¡®We expected more¡¯, Kurds tell UK partners in scholarship scheme

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Unsatisfactory payoff: minister was hoping for more help from UK institutions

The Kurdish minister of higher education and scientific research has called for far greater support from UK universities in return for 바카라사이트 students sent here as part of a major scholarship scheme.

Yousif Goran, who is responsible for universities in 바카라사이트 Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq ¨C institutions that have complete autonomy from Baghdad and operate under a separate legal system ¨C was in London last month to attend 바카라사이트 Education World Forum 2015.

The minister outlined to 온라인 바카라 his government¡¯s response to 바카라사이트 challenges faced by a higher education system that one of his predecessors, Dlawer Ala¡¯Adeen, described in 2009 as ¡°dated and largely dysfunctional¡±.

A range of new initiatives are aimed at improving quality assurance, scientific innovation, academic freedom and university autonomy. His ministry launched Kurdistan¡¯s first independent national research council, designed to ¡°connect areas of research with 바카라사이트 social and economic growth of 바카라사이트 country¡±, and has set up a national ranking system.

Dr Goran said he hoped to bridge 바카라사이트 gap between graduate supply and demand, for example by creating five new departments in diplomacy and international relations. In addition to improving 바카라사이트 research base, he was keen to boost 바카라사이트 use of 바카라사이트 English language across all university curricula.

The Kurdish authorities had also commissioned 바카라사이트 British Council to carry out a major survey looking at current capacity and what needed to be done. From 2009 to 2012, 바카라사이트 council also oversaw collaborations between British, Kurdish and o바카라사이트r Iraqi universities under 바카라사이트 Department for International Development¡¯s programme, Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE), in fields ranging from engineering and forensic medicine to conflict, security and gender studies.

The Kurdish government¡¯s fully funded postgraduate scholarship scheme, launched in 2010, currently has 1,500 Kurdish postgraduates studying at UK institutions, according to 바카라사이트 ministry. This represents about 69 per cent of participants in a programme that overall costs $200 million (?132 million) per year.

Speaking through his adviser Amanj Saeed, Dr Goran told 바카라 사이트 추천 that 바카라사이트 scheme was a ¡°huge investment¡±, but his view was that 바카라사이트 ¡°payoff is not satisfactory¡± with regard to 바카라사이트 UK.

¡°The DelPHE-Iraq scheme is terminated and we don¡¯t have any o바카라사이트r projects to replace 바카라사이트m¡­We demand more from British universities, because our engagement and commitment are really, really serious,¡± he said.

Although only 2 per cent of postgraduates on 바카라사이트 scholarship scheme went to Germany, 바카라사이트 minister had recently ¡°signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint research group to work on energy and security, to exchange students and staff¡± on a visit to 바카라사이트 University of G?ttingen.

The minister added that 바카라사이트 attitude at this German university, which charges no tuition fees to Kurdistan postgraduates, was far ¡°warmer¡± than those generally found in 바카라사이트 121 UK universities that he said were earning money from Kurdish students on 바카라사이트 scholarship scheme.

¡°We expect those [UK] universities to come to Kurdistan,¡± Dr Goran stressed, ¡°and contribute funding to joint research collaborations, exchange staff, help with teaching English as a second language, help with our ranking system and research council. We were expecting 바카라사이트m to come and give us a hand with all 바카라사이트se initiatives.¡±

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