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Zarqa, Jordan. On Sunday 22 April 2018, representatives of the EU Delegation to Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Mr. Job Arts and Ms. Paulina Gajewska, along with Ms. Maria Rosa Vettoretto from EU Regional Trust Fund, ‘Madad’, opened the EDU-SYRIA academic corner in Zarqa University. The Academic corner is an area where EDU-SYRIA students at Zarqa University can gather, study, discuss and exchange knowledge and experience. The facility is located in the middle of Zarqa University in the Al-Farouk Building, room 138 with an area of 85m2.The facility is equipped with 20 laptops, 2 printers and 1 copier. Moreover, a library …

On Wednesday 18 April 2018, EDU-SYRIA graduates joined a career fair organized by the German Jordanian University (GJU). EDU-SYRIA project continuously tries to support the Syrian refugees by encouraging all the programme graduates to participate in the GJU job fair, which introduced the students to the Jordanian industrial companies, and gave them the chance to interact with companies representatives, and discussed with them potential job opportunities and internships. After the job fair, the representatives of EU delegation to Jordan; Mr. Job Arts, Mr. Oscar Casamian-Marco and Ms. Paulina Gajewska, along with EDU-SYRIA team discussed over lunch with the graduated students …

on Thursday, April 12th, 2018, EDU-SYRIA team in Zarqa university in coordination with the Deanship of Student Affairs and Injaz Center, under the supervision of King Abdullah II fund for development, has organized a course entitled ” Skills to get a job ” for Edu-Syria programme students. The course will continue to the end of the second semester 2017/2018. 20 students from different majors joined the workshop, which is presented by Ms. LubnYaseenen. The course was centered around three axes: The first axis: Preparing CV and writing cover letter The second axis : Skills of success in the job interviews The third axis …

On Wednesday 28 March 2018, Mr. Michael A. Köhler -Director Neighbourhood, Directorate-General for Development Cooperation, European Commission, visited the German Jordanian University to attend the recognition of achievement ceremony of the first patch of 47 graduates from EDU-SYRIA. In the ceremony, Mr. Ibrahim Hariri, one of EDU-SYRIA graduates, gave a speech about his journey out of Syria and in Jordan. During the ceremony Mr. Köhler praised the Syrian students to finalize their studies in the challenging conditions and lauded the commitment of Jordan to provide a safe learning environment. In addition, Prof. Manar gave a speech about the Syrian crises and how …

On Thursday, March 15th, 2018, EDU-SYRIA academic coaches in Zarqa Universty in coordination with King Abdullah II Fund for Development/ Career Guidance & Alumni Office Organized a “CV writing & preparation for Interview” Workshop for EDU-SYRIA Graduates. The workshop objective is to help the students to create a professional CV. It was presented by Ms. Rawan Ass’ad; a Career Guidance specialist, during which she explained to the students the ” Holland’s test” to discover their career Interests.

On Wednesday 14th of March 2018, a delegation from German Jordanian University EDU- SYRIA project represented by the Project Manager Dr.Dhiah el Diehn Abou-Tair, the academic supervisor Dr. Ala Khaliefa, project manager assistant Eng. Mohanad Batarseh, and Eng.Dima Shihan visited Zarqa Unversity to meet EDU-SYRIA students for the regular meeting. The delegation listened to the students’ concerns, questions, suggestions, along with Dr. Khaled Zayadin from the university and checks their academic progress, to help them be more successful. The delegation also introduced to the students their new academic coaches Ms. Dima Sebai and Mr. Ibrahim Alhariri.  

On Thursday, March 8th,2018, EDU-SYRIA team organized a field-trip to Petra Engineering Industries Company for EDU-SYRIA engineering students. Mr. Job Arts, the EU representative and Dr. Dhiah Abou-Tair, EDU-SYRIA project manager have joined the visit of 24 EDU-SYRIA students from both Zarqa University and Al Quds College to Petra Engineering Industries. Eng. Omar Abou-Weshah, the vice president of Petra Industries, gave a brief history of the company that was founded in 1987 to produce a wide variety of HVAC equipment that meets a diversity of application requirements catering to the worldwide market. Petra’s equipment has gained recognition in over 20 …

A team of students who are funded by the EDU-SYRIA project participated in the MOBADERON (Initiators) competition held at Al Zaatari Camp. 109 Initiative participated in the competition, and the EDU-SYRIA students’ team won the initiative to establish a student committee to serve students in Al Zaatari Camp, which will provide many services to the students of the camp, including: Internet service and scientific research Print service Provide a comfortable and quiet place to study Help the students to apply for different scholarships in both languages English and French Enhance the English-language skills of students Various activities

On Sunday 29th of October 2017, a delegation from German Jordanian University EDU- Syria project represented by the academic supervisor Dr. Loay Salhieh, and project assistant Eng. Mohanad Batarseh, visited Al Quds College to meet EDU-SYRIA students for the regular meeting. The delegation listened to the students’ concerns, questions, suggestions, and checks their academic progress, to help them be more successful.