Industry Expert (Academic Collaboration)

Foreground.


Date: 1 day ago
City: Dubai
Contract type: Full time
Foreground is working in collaboration with a well-established academic institution in Dubai on an initiative focused on strengthening the connection between academic programmes and real-world market practice.

As part of this collaboration, we are seeking senior industry experts to participate in short-term academic collaboration engagements, contributing applied insight from their respective fields. These engagements are designed to support the ongoing relevance of academic programmes by ensuring alignment with current industry realities, evolving market expectations, and practical professional standards.

The collaboration involves a minimum contribution of ten (10) hours and is structured for experienced professionals who wish to share expertise, inform programme direction, and contribute to the development of future talent, without stepping away from their primary careers. This is a paid, short-term engagement and not a full-time or academic employment role.

Open Academic Collaboration Opportunities

College of Media & Mass Communication

  • International Relations
  • Integrated Marketing Communication
  • Public Relations
  • Public Relations (Arabic)
  • Radio & Television
  • Strategic Communication & Public Relations (Masters)
  • Mass Communication
  • Journalism
  • Digital Media


College of Business Administration

  • Accounting
  • Business Management
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • E-Commerce
  • Human Resource Management
  • Logistics & Supply Chain Management
  • Project Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Tourism Management
  • Hospitality Management


College of Law

  • Law


College of Education

  • Education
  • Educational Leadership


College of Engineering & Technology

  • Information Technology
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software Engineering
  • Network Engineering
  • Cloud Computing
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering


College of Design

  • Graphic Design
  • Multimedia Design
  • Interior Design
  • Fashion Design


College of Health & Sciences

  • Health Management
  • Environmental Health & Safety


Postgraduate Programmes

  • MBA
  • Masters in Information Technology
  • Masters in Education
  • Masters in Strategic Management


If you are a senior practitioner interested in contributing your industry perspective to an academic environment through a structured, short-term collaboration, we would be pleased to hear from you.

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