The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. Nabil Kazem Abdel Sahib, received the Director of the British Council in Iraq, Mr. Jim Petrie, and discussed the horizons of cultural and academic cooperation. A number of goals were achieved, including the employment of Iraqi competencies, investment in the fields of education with rare specialties, the cross-fertilization of ideas between the Iraqi and British peoples, and the provision of a joint opportunity for scientific research in heritage excavations and modern disciplines in the medical and engineering fields. Representatives of missions and cultural relations that the determinants of this path between the two sides require prioritizing programs and fellowships, stressing that twinning universities and specializations and holding memoranda of understanding in light of the orientation and specificity of Iraqi universities represent a necessity and importance and have priority and primacy of joint cooperation programs. future and strengthening cooperation at the level For my education and investment needs a special agreement to provide quality scholarships to Iraqis and focus on benefiting from British expertise in modernizing academic programs and curricula in line with the needs of the labor market in light of the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, noting that Iraqi graduates from international universities, especially British ones, are distinguished by their ingenuity. In turn, the Director of the Council praised The British Council arranged a map of priorities that the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research is interested in, expressing its hope to develop relations with university institutions in Iraq, to overcome the accelerating economic and health challenges, and to adapt academic cooperation programs that can be a gateway to the transfer of knowledge and experiences. He stressed the importance of promoting cultural exchange and providing a sustainable cooperation environment. Proposing the selection of a number of Iraqi university leaders to meet with their counterparts in British universities to achieve the required communication, and at the same time welcoming the proposal submitted by the Minister of Higher Education regarding the formation of a joint team between the two sides to put a map of the agreed upon perceptions in its proper context and in accordance with the agreement signed between the two countries. Challenges faced To teach in the world, the Director of the British Council praised the decision of the Iraqi Ministry of Education to adopt the mechanisms of blended education in universities and to employ the presence aspect and digital services to complete and provide educational requirements and overcome exceptional circumstances.
