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UoS Staff and Students Participate at International Courses

posted Aug 18, 2019, 2:03 AM by Karzan Ghafur Khidhir Qadir   [ updated Aug 18, 2019, 2:14 AM ]








UoS Staff Teaches at Erasmus MASTER Food Identity Program in Europe

posted Aug 18, 2019, 1:54 AM by Karzan Ghafur Khidhir Qadir

Academic staff member of University of Sulaimani participates at the Erasmus + MASTER Food Identity Program at USAMV-Cluj in Romania as a foreign lecturer. 

Dr Rezhen Harun, Head of Agribusiness and Rural Development Department at College of Agricultural Engineering at University of Sulaimani participates at the Erasmus + MASTER Food Identity Program at USAMV-Cluj in Romania as a foreign lecturer during 20 May to 4 June 2019. 


UoS Staff Participates at Pedagogical Training Course in Finland

posted Aug 18, 2019, 1:40 AM by Karzan Ghafur Khidhir Qadir

A delegation from University of Sulaimani Participates at the Pedagogical Training Course at HAMK Hame University of Applied Sciences in Finland from 1 October 2018 to 15 December 2018. 

Dr Aysser Abdul Rahman and Dr Rezhen Harun from  University of Sulaimani took part at the Pedagogical Training Course at HAMK Hame University of Applied Sciences in Finland. 


  

University of Sulaimani Participates at Erasmus Plus TIGRIS Workshop and Consortium Meeting in Masaryk University

posted Jun 27, 2019, 10:20 AM by Karzan Ghafur Khidhir Qadir   [ updated Jun 27, 2019, 10:22 AM ]


 

A delegation from University of Sulaimani headed by the university President Asst. Professor Dr Ridha H. Hussein and included the Director of International Academic Relations, Asst. Professor Dr Karzan G. Khidhir participated at the Erasmus Plus TIGRIS Workshop and Consortium Meeting held in Brno, Czech Republic during 24-26 June 2019.

 

University of Sulaimani along with other Kurdistan universities has taken steps towards internationalisation of their institutions.

 

The workshop’s agenda was about strategic plans for for the upcoming years for the public Kurdistan universities that participated in TIGRIS program.

 

Eight Kurdistan’s universities and the Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research participated in the TIGRIS activities with the presence of the representatives of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. 





University of Sulaimani Students Participates at the 2nd World Congress on Undergraduate Research

posted Jun 27, 2019, 3:13 AM by Karzan Ghafur Khidhir Qadir   [ updated Jun 27, 2019, 3:17 AM ]


A group of students from the Biology Department, College of Science of University of Sulaimani supported by the president of the university participated at the 2nd World Congress on Undergraduate Research which was held on 23-25 May 2019 at the University of Oldenburg, Germany.

The students of University of Sulaimani presented their advanced research in the 2nd World Congress on Undergraduate Research in Germany at the University of Oldenburg and their research project was about using a plant extract as an alternative to antibiotics. The University of Sulaimani project had scored highly among the projects.

Assistant Professor Dr Haider M. Hamzah, academic staff member of University of Sulaimani, has supervised the research project and accompanied the students during their participation at the 2nd World Congress on Undergraduate Research.  

Only about 217 research abstracts were invited and confirmed for the 2nd World Congress on Undergraduate Research and University of Sulaimani was the only university that participated from Kurdistan region and Iraq in this scientific event.




Christopher Merrill Presents Seminar at University of Sulaimani

posted Apr 29, 2019, 4:10 AM by Karzan Ghafur Khidhir Qadir


 

Christopher Merrill presented a Seminar at University of Sulaimani on "Introducing Creative Writing to Schools VAP program" on Sunday April 28th 2019.

The seminar was organized by the US Embassy in Baghdad in cooperation with the US Consulate General-Erbil, IREX and the University of Sulaimani.

A number of English lecturers of University of Sulaimani attended the seminar which was held at the college of languages.

