On September 7, the Director of National Erasmus+ Office (NEO) in Palestine, Dr. Nedal Jayousi conducted a support visit to University College for Applied Sciences in Gaza. The new elected president of UCAS, Dr. Saeed Al Zibdeh warmly greeted Al- Jayousi along with UCAS Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Tamer Eshtawi and Vice President
One of the main outputs of the HELIOS project is to develop an Innovative learning tools. The proposed e-tool will be supported by new technologies (social media, vedios) and aims to provide the NEETs and women with the necessary online training in the field of blue and circular economy. It also aims to provide a
On 10 June, University College of Applied Science (UCAS), the Palestinian partner of HELIOS project, carried out a series of meetings with local stakeholders towards reaching women and young NEETS. UCAS-HELIOS team visited the One Stop Shop (OSS) for employment and business services in the employment department at the ministry of labor; Gaza office. During
Alongside collecting data regarding NEETS, Mr. Hatem Sultan, and Mrs. Samah Hammouda from HELIOS team UCAS; the Palestinian partner of HELIOS EU funded project, participating in a meeting with Mr. Abdallah Hadad from Alumni Unit-UCAS. During the meeting, participants discussed an important issue related to stakeholder management: identification of potential stakeholder and the plan to
The kick off meeting of the Erasmus+ project “Boosting Innovation in Education And Research Of Precision Agriculture In Palestine (BENEFIT)” was successfully conducted at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia from 4th to 6th of March 2020. The initial kick-off meeting was attended by representative from all partners Al-Quds Open University – Applicant;
The Kick off Meeting of “the Palestinian Research and Library Platform (PALIB)” project took place at Fundacion Universitaria San Antonio (UCAM) in Murcia, Spain on the 26th of February 2020. The project, which is co-financed by the European Union (under the Erasmus+ Programme), is implemented by a consortium led by University College of Applied Sciences
UCAS participated in the lunch event and kick-off meeting of HELIOS project, (enHancing thE sociaL Inclusion Of neetS). HELIOS project is funded by the European Union (EU) under the ENI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Program, for three years 2019-2022. HELIOS aims to provide curricula for innovative-targeted skills training courses oriented towards specific needs of the labor market
On 12 October 2019, University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) organized the final workshop on “Evaluation of Curriculum Development Process” in framework of Erasmus+ KA2 CBHE project “Boosting Innovation in Curricula Development of Information Technology programs in Palestine (BITPAL)”. Participants from BITPAL partners: University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS), Islamic University of Gaza (IUG), Al-Azhar University
UCAS team participated in the closing conference of the Project “Transforming Assessment Practices in Large Enrollment First Year Education (TAP)”. Event was held in Birzeit University – Ramallah on Saturday, September 7, 2019. TAP project is an Erasmus+ project Funded by the European Union EU, 2016-2019 cycle. TAP aims to modernize student evaluation schemes in
University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) has recorded new achievement on the level of international cooperation. Where it has received funding from the European Commission to implement two international projects within Erasmus+ + KA2 program in the field of capacity building of higher education. Prof. Rifat Rustom, UCAS rector, expressed his happiness for this achievement
Within the sixth training mission of Boosting Innovation in Curricula Development of IT Programs in Palestine (BITPAL) project, University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) in collaboration with The Faculty of Information Studies (FIS) organized the seventh training mission in Novo Mesto and Ljubljana, Slovenia. Academics, representatives from private sector and Entrepreneurs participants from PS partner’s institutes and
Within the sixth training mission of BITPAL project, University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) in cooperation with Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig HTWK University has organized five days of training sessions in HTWK, Leipzig ,Germany. The training targeted 24 of the high-level of academic and business enterprises in Palestine to expand their prospects in web and
University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) in cooperation with University of Calabria has organized 6 days training program in UNICAL, Rende, Italy. The training targets 18 of the high-level of academic and business enterprises in Palestine to expand their prospects in ICT business functions. The first day (10 June 2019) introduced by Prof. Giancarlo Fortino, started
The University College of Applied Sciences hosted an intense full day training workshop on “Instructional Video Creation Using Camtasia Studio 2018, within the framework activities of TAP project that funded by the European Union Erasmus + Program. The participants involved in this training were from El-Aqsa University and University College of Applied Sciences as partner
On 2 April 2019, BITPAL organized short training within work package 5.1 on Producing resources for online learning. The short training provide guidance on designing and developing an e-learning course for trainers and instructional designers especially to who are new to e-learning design. It also provides basic concepts and information on the processes and resources involved