[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After the blessed and busy schedule of Ramzan and Eid , University resumed with a hectic routine, to combat that stress students always have their own gate way outs of celebrations so the students of DPT decided to have a POST EID Party at the campus. The floor was decorated with Balloons and shimmery colors, students were looking jaw droppingly beautiful, the faculty of Ziauddin College of Rehabilitation Sciences graced the occasion, the party was followed by traditional C=cake cutting, music, masti and yummyculios Lunch.[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”5728,5729,5730,5731,5732,5733,5734,5735,5736″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]KDSP is a non-profit organization registered under the section 42 of the Companies Ordnance Act 1984. KDSP envisions a world in which people with Down syndrome (DS) are accepted, included and are given the opportunity to enhance their quality of life, realize their life aspirations and become valued members of welcoming communities.
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KDSP shall provide clinic space in their office for speech language therapy; and facilitate the interns and Faculty to assess children with DS.
The Speech therapist(s) at KDSP shall:
See children with DS between 0 to 7 years;
Once all the children between the above said age range are accommodated, KDSP’s Head of Speech therapy to review whether to increase the age to 7+;
Counsel the care givers on transfer and carryover of therapy at home as well as provide verbal
and written feedback of the progress on periodic basis;
Conduct parent training on a regular basis to facilitate the progress in therapy;
Work as a team with other therapist at KDSP to ensure best results;
Attend the weekly review meeting held at KDSP;
Duly fill in all the relevant form:
Child Case History Form,
Clinical Supervision,
Session Summary Form,: and
Facilitate KDSP operational team in execution of programs where and when input required.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]KA is an Early Childhood Education, located at Clifton, Karachi. Early intervention at KA refers to a systematic program of evaluation and therapy that includes screening and complete assessment, and activities designed to address developmental delays or impairments in verbal communication that may be experienced by children within the first 5 years of life. By aligning KA with CSLHS- ZU, we aim to advance the clinical education, training, data collection and experienced speech language therapists and student clinicians through children seen at the KA who come from a wider spectrum of Pakistani society.
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KA shall provide clinic space in their office for speech language assessment and therapy; and facilitate the Faculty and student clinicians to assess children.
The Speech language therapists and student clinicians shall:
Screen the children between 0 to 7 years.
Discuss the findings in assessment with the teacher of the child whenever need be.
Counsel the care givers on language stimulation at home.
Conduct parent training (for parents of children enrolled at KA) at the CSLHS as and when required by the KA management.
Work as a team with other therapists at KA to ensure best results.
Duly fill in all the relevant forms.
The KA shall be responsible for providing all material except assessment tools.
The children of KA may be referred for further assessment, to the CSLHS.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The CSLHS thereby aims to extend their realm of clinical services, through their final year students under supervision of the Speech Language Therapist at the TIH clinic to a larger number of children and adults presenting with communication, feeding, swallowing, and hearing impediments, of any degree in severity.
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The TIH shall provide clinic space in their OPD for speech language therapy and facilitate the student ASLTs, to assess and treat In-patients admitted in their wards.
The patients seen by the final year student ASLTs of the CSLHS shall be from the realms of :
Child language disorders with or without cognitive impediments (specific language impairment, autism, mental retardation, auditory processing disorders, sensory processing disorders).
Adult language disorders of neurogenic origin with or without cognitive impediments (aphasia, dementia, language disorders after TBI, or RHS).
Child and adult speech disorders (phonological disorders; misarticulation; dysfluency, dysphonias)
Child and adult motor speech disorders of neurogenic origin (dyspraxia, dysarthria)
Child and adult feeding and swallowing disorders (children with cerebral palsy, TBI, adults presenting with dysphagia post TBI, CVA)
The final year student ASLTs of the CSLHS are:
Seeing child and adult patients in the clinic rooms on OPD basis and In – patients within the wards of TIH.
