UQU Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship launched the competition of the "Best Innovative Idea for Delivering Distance Lectures", targeting those interested in this field, including academic staff members and students.
A number of conditions have been laid down for this competition, as follows: the idea must be applicable, the contender must be an academic staff member or a student in partnership with an academic staff member, the idea must enable students to carry out remote experiments and exams, and implementation of the idea must not require the student having to buy devices other than a computer or a laptop.
The institute has set an award of 5000 Saudi Riyals for the best idea. The aim of the competition comes within the need these days for distance learning and for providing students with easy access to information.