Academic Links

Camden and Abu Dis both house universities that are of national importance - in Camden, UCL, SOAS, Birkbeck, Institute of Education as well as Further Education colleges: Westminster Kingsway, Mary Ward Centre, Working Men's College. Abu Dis houses the main campus of the Al-Quds University (the Arabic University of Jerusalem). At the Al-Quds University, however, staff and students are struggling to study in a normal way in the face of interruptions from the army, delays at checkpoints, a massive Wall built across the campus that divides the teaching areas from the library, and severe restrictions on travel.

Abu Dis-Camden academic links are building between staff in Camden universities and the Al Quds University Abu Dis campus. There have been visits of individual academics in both directions. Via CADFA, Camden academics have contributed to the human rights clinic and the development of the international humanitarian law MA at the Al Quds University. We are currently planning a fact-finding visit to Palestine for staff from the Camden colleges.

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• Lecturers' Free Speech Tour of Palestine [April 08] in conjunction with UCU branches in Camden. See leaflet below:
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• September 2006: Human rights clinic starts at Al-Quds University, Abu Dis: With the help of CADFA academic links, a human rights clinic is starting at Al-Quds University which will provide help for local people suffering human rights abuses and provide practice for trainee human rights lawyers. (This innovative clinic is seeking further funding).
• Al-Quds University
• Al-Quds Photo Album
• Camden Universities & Al-Quds University links leaflet page 1 doc page 2 doc
• Academic signatures document pdf doc