Conducting screening and detailed assessments of child and adult patients presenting with all speech, language, feeding and swallowing disorders, as well as hearing impairment as mentioned above
Conducting individualised and group therapy, of all speech, language, feeding and swallowing disorders, and hearing impairments as mentioned above;
Counselling the care givers on transfer and carryover of therapy at home as well as provide verbal and written feedback of the patients’ condition on periodic basis.
Conducting parent training on a regular basis to facilitate the progress in therapy.
Working within a multidisciplinary team with other health care service personnel in TIH to ensure best results to all patients seen.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]READ is a sole proprietorship, and conducts a diploma course for teaching children with learning difficulties and also provides remediation to children with learning difficulties on a one-to-one basis ZCSLHS is a non-profit institution, indulging in academic and clinical training of students, at the undergraduate level.
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The Ziauddin College of Speech Language & Hearing Sciences, at Ziauddin University monitors and provides academic collaboration with READ, Karachi for their Diploma Course.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Ziauddin University in Collaboration with Indus Hospital organized Blood Donation Camp at Ziauddin University Faculty of Engineering Science and technology on July 11,2018.The event started with the awareness session delivered by Mr. Ahsan (Assistant Marketing Manager, Indus Hospital) on the importance of blood donation by the significant contribution that a individual can make towards the society by donating blood.
Dean ZUFEST along with the Head of Department of Electrical Engineering Department, Software Engineering Department & Biomedical Engineering Department visited the camp & encouraged the students.
Faculty & Students of ZUFEST showed great interest & actively participated in the activity after the complete monitoring of their basic parameters by the allocated team of Indus Hospital.
In the holy month of Ramadan, students from the various colleges of Ziauddin University set forth to give back to the community. Three different societies organized one event each. All the events were undeniably successful and endorsed a heightened sense of empathy and compassion for those less fortunate.
The students from Ziauddin College of Rehabilitation Sciences distributed iftar packages to all the people on the roads of Ayesha Manzil at iftar time.
The annual Ziauddin Literary and Cultural Society Iftarnival was held on 2nd June at Dar-ul-Sukoon’s home for senior citizens. Many of the university students volunteered and helped with the distribution of iftari. They actively interacted with the residents of the home also. An activity segment was scheduled as well in which everyone showcased their talents. Along with the iftari, gift bags were also distributed which contained items essential for basic hygiene like toothbrushes, toothpaste and soaps. The passionate and dedicated volunteers, not only contributed with food items but also ensured the residents had a memorable, fun-filled evening.
During the Holy month of Ramadan Welfare AID was able to distribute a months worth of ration to 80 deserving families of Gulshan e Sikandarabad.
On the 7th of June, students gathered under the banner of Welfare AID, in the premises of Ziauddin Hospital, Kemari Campus to distribute Iftar boxes to the 150 staff members. There was a contagious excitement in the air as students worked hard to serve Iftar and give back to the people who had supported them all year long. A small token of appreciation for their tireless efforts.
Contrary to what many may believe, Ramadan is not just a month of fasting and abstinence but also a month of celebration. You celebrate the act of helping others and what a great feeling it is. It serves to bring people from all walks of life together, which is precisely what Welfare AID hoped to achieve through this event.
Lastly, Rah-e-Naiki decided to visit Musa colony and distribute Eid gifts. They catered to the widows, children, orphans, elderly people and others that reside in the area, in an effort to allow them to indulge in Eid festivities in the way that they deserved. While they initially faced hurdles in collecting donations, they raised a respectable Rs. 126,000 which was used to prepare 150 Eid gift bags with clothes and ornaments and 100 envelopes of Eidi.
While concerns were raised about security in Musa Colony, the volunteers were given a warm welcome by the residents who were extremely cooperative and friendly, culminating in a joyous occasion for all.
These projects were a major milestone due to the hard work of the organisers, and the immense support of the university students and faculty members, especially the Department of Student Affairs. These projects influenced lives positively and helped the students become more understanding about the problems of the underprivileged people.
