Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments & opportunities in education and training in Iraq.
The United States Mission in Iraq is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2014-2016 Fulbright Foreign Student Program. This prestigious and competitive scholarship program allows outstanding students worldwide to obtain master’s degrees at U.S. universities to further their academic and professional careers as well as to promote international cultural understanding. […]
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad hosted the “Victories from Iraq” bazaar on February 16, 2013, featuring the work of Iraqi artists who have benefitted from U.S. Government-funded skills and business training programs. Since 2007, the U.S. State Department has provided over $53 million to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to implement livelihood projects for […]
The British Consulate General in Kurdistan region launched the Second British Film Festival yesterday, in Erbil. There was a strong turnout, including the President's brother Sidad Barzani, the Erbil Governor, and several KRG Ministers and top officials, as well as senior business and civil society figures. Hugh Evans, British Consul-General in Erbil, and festival co-founder […]
The U.S. Embassy, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), hosted the Law School Legal Clinic Best Practices Training for six Iraqi law schools in Baghdad from February 5 - 7, 2013. USAID assists Iraqi law schools to integrate clinical legal education into their curricula and to establish legal aid clinics. These law school […]
By Madeleine White, educationalist, writer and Head of Strategic Partnerships, Whizz Education. I love books. The sense that I am holding something that belongs to me is precious - even down to the physical smell. This sense of ownership was extreme in my teenage years. I refused to lend anyone my books - somehow they were a […]
Since August 2010 the UNFPA Iraq Country Office has been supporting nine staff of the Iraqi Central Statistical Organization (CSO) and Kurdistan Regional Statistical Office (KRSO) to get their Master’s and PhD degrees in Demography and Statistics from the Institute of Statistical Studies and Research (ISSR) of Cairo University in Egypt. The programme they were […]
The UK's Middle East Association invites you to register for what promises to be an engaging and interactive event led by a panel of experts who will outline some of the challenges, risks and also potential causes for optimism for the year ahead in the Middle East and North Africa. Following two years of major […]
Over 250 students moved into the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani’s new dorm facilities. The apartment-style rooms are spacious, modern, fully furnished, and located at the heart of the university's new 169-hectare campus. “We are thrilled about this transition and the change in the atmosphere on campus is palpable,” said Director of Student Services, Leah […]
By Stephen Beecroft, US Ambassador to Iraq. Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq and the beginning of a new chapter in our bilateral relationship. Over the past year, Iraq has assumed an increasingly prominent place in the region politically and economically. For example, Iraq hosted an Arab League […]
By John Lee. The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, invites nominations and applications for the position of President. AUIS is a private, non-profit higher education institution founded in 2007 to provide a student-centered American-style education that embodies the philosophy, standards, and teaching practices of the American higher education model. AUIS admits all qualified students regardless […]
By John Lee. Azzaman quotes a senior official at the Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism as saying that the United States still keeps 80,000 ancient Iraqi artifacts and refuses to return them to the Iraq Museum. Hazem al-Shammari said Iraqi authorities were in touch with their American counterparts but the discussion have so far led […]
By John Lee. Iraqi archaeologists have found a hoard of ancient gold coins in the town of Aziziyah, in Wasit [Wassit] province, and hope to put them on display in Baghdad's National Museum. The coins date back to the Sassanid era, a Persian dynasty that ruled Iraq from the third century until the coming of the […]
