Educational Program

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Greygarth Hall, as an educational centre, offers a genuine university education that reflects the longstanding tradition of halls.

Its mission is to provide a cultured space where professionals and students coexist, addressing the essence of university education.

Greygarth aims to deliver a complete and distinctive university education.

With a structured yet informal programme, it aspires to cultivate cultured individuals, responsible citizens, and those with a selfless desire to serve society.

Who are we addressing?

This educational project is open to all students who wish to join the programme as hall members, whether residents or affiliated members.

Whether residing in the hall or not, professors from the academic faculty also benefit, recognising in this model an ideal of university life, which they support and promote through their interaction with students.

Additionally, many public members can engage with the cultural, social, and intellectual life around Greygarth Hall. 

Development of competencies

Increasingly, the University evaluates education through the development of competencies, and Greygarth Hall has established its own, which are acquired through attendance, participation, and the creation or organisation of activities. Among these, special attention is given to the following:

Leadership

The ability to motivate group members and effectively lead them towards specific goals. This includes skills such as setting objectives, identifying necessary resources, tracking tasks, and organizing work distribution.

Communication

The ability to convey ideas clearly and convincingly, both in writing and orally. This includes negotiation skills, networking abilities, and to some extent, the ability to analyze situations during discussions.

Creativity

The ability to contribute and develop new ideas. It is closely related to innovation and continuous improvement.

Decision maker

The ability to make decisions by gathering and analyzing necessary information, and to assume associated risks and consequences. This includes adapting to changes and tolerating the stress of decision-making. Part of the leadership’s role is to find suitable projects that develop desired competencies in hall members.

Team work

The ability to work with others, cooperating and harmonizing interests, knowledge, and resources to achieve common goals. This also involves developing negotiation skills.

How do we educate?

We cultivate study habits, perseverance, and a spirit of service among the hall members, enabling them to achieve the professional prestige necessary to positively influence society. This educational area is organised by the Directorate of Studies. The professors and others collaborating from the University play a crucial role in the Hall by guiding students through their university maturation process. To achieve these objectives, Greygarth has a team of advisors—professionals and senior students—who provide academic guidance to the hall members. Additionally, professional courses, academic workshops, trips, and other activities are promoted to complement the academic knowledge of the students. 

Collegiate life offers an opportunity for personality development in all its facets. It encourages respect for diversity and selfless service to others in daily life. Personal mentoring in these aspects, cultivated interactions within the community, and participation in humanitarian and solidarity activities are tools for the development of our hall members. Spiritual and religious life are also part of this educational framework.

The Hall aims to educate students with a broad understanding of reality, fostering and channelling their intellectual, artistic, and cultural interests. This attitude is encouraged through daily interactions enriched by various activities: classical and contemporary music concerts, art exhibitions, lecture series, recitals, debates between academics and professionals, cultural trips, sports championships, etc. Informal discussions within the hall, serving as spaces for university dialogue and idea exchange, are also an integral part of this process.

The Hall aims to be a true university hall where its members govern and direct its activities in line with its foundational goals. Therefore, Greygarth’s hall members must develop a sense of commitment and responsibility to fulfil this role. The Hall Council, formed by senior hall members, is the governing body. From among them, a Dean’s Office is elected to appoint various Commissions and ensure active participation of all hall members in the hall’s educational tasks. By taking on these responsibilities, each hall member develops a set of skills and competencies necessary for leadership in people and institutions. Through regular governance work—meetings, working groups, agenda preparation and follow-up, minutes, etc.—competencies are acquired. This task requires human skills for leadership, delegation, motivation, decision-making, implementation, and development of activities. Senior hall members (also known as fellows for wearing the hall sash awarded from the third year) take on the responsibility of hall management.