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Results of the Nablus Summer Academy
The Nablus
Summer Academy (NSA) was the first project of its kind undertaken by the
Faculty of Law at An-Najah National University (NNU) in Nablus. It ran from 5
July to 16 July 2009 and attracted 22 students, including five from abroad. The
project was implemented by the Faculty of Law and An-Najah National
University also provided the
logistics support for the bookkeeping and account of the project.
The NSA
consisted of three courses: Public International Law, International Human Rights Law,
and International Humanitarian Law. In addition to the time the students spent
in the course(s), they were also expected to prepare written papers and/or oral
presentations on a topic pertaining to the respective course.
The teaching
consisted of two weeks of intensive interaction in the classroom using teaching
techniques such as participatory exercises, cases studies, presentation, oral
arguments, oral presentations, written papers, and evaluative examinations.
Numbers
Number of participants
NSA Total
Students
22
Professors
6
Results
The
evaluation of the NSA concluded that the Summer Academy was a good first step
and should be continued in the future as it makes a contribution to both
exposing NNU professors and students to colleagues from outside Palestine.
Furthermore it provided professors and students from outside Palestine a
glimpse of the situation in Palestine. It also contributed to enhancing higher
education at NNU and in Palestine by bringing in outside expertise.
Student evaluation statements
NSA 2009
In this course I gained knowledge
and skills
4.3
Participating
in the NSA is important for my career and will help me to find better jobs or
opportunities for studying abroad.
3.8
Overall Satisfaction (based on the
statement ‘On the whole, the quality of the course was high')
4.3
Overall Satisfaction (based on the
average of all answered questions)