Ziauddin University hopes to continue this chain of giving back to those who need it most, whether it is in the form of gifts, money, food or simply providing our presence.
Five days training Program on Introductory Research Course for Post Graduate Students was conducted by Research Department from 16th -20th April 2018 at Multidisciplinary Research Labs, Ziauddin University.
Dr. Shumaila Usman started the program with the welcome address and invited Dr. Osama Jafri for the recitation of Holy Quran. The most significant and motivational talk by the Dean Research Prof. Dr. Talat Mirza highlighted the Research & Clinical perspectives of this workshop with value added importance of learning basic techniques in molecular biology & genetics. She emphasized on the importance of learning the recent advances in high technology to acquire an insight into the molecular etiopathogenic mechanisms of diseases for offering targeted therapy.
Director MDRL & HOD Biochemistry Prof. Dr. Saeeda Baig Introduced the Workshop regarding the various techniques available for hands on learning. She said the ultimate objective of such events is to create awareness and knowledge based for new methods and techniques for practical implications and research.
Workshop began with the Video Session on Introduction to the Biosafety Rules followed by an assessment test and Orientation of the Research Labs by Dr. Shamim Mushtaq, Dr. Shumaila Usman, Dr. Rehan Ahmed, Mr. Moazzam & Mr. Haris to inform the participants about the research facilities available Multidisciplinary Research Labs (MDRL1 & MDRL2) of Ziauddin University.
Extensive knowledge and practical skills were imparted through the lectures, video sessions & interactive sessions along with the hands on training for DNA & RNA Isolation, quantification, visualization, Gel Electrophoresis, PCR, qPCR & qRT-PCR from the expert facilitators Dr. Shumaila Usman, Dr. Rehan Ahmed, Mr. Moazzam & Mr. Haris.
The five days productive activity was concluded with the wrap up session by Dr. Talat Mirza. Prof. Dr. Zaffar Abbas, Dean faculty of health sciences congratulated the organizers & the the participants for the successful event and he closed the session after taking feedback feedback from the participants.
The Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education Commission organized a 02 days activity for the Directors of QECs on 18- 19th April, 2018 at Margala Hotel, Islamabad. This activity was aimed to strengthen the Quality Assurance System in Pakistani Degree awarding institutions through Internal Quality Assurance Mechanism and External Quality Assurance Mechanism.
Dr Arshia Samin Naqvi, Director QEC represented Ziauddin University in the meeting.
First day of the meeting comprised of presentations of each university’s internal quality assurance practices by the QEC heads. Presentation of Ziauddin University was rated best and applauded because all the programs of ZU are accredited by the respective accrediting bodies. Second day of the activity included training and discussion on the revised Quality Assessment criteria of QECs developed by HEC, which was shared with all Degree Awarding Institutions to bridge the gap between Internal & External Quality Assurance System.
Important points on which deliberations were done during the two days are as follows:
Strategic planning of each Degree Awarding Institution is of utmost importance and will carry high scores.
In cases where some requirement is not available in the Act of a university, amendment to the Act is not mandatory. Approval from the Patron (Governor) is enough to fulfill the HEC requirement.
Regarding faculty appointment: HEC advised to keep record of notifications for adoption of HEC/ accrediting body appointment criteria and hard copies of advertisements.
For three mandatory evaluations i.e faculty and teacher evaluation by students and course evaluation by the respective faculty member, a password to the university evaluations link has to be shared with the HEC.
For MPhil/ MS/ PhD programs:
Act/ Charter of the university must approve of the program.
NOC of accrediting body should be available.
Curriculum of the program should be in line with the HEC requirements.
Admission requirements must fulfill HEC criteria. In case an applicant falls short of some requirement deficiency courses are appreciated.
Duration of the program and semester wise breakup of workload/ credit hours should be available.
PhD faculty should be registered with HEC.
Maximum time allowed for MPhil and PhD is inclusive of all the extensions given to a student. This should be strictly taken care of.