Christopher Merrill has published six collections of poetry, including Brilliant Water, and Watch Fire, for which he received the Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; translations of Aleš Debeljak’s Anxious Moments and The City and the Child; several edited volumes, among them, The Forgotten Language: Contemporary Poets and Nature and From the Faraway Nearby: Georgia O’Keeffe as Icon; and five books of nonfiction, The Grass of Another Country: A Journey Through the World of Soccer, The Old Bridge: The Third Balkan War and the Age of the Refugee, Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Wars, Things of the Hidden God: Journey to the Holy Mountain, and The Tree of the Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War.

His work has been translated into twenty-five languages, his journalism appears in many publications, and his awards include a knighthood in arts and letters from the French government. He has held the William H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters at the College of the Holy Cross, and now directs the International Writing Program at The University of Iowa. He serves on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, he has conducted cultural diplomacy missions in over thirty countries for the U.S. State Department, and in April 2012 President Obama appointed Merrill to the National Council on the Humanities.


University of Sulaimani Hosts Erasmus Plus TIGRIS Project Concluding Workshop WP 1

posted Sep 29, 2018, 1:21 AM by Karzan Ghafur Khidhir Qadir   [ updated Sep 29, 2018, 1:24 AM ]

 

University of Sulaimani hosted the Concluding Workshop of WP 1 of the Erasmus Plus TIGRIS Project during 24-26 September 2018.

 

The Concluding Workshop of WP 1 started with opening remarks from Dr Karzan & Dr Ridha from University of Sulaimani, Dr. Uwe Muuss from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (UGOE) and Dr Pola Khanaqa from KISSR.   

 

Project Overview and Timeline (Recapitulation) was presented by Jakob Hedderich / UGOE.

 

Each Kurdish partner university presented their results of Work Package 1. The session was then followed by discussion and Planning session for implementation of WP2.

 

A Workshop on Risk Analysis was conducted by Dr. Carlos Machado, External Quality Assurance Expert for the TIGRIS Project.

 

On Tuesday, September 25th Project Management Meeting was Moderated by Dr. Uwe Muuss (UGOE). Then Report by Quality Leading Team (QLT) Dr. Uwe Brandenburg / GII and a Report by External Quality Assurance Expert Dr. Carlos Machado were presented. The session followed by an Open discussion.

 

A Workshop on Developing structures corresponding to the institutional and international strategy of universities was conducted by Dr. Uwe Muuss (UGOE).

 

On Wednesday, September 26th a Workshop on ”See your International Relations Office in action” was conducted by  Violeta Osouchová from Masaryk University.

 

During the meeting, Dr. Uwe Brandenburg as leader of the Quality Leading Team of the TIGRIS Project reported the performance of the Project Consortium in the first year of the project. Jef Schrooten from KU Leuven presented WP1 progress and issues.

 

All the partners then moved to Salahaddin Universtiy-Erbil and participated at the Annual Dissemination Conference on Thursday, September 27th.

 

The TIGRIS Project has been awarded for EU co-funding within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme “Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education”. Capacity building projects in the field of higher education support the modernisation, accessibility, and internationalisation of higher education in Partner Countries, in this case Kurdistan.

 

The TIGRIS Project, which will run for 3 years from 2017 – 2020, is coordinated by the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany. The project consortium is composed of 4 European partners and 10 Kurdish partners, including the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR), as well as 2 associate partners.

University of Sulaimani Participates at Erasmus+ TIGRIS Project Study Visits in Europe

posted May 12, 2018, 5:26 AM by Karzan Ghafur Khidhir Qadir   [ updated Sep 29, 2018, 1:23 AM ]

 

University of Sulaimani representatives participated at Study Visits organized by Masaryk University, the Global Impact Institute, University of Groningen and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven on 4 – 17 March 2018.

 

 

Dr Kawa J. Rashid and Dr Kawa Amin from University of Sulaimani Participated at the Erasmus + TIGRIS Project study visits in Masaryk University and Global Impact Institute on 4-10 March 2018.

