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| A Brief Description About the University of Kurdistan Hawler |
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The University of Kurdistan Hawler is a new initiative in the federal region of Kurdistan in Iraq, funded by the Regional Government of Kurdistan.
It is an independent public institution, and it will maintain this independence as an indispensable condition of teaching, learning and research.
It currently offers degrees in Economics and Finance, Management and Business Studies, Politics and International Relations, Sociology and Social Policy,
Modern History and Information Technology, but in the coming years it will expand to teach humanities and natural sciences as well.
The medium of instruction and research is English.
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| VISION statement |
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The University of Kurdistan Hawler (UKH) was founded by Prime Minister HE Nechirvan Barzani in 2006 to provide the
education and research which will enable the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to flourish within the context of Iraq, in
the wider Region and on the international stage. UKH will educate men and women to take up official positions in the KRG, to
develop the economic activity of the Kurdistan Region, and to lead in its intellectual life. It will also be the institute of
choice that KRG will turn to for policy development through intellectual excellence and practical analysis.
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| MISSION statement |
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UKH is to provide internationally recognized and respected education and research in order to enable
KRG to lead its peoples in prosperity and harmony within Iraq, in the Region and internationally.
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UK-H STRATEGIC INTENT |
• We will focus our energies on advancing Kurdistan and the wider region, whilst striving for our work to benefit the world-wide community.
• We will work with government, business, industry, and the community to create
lasting intellectual, cultural, social, health, environmental and economic benefits
for Kurdistan and beyond.
• We will produce graduates with the expertise and intellectual curiosity required
for the development of Kurdistan and our communities, we will conduct research to provide the knowledge and understanding needed to meet the challenges facing
Kurdistan, the wider region and world-wide
• We will embrace the communities we serve and engage with them at all levels,
sharing a sense of pride in the University’s achievements
More specifically We have 5 Strategic intents
1. Distinctive Teaching and Learning Experiences
Provide effective teaching and learning environments and opportunities sufficient to acquire subject matter knowledge and professional pedagogical skills; develop professional capabilities to manage and monitor student learning and progress; gain the proficiency to use conceptual frameworks, and analytic tools to obtain, interpret and use student performance data for individual and collaborative reflection on the effectiveness of professional actions and results.
2. Academic/Scholarship Integration
Enable the organizational proximity, alignment and connectivity of academic and research units; to foster the integration of UK-H scholarship and academic curriculum and create the physical facilities and informational and technological infrastructure essential to provide staff, students, and practicing professional educators comprehensive access to academic degree, professional licensure, continuing professional development, community services, and outreach support to school/community partners.
3. Creating a Learning Organisation
Develop organisational culture, values and capacity to transform information into valued knowledge used to adapt its actions, continuously improve its performance and strategically compete for new opportunities.
4. Enhancing Professionalism
Elevate the dignity, respect and value accorded education; strengthen professional accountability; enhance the use of evidence to improve effectiveness of professional practice; and foster a culture of continuous professional sharing, continuous advancement and recognition of accomplishment.
5. Building Community
Develop and sustain an inclusive, distributed and networked professional learning community committed to sharing and collaborating with on campus/off-campus researchers and educators to reduce professional isolation and increase access to other colleagues practice experience, expertise, research-based practices, best practice performance results, and nurture a culture of respect, values and norms that represent the diversity of our individual identities and professional pluralism of beliefs.
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