Where are students from?
Students have travelled far and wide to attend UniED’s central campus in Battambang Town, which demonstrates the need for community development focussed curriculum in Cambodia and broader Southeast Asia. This year we have students from Kampong Thom Province, Kampot Province, Kampong Speu Province, Preah Vihear Province and Pailin Province. Within the Battambang Province students travel by bicycle or moto quite far into town everyday to attend class from Koskralor District, Mongkul Borei District, Aek Phnom District, Sangker District, Bovel District and Tamakol District. Check out the map to see exactly where our students come from, the diversity is amazing.
Not to mention we have 2 students from Vietnam and 2 students from Malaysia who have decided to come to UniED to study our community development focussed curriculum so they can reinvest what they learn in their own countries and communities back home. We appreciate our students and their families’ commitment to education and thank them for studying with UniED and for their dedication to developing communities.
What are they studying?
Currently at UniED students have the opportunity to specialise in the 3 areas of Education, Community Development and Human Resource Management. These degrees are underpinned by theoretical knowledge acquisition but most importantly practical experience in the field. This means UniED students are required to use their knowledge and skills to conduct a community service project each semester in surrounding villages and towns. We want to ensure we start preparing our students for life after University.
Some of the community service projects UniED students will be doing include, teaching English in villages, working with Junior Youth and their moral development program and educating remote communities in environmental and health issues. These initiatives involve students doing home visits to the families in villages to explain the importance of education so parents will send their children to school. They may also need to consult village and commune leaders throughout their projects to get their support in new education, environmental and health practices.
What’s new for students at UniED?
New this semester is music and sports clubs that we encourage students to join and enjoy some down time away from their studies doing something that’s creative and outdoors. CORDE has also had 2 Mac computers donated for UniED students to do research on the Internet and practice their computer skills. These are located in UniED’s common area and can be used at anytime. Teachers are available to offer assistance when needed. These Mac computers were generously donated by Masoud Sobhani, Nahid Sobani and Mona Sobhani from Japan. CORDE and UniED’s students’ thank you for providing these fantastic education tools that have enabled CORDE to create a self learning and independent research area.
UniED is also offering students the opportunity to practice their English in a purely practical setting in the form of afternoon conversation classes. This will be a time for students to come together and talk to visitors, volunteers and each other in English. Topics for discussion will be provided to ensure the conversions vary each day and students are exposed to a wide variety of conversations in English. This is a great way for our students to practice their English in a relaxed, fun and interactive environment.
Thanks to Chantha CORDE’s amazingly skilled cook, UniED students get to eat lunch together on campus at a Cambodian style cafe. With our students travelling such a long way to attend University meaning many of them are living away from home, we ensure UniED isn’t just a University but a community. It is great to have students, teachers and volunteers who help create and run these extra activities that make UniED a fun and exciting community to be a part of. We wish all our students a fantastic year at UniED and are excited to have you with us. Enjoy, learn lots and be an active participant at UniED.