PhD thesis review policy i.e by two foreign experts should be strictly followed. Purpose of this is to develop linkages with foreign universities by initiating joint research projects.
One published paper will be accepted. Acceptance of a paper by a research journal does not fulfill the HEC requirement.
Notifications of approval of program by statutory bodies are mandatory.
Policies e.g freezing of semester policy should be available in hard copy.
Anti plagiarism policy as a written document should be available and notified to all the stakeholders.
For admission to MPhil/ MS programs 50% score in GAT and for PhD 70% score in National and 60% in international GRE is mandatory.
Comprehensive exam after completion of 18 credit hour course work, is mandatory and passing in both Oral and written exam is required. Only 2 attempts are allowed in comprehensive exam.
Emails may be used to send the thesis for review but personal email addresses shouldn’t be used. All correspondence should be done on official email addresses.
Different nomenclatures shouldn’t be used in the same class of MS/MPhil (with or without thesis.) In case of MS without thesis, the student has to do a 6 credit hour research work to be able to apply for PhD.
Each university must work on standardized course codes for their PG programs.
HEC advised to highlight the research area of its PhD supervisors in the prospectus or on the website. Also mention the number of vacant seats with each supervisor. This will attract students having interest in the given area.
Thesis writing workshops should be conducted at proposal writing stage.
HEC also advises to improve facilities for PhD students e.g provide exclusive workstations in the library, PhD lounges for research students, employ peer learning/ mentoring methods.
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Quality Enhancement Cell organized a symposium on “Managing Quality of Assessment in HEIs” on 15th May, 2018. The purpose of this Symposium was to discuss the practices of assessment and the challenges faced by universities in process of assessment set. The Symposium also aimed at providing inputs to HEC for future to bring uniformity in processes in light of problems faced by students and universities.
The Symposium had three major objectives:
To share the best practices in the field of Assessment.
To identify issues warranting further discussion based on the experiences of different universities.
To provide inputs for the drafting of a recommendation for consideration by HEC.
The Symposium was attended by representatives from 12 Universities i.e. Baqai Medical University, IBA, SZABIST, IoBM, ILMA, FAST, DHA Suffa, Sindh Univeristy Jamshoro, ISRA University, DOW University of Health Sciences, Indus University, Liaquat College of Medicine & Dentistry. The symposium was linked on HEC national circuit through ZU video link.
Proceedings of the Symposium started with Tilawat e Quran. Dr. Arshia Samin Naqvi, Director QEC Ziauddin University introduced the participants and upraised about the importance of the topic. Welcome address was given by Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui who focused on the importance of QECs. He also highlighted some of the emerging issues including the fact that the methodologies of teaching is changing and suggested that in future these types of discussions should be conducted on the said topic.
In setting the scope of deliberations for the Symposium, Mr Nadeem Zafar, Controller Examination, Ziauddin University gave presentation on Managing Quality of Assessment in ZU. He explained about the tools used in assessment, working of MCQ bank and the processes involved in assuring quality of exams e.g use of Table of Specification and post hoc analysis.
The three hours long activity was divided into following:
Presentations on Managing Quality of Assessment in various universities.
Discussion on Issues that emerge during the process of assessment
Drafting Recommendations for HEC.
Presentations contributed by participants were followed by exchange of experiences that enriched the discussions and raised issues on: the centralized grading system, assessment of analytical thinking, Credit transfer policy, standardization of transcript, course coding and PhD thesis review by external examiners.
Finally it was concluded and recommended that all accrediting bodies need to collaborate with HEC and come to the same page especially regarding the grading system and semester system.
Ms. Zareen Hussain Deputy Director QEC gave the vote of thanks and mentioned that QEC of Ziauddin University is honored by the presence of QECs of so many HEIs and thanked Prof. Dr Qasim Raza Siddiqui for supporting and guiding QEC in all its endeavors.
At the end of the symposium certificates were presented to the participants by the Vice Chancellor of Ziauddin University.
