Event: The Selector Radio Show
Location: Ramallah, Nablus and Bethlehem
Do you know The Selector?
This upbeat award-winning radio show that features the best in contemporary British music is now in Palestine and is presented in Arabic by Palestinian singer Ahmad Muezz. The Selector is broadcast on Tareeq Al Mahaba radio, Maestro Beat and Mawwal radio weekly.
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Visit The Selector website for more information about the show.
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Event: Community Dance Performance
Date: 14 March 2013 at 7.00 pm
Location: Ramallah Cultural Palace/ Ramallah
In a second visit to Palestine supported by British Council Palestine and as part of our partnership with Youth, Art and Levant (Yante), British choreographers Royston Maldom and Peter Ayres will work with a group of local trainers and 100 children, including children from deprived homes and children with disabilities. The project aims to create a community dance movement in Palestine as a tool to address specific obstacles to social
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Event: Going Global Conference
Date: 4-6 March 2013
Location: Dubai
A Palestinian delegation will participate in the Going Global 2013 conference from 4-6 March in Dubai and will for the first time present a paper on Internationalising Higher Education and a poster exhibition. The delegation is headed by the Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Ali Jarbawi, and also includes Dr. Fahoum Shalabi, Assistant Deputy Minister of Higher Education; Dr. Irene Hezou, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bethlehem University; and Dr. Rabeh Morrar, Assistant Professor of Economics and Head of the Economics Department at An Najah National University.
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Event: Regional Mobile Learning Symposium
Date: 26-27 March 2013
Location: Cairo/ Egypt
Two speakers from Al Quds Open University and Jawwal will speak at the Regional Mobile Learning Symposium organised by the British Council in Cairo from 26-27 March. The symposium will focus on how mobile learning can be used effectively to cross the digital divide between the developed and developing economies of the region. The British Council Palestine will participate in the symposium with a range of topics to encourage young people in the region to utilise digital and mobile products and services to enhance their English language skills and their personal and employment opportunities. The Palestinian delegates will speak about the Palestinian context with regard to mobile and internet connectivity to clarify the possibilities and restrictions of mobile use within the existing infrastructure.
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Event: Youth Film Week
Date: 18-21 March 2013
Location: Gaza
The British Council Palestine, in partnership with the Young Palestinian Filmmakers Society (YPFS), presents Youth Film Week in Gaza from 18-21 March. This series of short films by young filmmakers from Ramallah, Rabat and Tripoli was produced as part of the British Council’s collaboration with the Scottish Documentary Institute and local partners in other countries and also includes films produced by YPFS and the Tamer Institute for Community Education
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Event: Accreditation Workshop
Date: 15-17 March 2013
Location: Ramallah
A workshop on accreditation will take place from 15-17 March in Ramallah conducted by Professor Philip Cardew as part of a partnership between the British Council and the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission (AQAC). This partnership aims to build and strengthen links between UK and Palestinian higher education institutions and also to enhance the institutional capacity of AQAC and its staff.
The British Council arranged for a study visit by AQAC colleagues Dr. Mirvat Bulbul and Dr. Said Hammouz to higher education institutions in the UK in February and Professor Cardew from South Bank University will make a reciprocal visit to Palestine to continue their work.
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Event: Kids Read Workshops
Location: Bethlehem
As part of English for the Future's focus on independent learning, workshops will be held for the parents of children attending schools operating the Kids Read project in the Bethlehem district and for other parents in the Bethlehem area in coordination with the Bethlehem Peace Centre. The workshops will demonstrate how parents can be involved in their child's learning through reading and through resources supplied at the event, including Learn English Kids CD ROMs and Learn English family booklets, which provide ideas of simple activities to do at home with children.
In addition, the fourth session of teacher training will take place at Banat Al Awda Secondary School in Bethlehem. The training is for a select group of teachers from the seven schools in the Kids Read project.
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Event: Regional Conference on Higher Education
Date: 12-13 March 2013
Location: Rabat/ Morocco
Dr. Radwan Barakat, President of Hebron University, and Dr. Saed Mallak of the Khadouri Palestine Technical University will participate in the second annual regional conference on higher education in the MENA Region from 12-13 March in Rabat, Morocco. Dr. Saed will present a paper on the Employability of Graduates in Palestine to the conference, which will focus on Graduate Employment and Employability in the MENA Region.
The conference is organised by British Council Morocco as part of our Internationalising Higher Education programm
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Event: IELTS training programme
Location: Gaza
A core group of English language teachers from Gaza universities will participate in a series of 10 training sessions via video conferencing facilities at Al Azhar University in mid-March. The aim of these sessions is to identify high quality trainers capable of delivering IELTS instruction to the relevant parties, improve IELTS scores and enhance opportunities to study in the UK under the British Council scholarship programmes offered to residents of the Gaza Strip
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For inquiries, please contact us by:
Tel.: 02 2963293
Email: information@ps.britishcouncil.org
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