{"id":22325,"date":"2025-10-02T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/blog-post\/what-do-we-value-in-a-university\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:01:23","slug":"what-do-we-value-in-a-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/blog-post\/what-do-we-value-in-a-university\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do We Value in a University?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week I\u2019ve been attending education fairs and meeting prospective students and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC_1136-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19098\" style=\"width:745px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It reminded me that to maximise an outcome you first need to know what you value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some things are easy to see: certificates, facilities, rankings \u2014 and yes, the price. These matter, of course. But the deeper values are less visible, and yet far more decisive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Confidence.<\/strong> A student who leaves university believing in their ability to contribute, lead and adapt will go further than one who only collected credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connection.<\/strong> A certificate may open one door, but networks, internships and industry links open many more. Education must connect students to the world beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Capability.<\/strong> Employers don\u2019t only ask \u201cwhat did you study?\u201d but \u201cwhat can you do?\u201d A certificate signals completion; but a portfolio demonstrates ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Care.<\/strong> Support, encouragement and belonging. These are not extras \u2014 they are what sustain students through challenges and bring out their best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Euro University of Bahrain, we have chosen to value confidence, connection, capability and care \u2014 because they are qualities that endure long after the visible milestones of university life are over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so the question remains: when choosing a university, do we judge it by what is most visible \u2014 or by what is harder to see but lasts much longer \u2014 the outcome?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, perhaps the real measure of a university&#8217;s value is not what families pay, but who their sons and daughters become because they chose to study there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I\u2019ve been attending education fairs and meeting prospective students and their families. It reminded me that to maximise an outcome you first need to know what you value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":22328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[176,180],"class_list":["post-22325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-presidents-blog","tag-education","tag-personal-development"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22327,"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22325\/revisions\/22327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eub.edu.bh\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}