Key Points:
- Campus security staff at GCUF have completed organised firearms training.
- AIOU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Nasir Mahmood was chief guest at a seminar on assessment in the age of AI.
- A linguistics session examined language, gender and power in translation.
- The vice chancellor’s message marks Gilgit-Baltistan’s 79th Independence Day.
FAISALABAD: Government College University Faisalabad has put its campus security staff through organised firearms training, including marksmanship practice in prone shooting positions on its firing range.
The university shared a photo documentary of the organised training. The photographs show the guards in brown uniforms at practice, including prone shooting positions.
Testing in the Age of AI
GCUF’s education department held the seminar on outcome-based assessment in the age of AI. Its chief guest was Prof. Dr. Nasir Mahmood (T.I.), Vice Chancellor of Allama Iqbal Open University and Chairman of NACTE.
Prof. Dr. M. Asim Mahmood and Dr. Shumaila Shahzad were also present. The seminar covered emerging trends in educational assessment.
It also examined the role of artificial intelligence in improving learning outcomes.
Words, Power and the Politics of Translation
An academic session of the Applied Linguistics department examined language, gender and power through the politics of representation, hegemony and translation today. Dr Ghulam Ali and Dr Shahid Siddiqui took part in the panel discussion.
Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Rauf-i-Azam attended as chief guest and students formed the audience.
A Message for Gilgit-Baltistan Day
Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Rauf-i-Azam congratulated the people and students of Gilgit-Baltistan on the region’s 79th Independence Day in a message issued by the university’s Public Relations Department. The day, marked on 1 November, commemorates the region’s liberation in 1947.
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