Guide
How to start a student chapter at your university
Practical steps from experience: how to gather your first five people, how to choose your first activity, and what makes a chapter last beyond its first term.
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Seminars
What comes after the baccalaureate? Five questions before you choose
With a clear purpose and a guiding message, Najm Foundation for Culture and Development ran the youth seminar «What comes after the baccalaureate?», an inspiring stop for our students as they map out their university and working lives with confidence and awareness.
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Diwaniyas
A Najm youth session: what we learned
A diwaniya conversation that brought students together in a genuine setting to share experience and ideas about volunteering and belonging to a community on campus.
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Seminars
Research methods for postgraduate students
An introduction to research methods and their tools, given by specialists to postgraduate students as part of the foundation's academic programme.
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Articles
Volunteering is not spare time
The common idea is that volunteering is for people with time on their hands. Our experience with students says exactly the opposite: the most committed volunteers are the busiest ones.
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Gatherings
An introduction to the foundation and its programmes
An introduction to Najm Foundation's mission and its programmes, and to the ways students at Syrian universities can take part.
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Diwaniyas
An evening of conversation: identity and belonging
An open evening on questions of identity and belonging among university students, with a number of lecturers and graduates taking part.
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Seminars
How culture shapes a student's awareness
A seminar on how culture shapes a university student's awareness, and the part it plays in building their academic and social character.
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