Peshawar and German university ink agreement

In order to extend the existent effective and mutually beneficial cooperation, and develop, academic, cultural exchange and research, University of Peshawar and the University of Erfurt Germany have reached a formal agreement for internationalisation of higher education. In this connection a formal agreement was signed between Vice Chancellor UoP Prof. Dr. Qibla Ayaz and Prof. Dr. Jamal Malik of Erfurt University, who represented Prof. Dr. Kai Brodersen, President, Erfurt University Germany the other day. The extended cooperation would include inclusion of Institute of Islamic and Arabic Studies and Regional Studies for the exchange of faculty, students, publication of researches and joint research projects with Erfurt University. It is worth mentioning that the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication and Political Science are already working with the German University under the same agreement and up till now around twenty five students and ten teachers of these departments have benefited from the exchange programme. The agreement would remain effective for a period of three years and would be valid till September 30, 2015. This will be automatically renewable on the same terms and condition for another three years, the extended MoU reveals. Meanwhile, the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Peshawar is all set to establish its own television studio and from this year the students would be offered internships in Television. This was revealed by former Chairman and Executive Director of Campus Radio University of Peshawar Prof. Dr. Shahjehan Syed while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the newly refurbished studios for the Campus Radio. The studio renovated at a cost of one million rupees from the funds provided by Internews Pakistan, was jointly inaugurated by President Peshawar University Teachers Association Jamil Ahmed Chitrali and representative of Internews Gohar Ali. Dr. Shahejehan Syed said equipment for the establishment of a TV studio has been provided by Deutsche Welle Germany while GiZ is also helping us in training of faculty. We are well on our way to set up a Television Station at University of Peshawar, through their help, which will go a long way in imparting training to the students and making of quality academic programs documentaries in the future. With the inaugural ceremony, the broadcasting of Campus Radio has restarted which will send it transmission on airways from 11am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm respectively. A one thousand watt transmitter has also been installed at the channel which will enhance our broadcasting to around Peshawar City, he informed. Department of Journalism is perhaps the only one in Pakistan to have focused much on applied side of the profession, said Jamil Ahmed Chitrali. That is why you see our students in key radio channels in the country, he added. The ceremony was attended by faculty members Inam ur Rehman, Bakhtzaman, Naeem Gul and students of JMC.