English Faculty News
Faculty of Economics and Political Science Honours Three Alumni Appointed as Diplomatic Attachés
Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, Acting President of Alexandria University, congratulated the graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, who won the position of Diplomatic Attachés in the competition recently organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, namely:
Mr. Youssef Ibrahim Kharboush, Teaching Assistant at the Department of Political Science, Ms. Thuwaiba Mowaffaq Haggag, Graduate of the Department of Political Science, and Mr. Sherif Reda Abul-Ela, Diploma in Political Studies.
For his part, Dr. Ahmed Wahban, Dean of the Faculty, expressed his pleasure with the high efficiency and honourable representation of the graduates of the Faculty, and their ability to occupy prestigious positions in one of the largest strongholds of foreign policy.
Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Organizes First Cultural Tourism Forum
As part of the implementation of the cooperation agreement between Alexandria University and Senghor University, and under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, in cooperation with the Department of Culture at Senghor University, organized the first Cultural Tourism Forum. The forum was held under the title "Cultural Resources: Heritage and Tourism." The forum aimed to introduce graduate students at Senghor University to the cultural and tourism heritage of Alexandria.
The event was attended by Dr. Abeer Attia, Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Dr. Dina Ezz El-Din, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels for Community Service and Environmental Development, Dr. Ribio Nzeza Bunketi Buse, Head of the Department of Culture at Senghor University, as well as faculty members, assisting staff, and students from both sides.
In her speech, Dr. Abeer Attia welcomed the attendees and participating students from Senghor University and the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels. She noted that this event is part of the implementation of the cooperation agreement between Alexandria University and Senghor University, with the aim of exchanging expertise between the two parties and exploring the culture, heritage, and tourism of Alexandria. She thanked the organizers of this event for their remarkable efforts.
Dr. Dina Ezz El-Din explained that the faculty is pleased to host faculty members and students from Senghor University to attend this forum, noting that several cultural, tourism, and heritage activities will be implemented between the two parties in the coming period.
During the meeting, a workshop on the holy month of Ramadan was held, to highlight Egyptian heritage during Ramadan. Students from the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels at Alexandria University also held an exhibition of their work to introduce Senghor University students to Egypt's heritage.
Senghor University students presented their projects to promote the culture and heritage of African countries.
The Faculty of Economics and Political Science holds its eighth scientific conference
Under the auspices of Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, Dr. Ahmed Wahban, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, inaugurated the faculty's eighth scientific conference. The conference was attended by a group of deans of faculties and university leaders, the Director of the Naval College, the Rear Admiral of the Navy, the Director of the Institute of Naval Postgraduate Studies, naval commanders, a group of members of the Naval Salon, representatives of Al-Azhar, faculty members, representatives of several Alexandrian civil society organizations, and hundreds of researchers and students.
At the beginning of his speech, Dr. Ahmed Wahban conveyed the greetings of Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, to the attendees, wishing everyone a fruitful, successful, and constructive conference. He explained that the current two-day conference includes an economic track titled "Economic Challenges and Sustainable Development Goals," and a political track titled "Analysis of Emerging Phenomena in the World of Politics." This underscores the faculty's commitment to addressing issues affecting the national economy, achieving sustainable development, Egyptian national security challenges, and Egyptian foreign policy concerns. He emphasized the need for conference researchers to present serious, effective, and applicable recommendations that can be effectively invested in serving the nation and its causes.
Dr. Walid Qassem, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the faculty and conference rapporteur, also emphasized the faculty's commitment to holding its academic conference periodically, a tradition that reflects its commitment to keeping abreast of and analyzing political and economic developments. He emphasized the importance of the conference producing recommendations for political and economic decision-makers, affirming the faculty's role as a house of expertise in the political and economic fields.
The conference sessions included two political and economic axes, during which many topics were addressed. The political axis research discussed the development of the role of international organizations in promoting the protection and respect of human rights at the national level, international legislation and its role in managing global political phenomena, the evolving role of international alliances: a case study of NATO, political research between qualitative and quantitative methods, the role of artificial intelligence in reshaping the international system, democratic decline in the world: a case study of democratic decline in India, a study of the causes and manifestations of democratic decline in Europe, the development of diplomatic patterns in light of the global challenges of the twenty-first century, the impact of populism on democratic systems, and an analysis of the concept of populism between the North and the South. The economic axis included five research papers that addressed several topics related to explaining inflation in Egypt (2020-2025), the impact of micro-projects on the poverty rate in Egypt, and activating the role of zakat in achieving sustainable development goals (2015-2030) (the case of Egypt), towards the integration of water and food security in Algeria: sustainable strategies. To address the challenges of resource scarcity and climate change, in light of changes in the relationship between the Egyptian trade balance and inflation according to the exchange rate hypothesis (2010-2023).
Dr. Hisham Saeed Attends Annual Training on Using Egyptian Knowledge Bank in Egyptian Universities at Faculty of Nursing
Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, Dr. Hisham Saeed, Vice President of the University for Graduate Studies and Research, witnessed today, Monday, November 11, 2024, the annual training on the use of the Egyptian Knowledge Bank in Egyptian universities, which is organized by the Supreme Council of Universities, in the Blue Hall at the Faculty of Nursing.
