On March 29, 2022, at the Hotel Intercontinental in Dhaka, the British Council hosted a day long symposium on “Improving Quality and Relevance in Higher Education.” A number of local and international stakeholders in higher education were brought together allowing them the opportunities to explore ways to strengthen higher education in Bangladesh. As a part of community development, the British Council invited participants from AIUB to take part in the event. The symposium mainly focused on the importance of establishing a dedicated faculty development center in Bangladesh in hopes of enhancing skills of the faculty members, which are much needed to foster internationalization in higher education in the all possible aspects. The British Council also presented the results of a study centered on employability skills which they funded last year.

The symposium also provided a networking opportunity for the policymakers, development partners, academics, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs. Dr. Farheen Hassan, Program Director, BBA; Dr. Abdur Rahman, Associate Dean, Faculty Engineering; Mr. Hamidul Haq, Head, Department of English, FASS, FBA; Dr. Rezbin Nahar, Associate Professor, FBA; Mr. AGM Zaman, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science; Dr. Khaled Amin, Assistant Professor, FBA; Mr. Pronoy Anthony Costa, Assistant Program Evaluator, IQAC; Mr. Imranul Huq, Program Evaluator, IQAC were among the nine people that took part in the said event.