 


 

Dr Ridha Hasan Hussein, President, and Dr Karzan G. Khidhir, Director of International Academic Relations and Media, from University of Sulaimani Participates at Erasmus + TIGRIS Project study visits in the University of Groningen and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven on 11th – 17th March 2018. 

University of Sulaimani Participates at Erasmus+ TIGRIS Project Kick-Off Meeting in Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

posted Nov 17, 2017, 12:16 PM by Karzan Ghafur Khidhir Qadir   [ updated Nov 18, 2017, 4:10 AM ]

 

Dr Ridha Hasan Hussein, President, and Dr Karzan G. Khidhir, Director of International Academic Relations and Media, from University of Sulaimani Participates at Erasmus + TIGRIS Project Kick-Off Meeting on 9th – 10th November 2017, at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.

University of Sulaimani representatives also participated at the 70th anniversary celebration of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen prior to the Kick-Off Meeting of the TIGRIS Project.

The Kick off meeting of the Erasmus + TIGRIS Project was started by a welcome and introduction from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Then each partner institution gave a presentation about the institution Overview & International Status Quo, institutional Strengths, institutional Challenges and desired Areas for Improvement.

The TIGRIS project coordinator, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, then presented the Project Overview, Evaluation, & Work Packages. The Project Finances - Budget & Financial Regulations as well as the Project Management – Procedures & Processes were explained by the coordinating institute.

During the second day of the kick off meeting, Detailed Overview of Work Packages, Question Session on the Work Packages, Next Steps & Future Milestones and Concluding Remarks were all discussed.

The Transfer of Good practices & Reinforcement of Internationalisation Strategies in Kurdistan (TIGRIS) project is funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union.

The TIGRIS Project has been awarded for EU co-funding within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme “Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education”. Capacity building projects in the field of higher education support the modernisation, accessibility, and internationalisation of higher education in Partner Countries, in this project in Kurdistan region.

The TIGRIS Project, which will run for 3 years from 2017 – 2020, is coordinated by the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.



Objectives of the project:

The TIGRIS Project will aim to work on three different levels in order to support the modernisation, accessibility, and internationalisation of higher education in Kurdistan. At an institutional level, the project will capitalise upon internationalisation as a process with the potential to further develop Kurdish HEIs. In this way, the project will seek to contribute to the modernisation of the partner universities involved within the Kurdistan region by strengthening management structures and services for international relations, and building advanced strategic policies related to the internationalisation of education, research, mobility and student services which will bring the Kurdish partner HEIS more in line with the EHEA.

The following objectives have been determined for the TIGRIS Project, which the partners will seek to address throughout the project’s lifespan and within the activities undertaken:

  • Improve the quality of Higher Education in Kurdistan;
  • Develop new and innovative education programmes;
  • Modernise the Higher Education system in Kurdistan through policy reform;
  • Create and implement national legislation which will facilitate the accreditation of joint and double degrees, the recognition of studies abroad, and the ECTS;
  • Foster cooperation across different regions of the world via joint initiatives and collaborative action;
  • Strengthen management structures and services geared towards international relations;
  • Develop advanced strategic polices regarding the internationalisation of education, collaborative research, academic mobility, and international student services within Kurdistan which will bring Kurdish HEIs closer to their European counterparts;
  • Transfer best practices and disseminate knowledge so as to understand how to cooperate within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and European Research Area (ERA).

Expected Impact:

The TIGRIS Project is anticipated to exert the following short-term and long-term academic and social impacts:

  • Increased interest and recognition of the importance of internationalisation in stutdent and staff development;
  • The creation of a framework for the recognition of studies conducted abroad;
  • The establishment of joint ventures/programmes (both national and international);
  • The creation of a group of experts tasked with disseminating knowledge about the EHEA system and transferring knowledge to other HEIs and the wider academic community;
  • The internationalisation of the HE system in Kurdistan;
  • The development of a benchmarking tool for mapping the quality of internationalisation in Kurdish HEIs;
  • Lifelong learning skills for senior managers and International Relations Officers;
  • The integration of internationalisation strategies within HEIs;
  • An increased quality of education in Kurdistan;
  • Increased cooperation between Kurdistan and the EHEA;
  • Increased awareness of the internationalisation of Kurdistan in the EHEA and other countries worldwide.

