Careers and Alumni support at the University of Manchester Middle East Centre
Our dedicated careers and alumni team will help you to develop your personal and professional skills, increase your visibility with potential employers and provide the tools to improve your overall employability and to develop and execute your career plans.
Hiba Abbassi
Manager, Careers & Alumni Relations 2m 20svia Type a message
Hiba Abbassi is an advisor, career coach and alumni relations professional with more than 18 years of experience, mostly in the healthcare and higher education sectors. She joined the university’s Middle East Centre in 2010, where she focuses on student, alumni and corporate engagement to help build, develop and sustain positive relationships among its more than 2,500 members. Hiba is a skilled talent development professional focusing on maximizing performance within individuals, groups, and organizations. She has also designed, developed and delivered training programmes on Career Planning & Communication, Personal Brand, Team Building, NLP Coaching and Emotional Intelligence. Hiba is an alumnus of the American University of Beirut and is certified in coaching/mentoring, Emotional Intelligence and Neuro Linguistic Programming. She has lived and worked in the US, Leb anon and Dubai.
Upcoming Career and Alumni Events (2019) – stay tuned for exact dates and location details. Below events are mostly face to face in different cities around the MENA region.
Title | Date | Location |
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Digital Talk with Emaar | January 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
UAEpreneurs Investor Day | January 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
Building Resilience Talk | January 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
Career Development Boot camp | February 2, 2019 (full day event) | Dubai, UAE |
Career Development Talks | February 9, 2019 (full day event) | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Students and Alumni Networking Gathering | February 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
Students and Alumni Networking Gathering | February 2019 | Mumbai, India |
Career Talks GCC | February 2019 | Qatar and Kuwait |
Networking Skills –Talk | March 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
Annual Career Networking Event Prep Workshop | March 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
Annual Career Networking Event 2019 | March 25, 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
Remaining Relevant in Your Career - Workshop | April 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
Finding your career path – Workshop | April 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
Students and Alumni Networking Gathering | April 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
Annual Students and Alumni Suhoor Gathering | May 15, 2019 | Dubai, UAE |
Previous Career and Alumni Events (2017)
Title | Date | Location |
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Employment Trends Workshop | February 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Webinar on Networking Skills | February 2018 | online |
Series of Career Workshops | February 2018 | Oman, Kuwait, Qatar |
Annual Career Fair 2018 | March 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Block-chain Event | March 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Global Accelerated Students Event | April 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Economic Outlook Session in Riyadh | April 22, 2018 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Webinar on Career Progression | May 2, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Annual Students and Alumni Suhoor Gathering 2018 | June 2, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Manchester Day Celebration | June 30, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Value Proposition Workshop | July 21, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Career Planning Workshop | August 11, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Salary Negotiations Talk | September 22, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Annual Students and Alumni Gala Dinner | September 27, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Annual Women in Business Forum 2018 | October 2, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Emotional Intelligence Workshop – Guest Speaker | November 6, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
One on One Career Sessions in Saudi Arabia | November 18-22 | Khobar, Jeddah, Riyadh |
Students and Alumni Gathering | December 1, 2018 | Doha, Qatar |
Students and Alumni Gathering | December 2, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |
Holiday Networking Gathering | December 18, 2018 | Dubai, UAE |