I take valuable insights and lessons from this week which will inuence the way I look at the Sudans and act as a donor. All in all, a fantastic learning experience on both a professional and personal level.

The course is quite intense and rich, the breakout groups and social activity worked well as part of the exchange and learning. The teachers were excellent,combination of hard facts, research and personal stories was brilliant.

As someone who knew very little about the wider region, I thought the design was spoton starting with the over-views and then getting into the detail…I wish I’d done the course last year. I will definitely recommend it to friends and colleagues.

My expectations have been largely met! I appreciated the intense review of the information, politics to history, including the extensive reading and cultural event.

The course exceeded my expectations in several ways, not least the extensive in-depth knowledge of the panelists…What I learned from the course will be an enormous help in my continuing work as Editor of International Affairs at Chatham House and with furthering links and the exchange of information with outside organizations.

Very informative and enlightening: both the lectures and offline conversations with the lecturers and fellow participants. I go away with a better understanding and picture of the issues and a larger network on which to draw to work on the issues.

An excellent course, in particular I appreciated the historical context and perspectives from the political economy and land rights issues. Teachers were excellent: clear, good power points and good presentations.

I dare say I have done nothing comparable in so comprehensive a package.