The lecture was attended by Dr. Nefertiti Zaki, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing, Dr. Awatef El-Sharkawy, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Graduate Studies and Research, Dr. Alaa Gaafar, Director of the Digital Library Unit, Dr. Walid Ali, Representative of the Egyptian Knowledge Bank, Dr. Mahmoud Shawky, Representative of the Digital Library at the Supreme Council of Universities, in addition to representatives of international and Arab publishing houses, a group of faculty members and researchers from various Egyptian universities, and directors of libraries of Alexandria University faculties.
In his speech, Dr. Hisham Saeed stressed the importance of benefiting from the Egyptian Knowledge Bank as a national project launched by the Egyptian government in 2016, which is a major qualitative leap in providing multiple and free knowledge sources for students, teachers, employees of Egyptian universities, researchers and the general public. He pointed out that the project, since its launch, has been one of the largest digital libraries in the world because it provides scientific, cultural and educational content available online at all times and covers a wide range of disciplines and fields such as natural sciences, technology, arts, history and other specializations.
Saeed added that one of the most prominent features of the Egyptian Knowledge Bank is that it provides scientific content in partnership with international institutions and major publishing houses such as Elsevier and others, which allows users to access scientific articles, research and educational references as well as multimedia such as educational videos and illustrations, which leads to enhancing education in Egypt, supporting scientific research and developing the intellectual skills of students and researchers, which enables them to access documented and modern knowledge sources that serve their research and studies. He pointed out that the Egyptian Knowledge Bank is a pioneering step towards building a knowledge-based society and creating an educational environment that supports innovation and contributes to preparing generations that possess the ability to think critically and contribute to the sustainable development of Egypt. In addition, the Knowledge Bank is considered a portal that supports many Egyptian journals in Egyptian universities, which is a pioneering step to bring these periodicals to the world.
While Dr. Nefertiti Zaki confirmed that digital libraries are the libraries of the future in light of the general trend in the world towards the electronic world and digital content, she pointed out that the importance of the digital library is due to its ability to preserve its holdings in machine-readable forms, obtain information easily, eliminate the time and space barrier, shorten distances, reduce financial costs and enable more than one person to view information at the same time without damage t,o the scientific content of the information. She also pointed out that Alexandria University’s Digital Library is one of the university’s development projects, aiming to develop the work of the library, making all scientific and research technologies available in digital form in order to integrate with learning and information institutions in higher education, under the umbrella of the digital library at the Supreme Council of Universities, to reach the dissemination of the culture of sustainability and link it to scientific research, enhance information awareness, and build a digital environment that keeps pace with scientific developments.
Dr. Alaa Gaafar pointed out that the Egyptian Knowledge Bank is an effective tool that supports the aspirations of academics, researchers, university students and library specialists in Egypt, and contributes to enriching scientific research. She stressed that the large attendance at this annual training reflects everyone's interest in the importance and role of the Egyptian Knowledge Bank and the Digital Library Unit and the keenness to contribute to the development of scientific research in Egypt, especially since the workshop has been held over the past eight years, which is the age of the Egyptian Knowledge Bank, one of the most important pioneering national achievements in Egypt.
Representatives of the Egyptian Knowledge Bank and the Digital Library at the Supreme Council of Universities explained how to create an account on the Egyptian Knowledge Bank and how to manage it, the instructions for the procedures for applying for impact factor reports and citation checks, how to use the Egyptian Knowledge Bank and the academic search engine, a detailed explanation of the most important databases available through the bank, and an explanation of the research tools and software available through the bank.
Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Signs Cooperation Protocol with Advanced Computer Technology Company (ACT)
Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, Dr. Abeer Attia, Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, and Engineer Ashraf Moamen, Regional Director of ACT Hospitality Group and Representative of Oracle International in Egypt, signed a cooperation protocol yesterday, Thursday, December 19, 2024, with the aim of cooperating to provide remote technical support and education services, and training students of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels on the use of the licensed program Oracle PMS Software specialized in hotel management according to the highest international scientific standards.
The signing of the protocol was attended by Dr. Nashwa Fouad, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Graduate Studies and Research, Dr. Dina Ezz El-Din, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, and Dr. Jilan El-Demerdash, Head of the Department of Hotel Studies.
Dr. Abeer Attia explained during her speech that according to this protocol, training courses will be held for the faculty students to train them on using the Oracle program and provide a detailed explanation of it, explaining that ACT Company will deliver a copy of the program to the faculty and it will be programmed on the faculty’s devices, and a number of faculty members, assistants and administrators will be trained on how to use it and provide them with the user guide for the program.
Engineer Ashraf Moamen explained that Advanced Computer Technology Company is a company specialized in the field of computers and information systems and is licensed by Oracle International to market, distribute and grant licenses to use Oracle hotel systems in Egypt.
