In the presence of Asst. Prof. Dr. Nageb Toma Bato, the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education and Dr. Selar Othman Ali on online the meetings of the Camp plus Project were in Larissa city, Greece for 3 days from 3 to 5 October, 2023.
This project is carried out by the Erbil Polytechnic University in collaboration with some European institutions (IRSEI Italian, CMA French, iED Greek, VPL German, and CEIPES Dutch).
The aim of the project is to strengthen the skills of young refugees in Erbil and Larissa in Greece so that they can integrate into society or become owners of their own projects.
On Thursday, the 5th of October, 2023, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, the Vice Rectors, several university Council Members, and Mr. Hazhar Othman, the Head of Aso Region (PDK), held an honorary ceremony for the teachers of colleges and institutes affiliated to Erbil Polytechnic University on the occasion of promotion and change of scientific titles during 19/01/2023 to 01/09/2023.
In the ceremony, Professor Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki delivered a speech in which he welcomed the guests and the audience. He said: Ladies and Gentlemen, we as Erbil Polytechnic University annually arrange an honoring ceremony for those teachers whose academic degrees are promoted It is World Teachers’ Day. Fortunately, this year we chose October 5 to celebrate World Teachers’ Day.
On this day, we want to be with you and congratulate the teachers who have been promoted. On this occasion, we warmly congratulate all our teachers. To commemorate this day, we need to talk about the role of teachers in the society. We know from the people’s history what a special and important role the teachers have in education, culture and building societies?
Fortunately, if we look back the history of our Kurdish people, we know very well what role and influence they had during the revolution and after the uprising Therefore, in our opinion, it is very important that the special role of teachers in the difficult circumstances and the difficult economic situation continues and we must continue to take into consideration. we as the university presidency and our university council promise our teachers to always support you and facilitate their work.
We wish you success in your daily work and teaching work. We hope that this promotion will encourage you to improve your scientific level and to reflect your important role in the university. Congratulations again, thank you for your presence.
Then the awards were presented by the Rector, guests, attendees and members of the University Council.
On Wednesday, the 4th of October, 2023, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, held a workshop on photography entitled (Artificial Intelligence and its relation with Photography) for teachers and students of both departments of Media and Media Technology.
At the beginning of the workshop, the Rector of Erbil Polytechnic University welcomed the teachers and students and said: “We are very pleased to hold this meeting with the teachers and students of the Technical Department of Media. Ladies and Gentlemen, we as the Presidency of Erbil Polytechnic University have been working together with THM University for more than two years in several projects within the framework of the internationalization strategy of our university. This workshop is one of the joint works that we organize with the help of Professor Klaus, an expert in the field of photography, in order to introduce teachers and students in the Technical Department of Media and Media on the latest sciences of photography.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, we all know how important the work of photographers is in society, how a photograph can become historical evidence for nations, and photographs can evoke human emotions, whether beautiful or unpleasant. Therefore, we all know what an important role the photographer has in journalism, so we thought it important and we liked that these gentlemen from the German university can cooperate with us Then comes the issue of artificial intelligence and the relationship with photography, as we all know today, artificial intelligence in all spheres of life and in all areas of life has played a very important role. Therefore, it was important for us to hear from Professor Klaus about the effects of artificial intelligence on photographers today. I hope our teachers and students will be able to benefit more from his experience and knowledge during the two days he came from Germany. Thank you again for attending, and I wish you success.”
Then, the workshop topics were then presented by Mr. Klaus. The Directorate of the International Relations of the Presidency of the University supervised the workshop and led by Professor Dr. Klaus Schmidt, a lecturer in photography at TGM University, Germany. He introduced the latest science and techniques of photography to the teachers and students of the Department of Media Techniques at the Erbil Polytechnic University who received great benefits from his lectures.
On Wednesday, the 4th of October, 2023, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, the Dean of Erbil Technical Administration Institute, the Director of the Scientific Research Center, and several directors of the university a scientific panel entitled (How to develop creativity in the classroom?) was held at the Cultural Center of the Erbil Polytechnic University for the lecturers of technical colleges and institutes.
At the beginning of the panel, the university Rector delivered a speech in which he welcomed the guests and said: “First of all, on behalf of the Presidency of the Erbil Polytechnic University and the University Council, I would like to welcome Dr. Abdulsalam Madani, Dr. Farhad Ali, Mr. Abdullah Saleh and Mr. Zanyar Jabar who are our teachers and today they will hold a panel together. We also welcome the teachers of the Erbil Polytechnic University who are present with us today to participate in this panel. Dear teachers, what I want to say is that university teachers constantly need to develop their skills. In my perspective, university teachers are always teachers and learners, which means they are teachers and students at the same time. They must constantly work to learn because his job is to be a teacher and teach students, so we must constantly be able to develop the skills of our university teachers. In this regard, today with the assistance of Creativity Week in Iraq, we perform an activity which is supervised by our teacher, Mr. Zanyar Jabar. We are pleased to be able to hold a panel today on a very important topic for teachers, which is an innovative topic on how teachers can be creative in the classroom. Therefore, we thought it necessary to make our teachers in the Erbil Polytechnic University be more familiar with this subject. If a teacher can be crreative in his teaching methods and goals in the classroom, we can call him a successful teacher. Then his students will be more successful and comfortable than the students of other teachers I hope that teachers can benefit from this panel today. As the university presidency, we will continue to hold such courses, panels, seminars, and activities for our teachers to benefit from. Welcome again and hope you enjoy.”
Then the panel consisted of several topics and was presented in a detailed and scientific manner by the panelists to the audience. Then the panelists opened the door of discussion for the teachers and they directed their questions, comments, criticisms and suggestions that were answered by the panelists.
At the end of the panel, teachers were asked to answer these questions through a form to further enrich the activity.
What is creativity and why is it important?
What is the role of creativity in education?
Why should take creativity into great consideration in universities?
How can teachers foster a culture of creativity and innovation within their classrooms? To encourage creativity in an organized process?
It is worth mentioning that the Rector presented the certificates of appreciation to the panelists including Dr. Abdulsalam Madani, Dr. Farhad Ali, Mr. Zanyar Jabbar, and Mr. Abdullah Saleh.
