Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments & opportunities in education and training in Iraq.
Scottish-based Cresent is delivering the most significant contract in its 30-year history after signing a multi-million pound deal to supply health and safety training products for workers in Iraq’s giant Rumaila oilfield. Cresent has been awarded the contract by BP Iraq, which is operating the field in a joint venture with PetroChina and the National […]
By Abdul-Khaleq Dosky. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. or years the village of Bava has gone without electricity. But now a local handicapped man has built a water generator in a nearby river and […]
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." -- Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, 1993 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. This week at Iraq Business News, we are delighted to welcome a new Expert Blogger to our ranks: Madeleine White is Head of Marketing for Whizz Education. A […]
By Madeleine White, former teacher and educational writer and Head of Marketing, Whizz Education. Several years ago, I was working as an English Literature Teacher in at a typical state secondary school in the UK. I remember sitting in a classroom of 16 year old boys, who really didn’t want to be there. They wanted […]
The United States Embassy in Baghdad is pleased to announce a 71% increase in the number of Iraqi graduate students and a 31% increase in the total number of Iraqi students who studied in the United States in the 2011-2012 academic year over the previous year. According to the Open Doors Report on International Educational […]
By John Lee. The University of Baghdad has signed a joint cooperation agreement with Microsoft, under which the American technology giant will provide supplies for the application of scientific quality and reliability standards at the university. The deal includes the provision of 1000 copies of Windows 7 for use by university departments, colleges and institutes […]
By John Lee. Thousands of Iraqi schoolchildren are entering classrooms equipped with new Dell technology that will help improve how they access information, and ultimately, work and compete with their peers around the world. This development is the result of a close collaboration between the Iraqi Ministry of Education (MOE) and Dell, who assessed the […]
Officials from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently visited Iraq to train a group of 22 students from the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) and Iraq’s Department of the Air Force on aviation accident investigations. The training took place from October 14 to 18 at Iraq’s Aviation Training Institute and supported Iraq’s efforts […]
By John Lee. Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutleg [Salih al-Mutlaq] met the Serbian Minister of Trade and Transportation, Rasim Letantj, to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries. AIN reports that "the two sides discussed several common [causes] such as activating the economic and agricultural cooperation frameworks as well as exchanging the expertise in industry […]
The British Embassy in Iraq has launched the competition for this year’s Chevening Scholarships in Iraq. This year, the programme is looking for applications from the fields of energy, the private sector, the public sector, good governance, human rights, security and rule of law but applications from other fields may also be considered. To apply […]
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has announced that it are now accepting applications for two U.S. Government-sponsored exchange programs aimed at fostering mutual understanding and developing leadership skills. The programs provide Iraqi students and academics with networking and professional development opportunities with their American peers and colleagues. These programs work to support the goals of […]
The Trade Development Director of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), Crispin Simon, led a large British delegation to the Erbil Trade Fair last week. Sixty-one British delegates, representing 39 companies from several key sectors, including education, participated in the Fair. The UK pavilion was the second largest of all the countries represented at the event. […]
