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The Academic Conference in Support of the Comprehensive National Dialogue
Vol. 1 No. 5 (2013)In the context of responsible academic interaction accompanying the comprehensive National Dialogue, being the most important franchise of the democratic transition in Yemen and given the significance of the comprehensive National Dialogue in terms of reconciliation and agreement as a fruit of the political reconciliation and the extraordinary importance of the NDC outcomes, which will form the only reference frame to formulate the social contract (Constitution), the NDC will provide an overall national vision on how the future political system, structure of the state and its institutions will be.
Based on the principle of social responsibility shouldered by universities, as an ethical framework under which university activities and qualitative interventions are organized and oriented to serve the community around, such mandate can be expanded to accommodate contributions that go beyond their traditional role i.e. supplying the community with highly qualified cadre, to include quality initiatives that often seeks to employ science potentials to provide insights and ideas, and perhaps, proven scientific solutions for the most complicated community issues.
Aware of its scientific and historical responsibility at this turning point in Yemen's contemporary history, on which Yemenis build great hopes to move towards a better future and civil democratic state; state of freedom, equality and the rule of law and institutions; Queen Arwa University has launched, through its Center for Studies Strategic an initiative to convene the Academic Conference in Support of the National Dialogue , over the past three months since the launching in May 15, 2013 until the closing session in August 15, 2013, with studious efforts by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and as expressed by the University Rector Wahiba Farea’a in collaboration with a number of academia and universities. The organizers wanted from this conference, as its name indicates, to be a source of considerable and reliable support for the comprehensive National Dialogue, as the best and most mature form of community participation, as stipulated by the NDC regulatory and reference document.
With this initiative, the University join efforts with previously adopted successful pilot initiatives. Just like this one, they all express the spirit of academic and scientific responsibility towards urgent national priorities, for example, the First Private Higher Education Conference in Yemen back in 2001.
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Higher Education Conference, Sana'a, May 30, 2000
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2000)With wide Arab and international participation, the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, hosted the National Higher Education Conference
More than 150 participants and more than 66 papers are discussed by the participants over a period of three days
Coinciding with the joys of our people in their national celebrations of the tenth anniversary of Yemeni unity, Queen Arwa University organized, in coordination with the Advisory Council and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Education, during the period from May 30 to June 1, a conference on private higher education and its role in economic and social development.
The conference represents the most important scientific and academic gathering at the national, Arab and international levels. Through it, the participants stand on the reality of private higher education in Yemen, which has been witnessing steady growth for nearly a decade.
It also represents an interesting experience in its content due to the large numbers of students that this sector absorbs and in the absence of a knowledge framework that clearly includes the nature of the relationship between the determinants of official policy in its various dimensions and the existing role of this type of education.
And that the main ideas discussed by this conference were carefully formulated to come inclusive of all the concerns and problems of private higher education in an attempt to benefit from the opinions and theses of elite participants from inside and outside Yemen who have experienced dealing with this type of issues and lived live experiences in their countries as well as the experience and visions of decision-makers and planners Which will certainly enrich the conference and secure scientific results that we aspire to help define the path and recognize the importance and effectiveness of the role that higher and private education plays in contemporary societies.
The conference also represents a real test of the positives of the assumed relationship between the official and private Yemeni academic institutions and the relevant civil society institutions in order to achieve the adoption of a joint strategy to meet the requirements of the new phase and confirm its role in society and the desired influence in the policies and decisions that are formulated towards the present of Yemen and the future generations.
And that the participants in the conference discussed, during three days, the main axes: the institutional and organizational structure of private higher education, higher education and human development, and the economics of private higher education and its future prospects.
Within the framework of these three axes are sub-issues that reflect the overall vision of the idea of the conference. Under the first axis, educational programs, scientific research, assessment of educational performance, the impact of educational policies on economic and social changes, and the development of the democratic concept in higher education policies and curricula will be discussed.
Within the framework of the second axis, admission policies in higher education institutions and linking them to the goals of human development, opportunities for higher education for females, the possibilities available for women’s development, the individual and governmental returns to formal and private higher education, and the relations between education and work outputs.
As for the third axis, it relates to government funding for higher education and its problems, private investment in higher education, community participation in financing education, distance education, open education, and its role in providing educational opportunities and reducing material costs.
It should be noted that there are a number of main lines that will be followed for the first time in this conference to achieve the goals and objectives for which the efforts of the state and society are focused on promoting education at all levels as the true gateway to comprehensive developmental reform and building the human element capable of making change and coping with the transformations that the era is witnessing in the world. Under the explosion of knowledge and scientific and information technology.
With wide Arab and international participation, next Tuesday, Sana'a will host the National Higher Education Conference
More than 150 participants and 66 papers will be discussed by the participants over a period of three daysSana'a - Sheba
Coinciding with the joys of our people in their national celebrations of the tenth anniversary of Yemeni unity, Queen Arwa University is organizing, in coordination with the Advisory Council and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Education, during the period from May 30 to June 1, a conference on private higher education and its role in economic and social development.
The conference represents the most important scientific and academic gathering at the national, Arab and international levels. Through it, the participants stand on the reality of private higher education in Yemen, which has been witnessing steady growth for nearly a decade.
It also represents an interesting experience in its content due to the large numbers of students that this sector absorbs and in the absence of a knowledge framework that clearly includes the nature of the relationship between the determinants of official policy in its various dimensions and the existing role of this type of education.
The conference will discuss, during three days, the main themes: the institutional and organizational structure of private higher education, higher education and human development, and the economics of education and its future prospects.
Within the framework of these three axes are sub-issues that reflect the overall vision of the idea of the conference. Under the first axis, educational programs, scientific research, assessment of educational performance, the impact of educational policies on economic and social changes, and the development of the democratic concept in higher education policies and curricula will be discussed.
Within the framework of the second axis, the conference will also discuss admission policies in higher education institutions and linking them to the goals of human development, opportunities for higher education for females, the possibilities available for women's development, the individual and governmental return to formal and private higher education, and the relations between education and work outputs.
Within the framework of the third axis, government funding for higher education and its problems, private investment in higher education, and community participation in financing education, distance education, open education, and its role in providing educational opportunities and reducing financial costs will be discussed.
In a statement to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), Professor Dr. Yahya Al-Shuaibi, a member of the preparatory committee for the conference and the Minister of Education, explained that the main ideas that will be discussed in this conference were carefully formulated to come inclusive of all the concerns and problems of private higher education in the endeavors of -
Scientific symposium: spreading peace and conflict resolution
Vol. 1 No. 8 (2019)Within the framework of scientific and cultural activity, Queen Arwa University provided full funding to hold a political scientific symposium calling for peace and conflict resolution, the implementation of which was supervised by the Department of Political Science and the Deanship of the College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, which was held on Wednesday 4/17/2019 AD in the Great Hall, a scientific symposium entitled “ “Spreading peace and resolving conflicts.” The winners were chosen to participate in presenting the scientific papers that the scientific symposium aims to discuss by a committee formed by the decision of the university presidency, which stipulates the mechanism for selecting three scientific papers that speak in the required manner on the subject of the symposium. They are explained as follows:
1- Peaceful means of resolving disputes, Dr. Najeeb Obaid - Head of the Legal Treaties Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2- The development of the concept of peacebuilding in international relations, Dr. Fouad Sharhan - Professor of Political Science, Queen Arwa University.
3- Analysis of international conflicts, Dr. Adel Al-Sharabi, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Diplomatic Institute and Queen Arwa University.
The symposium was attended by deans of colleges, heads of departments at the university, a number of employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other private universities, in addition to many male and female students at the university.
