The study aim is to identify the opportunities for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) educational sector during COVID-19. A survey was conducted among a sample of 100 teachers from 20 UAE higher education institutions. Teachers use online learning tools that cannot fully provide the benefits of face-to-face meetings with students. The research methodology is based on primary and secondary data analysis. Teacher questionnaire was formed; it contains 9 questions on distance learning actualization in a pandemic. Only 25% of those surveyed agreed with the inclusiveness and ease of remote learning technologies use, 20% expected that after a lockdown, learning could return to the status quo; 55% disagreed that the technologies used stimulate creativity and have an evidence base. Among key findings are that almost all respondents (95%) see the necessary reform of distance education for its further adaptation in the post-COVID-19 period. The study shows a significant imperfection of the applied online learning technologies. Studies from around the world have shown that school shutdowns have had similar consequences for most education systems.   Keywords: COVID-19; education; online learning; pandemic outbreak; teaching and learning.

This study investigated the validity of quality culture (QC) and excellent work culture (EWC) constructs, and their effects on academic staff performance (ASP) mediated by EWC in selected West Malaysian higher education institutions (HEIs). The study included 1,068 faculty members from eight HEIs. The findings showed that QC construct is represented by nine separate elements, whereas two factors index both ASP and EWC. Moreover, the findings established evidence of construct reliability and validity in relation to the elements comprised the three constructs. The findings indicated that quality culture and excellent work culture have direct impact on ASP. The findings also showed that excellent work culture exhibits indirect causal effect on academic staff performance. This empirical study analyzed the mediating effect of EWC on ASP, which has not been extensively examined in the context of Malaysian HEIs.

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Cheating is said to be one of the most underlying issues in the colleges. The attitude of the students concerning to cheat is mostly created in the high school where the students initiate with seeking for the ways to cheat. As per the recent study done, it was revealed that many of the students perceive the criteria of success as having a good grade which enforces them to cheat and go for the option of cheating rather than graduating with integrity. This, as a result, lead to academic dishonesty among the students that are being credited to work that is not their own. Keeping this in view, the following research will aim to discover the association among the cheating and students' ethics at the university. This has been taken into account by means of sampling method. Moreover, the study will look to understand that if the students are aware of the honor code of the concerned university and either they follow it or not. In order to undertake the research, the researcher has taken a total of 250 students were taken as the target audience from different universities in order determine the occurrence of cheating on the ethical standards of the students and mainly to know the root cause behind cheating and the fact that how students perceive cheating with respect to academic ethics. The results showed that 25 percent of the students viewed cheating as copying of other's work, while 17 percent thought to cheat as violating the academic rules. Despite accomplishing the objective, the study is still bound to some limitations which creates a gap to be fulfilled in future that is the limited sample size. Therefore, future researchers are suggested to consider the big sample size for the future study.