Two UCW members named in Top 50 Women Leaders of Vancouver for 2024
On Tuesday 28 May, University Canada West announced that Herneet Dhillon, Vice President, People & Culture (HR) at UCW, and Arshpreet Kaur Saran, an MBA student, were both named in the Top 50 Women Leaders of Vancouver for 2024 by Women We Admire.
Women We Admire is a membership organisation comprised of the most accomplished women executives and leaders across the United States and Canada, and it is one of the fastest-growing professional women’s networks.
Herneet Dhillon was honoured for her instrumental role in driving the growth and success of employee development at UCW. The Women We Admire article said: “Herneet’s impact on UCW’s employee development journey has been transformative. She has elevated processes and policies as she has carefully developed the culture of the institution.”
Arshpreet Kaur Saran is the Group General Counsel of GrowthOps, a multinational digital media, human experience and technology consulting group where she leads the in-house legal department, overseeing the legal and compliance matters and acting as a key negotiator for strategic transactions and strategist for dispute resolution. She is currently pursuing an MBA at UCW.
GUS Medical & Veterinary Schools has partnered with the University of Westminster (UoW) to create a new international pathway for eligible Medical Sciences graduates who aspire to pursue careers in medicine or veterinary medicine.
BSBI School of Business and Innovation has established a strategic academic partnership with EUNCET Business School in Spain, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
LSBF Singapore has been awarded the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) Award for Most Positive Workplace Collaboration, a national recognition that celebrates organisations that foster outstanding collaboration between employers, employees, and teams to create positive workplace cultures.
The University of Law and University Canada West have achieved overall 5-Star ratings in the internationally recognised QS Stars university rating system, recognising their continued performance across key areas of the student and academic experience.
For the second year in a row, University of Niagara Falls Canada has received the award for Most Innovative Higher Education Institution 2026 – Ontario as part of Corporate Vision’s Education and Training Awards.
LSBF India has partnered with with KPMG in India for the delivery of select modules within its Professional Certificate in Data Analytics & AI and Professional Certificate in Cyber Security programmes.
UPES, in strategic partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), has inaugurated the HPE Networking AI-Driven Centre of Excellence at its Dehradun campus, marking another step in the university’s AI-first learning journey.
The University of Niagara Falls Canada recently celebrated the opening of its state-of-the-art VR Lab, a learning environment designed to bring students’ coursework to life. The multipurpose, high-tech space dedicated to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) learning is the centrepiece of a newly completed 10,837-square-foot expansion.
The University of Europe for Applied Sciences (UE) Dubai has launched the Green Futures Forum, a new platform designed to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of a more sustainable future.
UPES has announced the launch of its AI Campus in collaboration with Google, reinforcing its transition into an AI-First university. Designed to embed artificial intelligence, cloud technologies and intelligent automation across teaching, learning, research and innovation, the initiative will expand access to advanced AI tools and industry-relevant learning experiences for students across disciplines.
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore has launched twelve fully online postgraduate master’s programmes in collaboration with FutureLearn, marking Italy’s first partnership between a traditional university and an international online learning platform.
The University of Law announced a new strategic partnership with Lancaster University, bringing its postgraduate legal training programmes to Lancaster from September 2026.
