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The Erbil Polytechnic University is delighted to announce that one of its academic staff, Dr. Dashne A. Sedeeq, lecturer at the International Marketing and Languages Department at the EPU, in collaboration with researchers from De Montfort University (DMU), has been awarded a Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) to realise education’s promise for children refugees from Syria. The project will assess the education provision and learning environments in the Kurdistan region of Iraq (KR-I)

The GCRF Networking Grants Scheme aims to build capacity through research collaborations between a group of researchers in the UK and a group of co-partners, including professors and academics from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I). This collaboration aims to develop high-quality inter-disciplinary and innovative applications to address global challenges faced by Syrian refugees in the field of learning and education inside the refugees’ camps in KR-I.

The EPU will provide input into the project and development workshop. This work will be done in collaboration with Dr. Suha Omer and her colleagues from DMU, who will strengthen research capacities, exchange knowledge, and develop the team’s understanding of the challenges that children and families face in the learning process. The input from this workshop will facilitate the development of the project research instruments.

The kick-off meeting of the project was held on 24^th June 2021. This meeting focused on research and collaboration networking, project partners, aims and objectives, and proposed plan. During the meeting, the next plan of action was outlined, which includes website development, visibility of the project, and partners’ contribution to the project. It is planned that a workshop will be held in September 2021 to exchange ideas and discuss the plan of action to conduct the fieldwork in the camps and outside. It is also expected that this project will end in summer 2022.

To collaborate with society and within the Medical Scientific Departments’ activities of the EPU On Thursday 24^th of June 2021 Disease Analysis (Laboratory) Department of the Erbil Health, Technical Institute examined people blood in the Erbil City Center.

The Erbil Health Technical Institute staff and students supervised this activity in which they made various tests for the Erbil citizens.

It is worth to be mentioned that such activities are processed annually by the Medical colleges and institutes of our university as a humanitarian and patriotic duty.

Within the Exterior Activities Directorate Activities, on Sunday and Monday 21 & 22nd of June 2021, the Presidency of the Erbil Polytechnic University managed two Bowling Game Leagues at the Smile Land of Game City.

These leagues continued for two days;  the University Council Members’ leagues and the Directors’ league were held. Every player should complete 10 rounds; each round, they could throw two bowling in which they are supposed to collect more points.

At the University Council Members’ round, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayad Zaki Saber gained top one that he could collect 104 points and Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani got top two with 100 points.

At the Directors’ league level, Mr. Farhad Othman Omer could get 113 points who reached top one, and Mr. Salar Dlawar Hawezi collected 98 points on which he gained top two.

Then, the Exterior Activities Directorate, with the sponsor of the Smile Land of the Gaming City, rewarded the winners.

Erbil Polytechnic expressed its gratitude towards the Smile Land of the Gaming City, for they sponsored both leagues of the Bowling Game. They decided to perform more activities together in the future.

On 21th of June 2021, the Erbil Polytechnic University Delegation visited The Northern Technical University (NTU) at the Mosul City to prepare for the Second League of the International Conference of Medical and Biological Technics (ICMBT). This Delegation consisted of the Rector Assistant for Scientific Affairs Dr. Nageb Toma Bato the Director of the International Relations Office, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah, and the Director of the Scientific Research Center, the UTU President Assistant for Administrative Affairs, Asst. Prof Dr. Hemn Kakakhan Awlla.

In this meeting, the NTU President, Prof. Dr. Alyaa Abbas Al-Attar, Asst. Prof.Dr. Dhanoun Younes Dhanoun, the Mosul Technical Institute Dean, Asst. Prof. Dr. Haitham Abdullah Rajab, the College of Health and Medical Technology Dean, Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Yawoz, the Technical Agricultural College Dean, and the Director of the scientific Affairs, Asst. Prof. Fawwaz Fadhil Ali were available. During this meeting, they discussed the process of submitting papers and all relating issues that are necessary for the conference. They also talked about future collaboration between both universities through scientific researches and opening new programs for post-graduate studies.

It is worth to be mentioned that the Second League of the International Conference of Medical and Biological Technics (ICMBT) will be held on 10-12^th 2021.