dean of School of Business at ACK, attended the presentations and extended his thanks to the mall management for offering ACK students the opportunity to showcase their projects, which were attended and assessed by the mall marketing and operation managers.

On the other hand, Mr. Jamal Qishawi, the mall manager, stated that his management has diligently sought to be distinct in launching and diversifying the services and shops at the Al-Yaal mall and commercial tower to maintain sustenance in a competitive market. The mall is aiming for the opening of a global standard bowling lounge, which is the largest in South Kuwait. In addition, a state of the art women sports club will be opened at the pent house of the tower featuring a unique panoramic view of the beach and Fahaheel area.

ACK students ended their visit with a tour within the mall to see its facilities and the 20-storey commercial tower that made the Yaal mall a distinctive landmark in Fahaheel area.

About Australian College of Kuwait (ACK):
Interview with Mr. Abdullah Al-Sharhan, Chairman of ACK: Experiential Learning at Australian College of Kuwait (ACK), the Pioneers of Education in Kuwait

In an exclusive interview for Marcopolis, Mr. Al-Sharhan further commented on the “innovation” pillar of ACK followingly: “We now have three centres in the college that encourage and support innovation. The first is the Project Based Learning (PBL) Centre. Its goal is to propagate learning through projects namely, experiential learning. The workshop is the starting point. It is there that the students learn how to measure, and to cut accurately, and how to put components together to create a project. Our students cannot graduate without having done a project that is approved by a committee of their instructors. They have to know what to do. Our teachers are being trained to be facilitators. In the end I want teachers to be mentors and that is why we strive toward a culture of care. Once a student recognises that his instructor is a mentor he listens to him because he knows that the instructor cares. A mentor does not treat a student as a number but as a client. At the end of the day all of us are making our living from the students. That is why at ACK we offer a student centred education.”

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