Yearly Archives: 2020

Erbil Polytechnic University arranged the third (Final) concluding conference of the TIGRIS Project, which took place on Tuesday, October 13^th, 2020. A group of the academic staff of the EPU attended this event, including the Rector of the university, Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani, the Director of the International Office, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah, the Head of Grant and Fund Raising Unit, Dr. Selar Othman, and the Head of the Cultural Relations Unit of the EPU International Relations Office, Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Omer Yassin,

During this event, the contents and the agenda of the final conference were mentioned, which was looking back on three years of the TIGRIS Project, presenting key outcomes of the project in its third year and having a joint discussion (round table) on the regional (KRI) and global outlook of internationalization. Following up on our efforts in supporting the reforms for the implementation of the Bologna Process in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq,  Prof. Robert Wagenaar from the University of Groningen participated as a key speaker. Previously, Prof. Wagenaar conducted the TUNING training workshop in March 2020. Professor Wagenaar gave his expert assessment of the ongoing modernization of the Higher Education sector in the Kurdistan Region, outlining requirements and potential future steps,  presenting the latest developments concerning the Bologna Process. Considering that Bologna-related reforms will be a key focus of Kurdish partners in the coming years, this would be of great interest to all. Therefore, Prof. Wagenaar’s inputs also include some time for Q&A sessions where Kurdish partner universities actively succeeded in the current and future themes.

It is worth to be mentioned that eight partner universities of Kurdistan, all the European partner universities in the TIGRIS project, and more than 184 universities participated in this virtual conference.

On Monday 12th of October 2020, the Rector of the EPU, with the presence of both his assistants for Scientific Affairs and Administration and Finance Affairs and the International Relations Office Director, received the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation.

In this meeting, the ICRC delegation, which consisted of Ms.Teresa Pawel and Ghassan Alus, discussed opening the Orthotics and Prosthetics Department in the Erbil Health Technical College and its preparation. They also discussed the obstacles they face during the process and how to solve them.

In a mutual project, both the EPU and ICRC will open the Orthotics and Prosthetics Department in the Erbil Health Technical College, which will be the first department all over Iraq. It is also supposed in the nearest future; both parties sign a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate and cooperate in more projects.

On Wednesday 7th October 2020, with the Presence of several Deans of the colleges and institutes and both the Rector assistants for Scientific Affairs and Administration and Finance Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani rewarded honorary certificates to the top three lecturers of the university and the top lecturers of the colleges and institutes of the Quality Assurance Process.

At the beginning of the celebration, the Rector delivered a speech. He expressed his appreciation and gratitude towards the successful instructors of the quality assurance process and hoped that they continue in their great achievements. He also mentioned that they wanted to invite the concerned academic staff to the process because of the pandemic situation and implementing the health instructions. He also thanked all the lecturers that obtained high scores in this process.

Later his Excellency Asst. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani started to honor the mentioned academic staff with honorary certificates.

On Tuesday 6th of October, 2020, Erbil Polytechnic University launches a new webinar about the pandemic Corona-Covid 19. The second webinar will begin with Dr. Dashti Bistani, Specialist in Cardiology and Rheumatology, the President of the Corona Resistance Committee in Erbil, and Iraq’s Scientific Committee Member. This webinar is under the title “Protection against Corona Covid 19 for the Students and Lecturers during Studying inside Classes” that will start on the 6th of October, 2020, at 9:00 PM.

To participate in this event, kindly visit this link.

Note: 6 hours before the event, the webinar participation link will be sent to you via email.