On Wednesday, the 6th of December, 2023, Asst. Prof. Nageb Toma Bato, the Vice Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University for Scientific Affairs participated in the second meeting of the High Steering Committee of ESDEHARAK Project.
The meeting aimed to evaluate the work and activities of the project during the past six months and to plan activities for the next six months.
This project focuses on training and upgrading the skills of university staff for employment and agricultural development centers. It is implemented by Cowater in collaboration with the Ministries of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Education, Agriculture and Social Affairs of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Federal Government.
Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, visited Loughborough University during an official visit to the UK with a high-level delegation of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
In a seminar, the Rector of Erbil Polytechnic University shed light on the history and the structure of the Erbil Polytechnic University, data and curricula of the university, as well as higher education programs and the number of higher education students in our university.
Then our university Rector, talked about the needs of the scientific departments that are new in our university and have been opened as the needs of the labor market and need more support.
Then the gift and logo of Loughborough University was presented to the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University and for his part, Prof. Idris Mohammed Tahir Harki presented the logo and gift of Erbil Polytechnic University to the Rector of Loughborough University.
Finally, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University and the high-level delegation of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research visited the colleges, departments and laboratories of Loughborough University.
Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University visited the University of Nottingham with a high-level delegation from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research included several advisors, general directors and presidents of Salahaddin, Sulaimani, Duhok and Garmian universities
The delegation, which arrived to the UK on Sunday, the 3rd of December, 2023 at the invitation of the British Council, met with the University of Nottingham on Monday and participated in several meetings.
During the meetings, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki shed light on the structure of the Erbil Polytechnic University and the scientific departments of our university that need more cooperation and support, especially those departments that are new and rare in the Kurdistan Region.
They also focused on the internationalization of the university, participation, and partnership of our university in the fields of research, exchange of teachers and students, review of curricula and assistance to train teachers in the fields that our university needs.
Later, the President of the Erbil Polytechnic University and the General Secretary of the University of Nottingham presented gifts and the university logo to each other.
Under the supervision and presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, Soran Technical College arranged a panel entitled (Drugs and their dangers on society) for Dr. Salah Anwar Hamad, an advisor to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Mr. Sarmand Barzanji, the administrative Director of the Erbil Polytechnic University Presidency, and Mr. Muhammed Hamid Abbas, an officer in the General Directorate of Drugs.
At the beginning of the panel where Asst. Prof. Dr. Nageb Toma Bato, the Vice Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University for the Scientific Affairs Higher Education and Ms. Pakistan Mohammed Amin Yousef, the Dean of Soran Technical College, several government and party officials, members of the college council, teachers, employees and students of the college were present, the Dean of the Soran Technical College welcomed the guests and spoke about the importance of holding such panels.
Then, Mr. Abdulbasit Ali Ghafoor as the panel director, asked questions to the panelists and they talked about the harms and dangers of drugs and their consequences, which is currently one of the most important issues in the world and Kurdistan, especially the geographical location of the Soran region.
It is worth mentioning that the Erbil Polytechnic University as an academic center plans to serve the society in addition to training cadres in its scientific centers and for this purpose through a series of scientific seminars to raise awareness among students about the harms and risks of drugs.
