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Nov 2020
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The transition of KAUST to remote teachi...

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In this episode of the Human Experience at Work podcast, Nelly had a discussion with Samer Samman, Chief Human Resources Officer of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), about how KAUST as a research institute was actively involved in addressing the challenges of the pandemic, how they managed the transition of both educational staff and students to virtual environments and the importance of the human experience at KAUST.

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