 





Partners:

European Partners:

1- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany (Coordinator)

2- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

3- Masarykova Univerzita, Czech Republic

4- Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands

5- Global Impact Institute s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic

Kurdish Partners:

1- Kurdistan Institution of Strategic Studies and Scientific Research (KISSR), Kurdistan region, Iraq

2- University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan region, Iraq

3- Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Kurdistan region, Iraq

4- University of Raparin, Kurdistan region, Iraq

5- Halabja University, Kurdistan region, Iraq

6- Charmo University, Kurdistan region, Iraq

7- Duhok Polytechnic University, Kurdistan region, Iraq

8- Erbil Polytechnic University, Kurdistan region, Iraq

9- Salahaddin University, Kurdistan region, Iraq

10- Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kurdistan region, Iraq

Associate Partners:

1- COIMBRA Group, Belgium

2- Grupo Compostela de Universidades, Spain   




French Scholarship for 2019

posted Nov 17, 2017, 12:02 PM by Karzan Ghafur Khidhir Qadir



بالوێزخانەی وولاتی فەرەنسا لە عێراق/ بەشی هاوکاری و  کەلتوری کورسی خوێندنی ماستەر لە بوارەکانی (پەیوەندییە نێودەولەتیەکان و یاسا و زانستە رامیاریەکان) پێشکەش بە قوتابی و خوێندکارەکانی سالی چوارەم و تازە دەرچوانی ئەم بەشانەی سەرەوە بۆ سالی (٢٠١٩) دەکات بەم شێوەی خوارەوە:

ü      کاندید لە (١٢) ی تشرینی دووەم ئەم سال تا (٥ )ی کانونی یەکەم کۆرسی زمانی فەرەنسی لە ناوەندی کەلتوری لە کونسولخانەی گشتی فەرەنسا لە هەولێر دەخوێنێت.

ü      باشترین کاندیدەکانی کۆرسی زمانی یەکەم، بۆ ماوەی شەش مانگ تا سالێک زمانی فەرەنسی دەخوێنن بۆ بەدەستهێنانی ئاستی(B1) بی یەک لە زمانی فەرەنسی. دواتر خۆئامادەکردن بۆ بە دەستهێنانی ئاستی(B2) بی دوو لە زمانی فەرەنسی بۆ ئەوەی ئامادە بێت بۆ پێشکەشکردن بۆ زەمالەی سالی ٢٠١٩.

ü      لە کانونی دووەمی سالی ٢٠١٩، وە لەسەر بنەمای ئاستی زمان و کۆ نمرەی لە زانکۆ، بەشی هاوکاری و کەلتوری لە بالوێزخانەی ناوبراو هەلدەستێ بە دەستنیشانکردن و قبولکردنی کاندیدەکان.

تێبینی:

·          کرێی بەشداریکردن بۆ کۆرسی زمان یەکەم بریتیە لە (١٨٠٠٠٠) هەزار دینار، وە دەکەوێتە سەر ئەستۆی خودی کاندیدەکە.

·          ژمارەی کورسیەکان لە ئێستادا دیار نیە، بەلکو بەندە بە ئاستی کاندیدە بەشداربووەکان

·          بۆ ووردەکاری زیاتر و خۆتۆمارکردن لە کۆرسی زمان، دەکرێت کاندیدەکان پەیوەندی بکەن بە ناوەندی کەلتوری ناوبراو بەم ناونیشان (cours@institutfrancais-erbil.com0096407507726643, )ە.

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