Yearly Archives: 2026

Within the continuous efforts to develop the abilities of youth and graduates, the city of Erbil hosted a training course for trainers and facilitators (ToT / ToF) for the “Job Search Club (JSC)” or job search advisors.This important training was organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with financial support from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). It started on February 28, 2026, and finished successfully on March 12, 2026.

The course was attended by active representatives from our university. They included Asst.prof.Dr. Hataw Karim Khidr, Director of the Career Development Center (CDC), and teacher Amal Sani, Coordinator of the Career Development Center at Shaqlawa Technical College.

The main goal of this training was to prepare a group of skilled trainers and facilitators in career development centers at polytechnic universities in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, as well as youth centers under the Ministry of Culture and Youth.

This step was an important part of the strategy to reduce unemployment and prepare young people for the job market. In the future, these trainers guided youth using modern and scientific methods.Through this program, graduates learned job search tools, how to write a professional CV and cover letter, how to pass job interviews successfully, and how to build strong connections with important people in the job market.

It is worth mentioning that our university always gave great importance to such activities and programs and continuously supported them. It strongly believed that strengthening the professional skills of youth and preparing them for the job market was one of its main duties and a big responsibility. Therefore, it always supported efforts that created better opportunities and a brighter future for our graduates and students.

On February 25 and 26, 2026, at Ankawa Royal Hotel in Erbil, Asst.Prof.Dr. Hataw Karim, Director of our university’s Career Development Center, participated in a workshop on establishing the Sector Councils (SCs) for the green and digital economy.

The workshop was another stage of the program “Fair Education in Iraq and Improving Teaching, Learning, and Education Management (TEVT 3).” The program aimed to strengthen and create coordination between the public and private sectors through technical and vocational education in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. It also aimed to increase the integration of technical and professional skills with the labor market, especially in the green and digital economy sectors.

The project was implemented with the participation of the Ministries of Higher Education, Education, and Labor and Social Affairs in both the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Federal Government. It was carried out through the statistics authorities in Erbil and Baghdad, in coordination with UNESCO, and was supported by the European Union.

 

 

At this stage, representatives from the statistics directorates of the provinces of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, Nineveh, and Salahaddin participated, along with representatives from the ministries of Higher Education, Education, and Labor from both governments. Representatives of companies from these provinces in the green and digital economy sectors also took part.

 

During the two-day workshop, a Sector Council (SC) for each participating province was formed by the participants, and the council members were selected. Asst. Prof. Dr. Hataw Karim was elected as the head of the Erbil Provincial Council. An initial annual draft plan was prepared to make the council active, strengthen cooperation between the public and private sectors, and help align academic and vocational graduates from the Ministries of Education and Higher Education with the needs of the labor market.

 

 

Within the framework of the internationalization of our university, the international workshop entitled “Connecting Research Culture: Cross-Border Research Collaboration” was held in a hybrid format under the supervision of our university and the University of Kurdistan–Hawler, in coordination with the University of Portsmouth and Imperial College London in the United Kingdom.

 

The workshop was initiated by Dr. Salar Osman Ali, a lecturer at the Technical College of Administration–Erbil, and it was held on 23–24 February 2026 at the University of Kurdistan–Hawler. During the workshop, 62 master’s students and 12 lecturers from the fields of humanities and social sciences from the four universities participated.

In the workshop, several important topics were discussed, such as research design in different cultural contexts, academic writing skills and scientific publishing, and artificial intelligence and its impact on research. The final part of the workshop was allocated to students and lecturers to exchange ideas and propose coordination programs between the universities, such as student and staff exchange and organizing joint activities in the future.

According to the international ranking of Times Higher Education, Imperial College London ranked (3) in the United Kingdom and (8) in the world, while the University of Portsmouth ranked (41) in the United Kingdom and within (401–500) worldwide according to this website.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-uk