Newsletter, February 2014

Quality assurance holds a specialized symposium entitled “a vision in administrative reform and investing the human resources for a better future”

Under the auspices of the minister of higher education and scientific research prof. Ali Mohamed Hussein Al-Adeeb the quality assurance  and university performance  at the university of Baghdad held a specialized symposium entitled (A vision  in administrative reform and investing  of human resources for a better future) delivered by Dr. Salah Abdul Qader al-Nuaimi, adviser of  the minister  for management and strategy affairs. Attended a symposium held at the hall of the college of engineering – al-Khwarizmi, at the head of Baghdad university, Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdul Hussein Abdul Rasul and assistant chancellor for administrative affairs, Prof. Dr. Hussein Yousef added a number of deans and directors of departments and formations of the university of Baghdad. The seminar was opened by reading a verse from the Quran and after the word Mr. president of the university of Baghdad, which praised the seminar and the importance of administrative reform, which are well known to one which stems from a fundamental position which is how the evolution of institutions that have become the need the need to bother after years of development and be based on the data in order to be true in the future is also valid. The president of the university to the University of Baghdad, is the main campus of ancient that came out a lot of leaders and scientists are still the University of Baghdad, is a distinct professors and students, stressing on not to get away from the development taking place in the world with management and administrative development of the people in particular, and we have all the material and moral of this development and the transfer of the perminent properly, and then delivered by Dr. Salah Abdel-Qader al-Naimi, minister counselor for management and strategy, which included several axes, namely the activation of the evidence of powers and devolution of powers and simplify work processes and the preparation of leaders of the administrative capable of leading institutions efficiently and effectively and to develop organizational structures and administrative decentralization and human resource management and the development of human resource skills physical and moral and public administration using modern technical means and solving technical problems, administrative correspondence and the use of electronic correspondence and operate on the principle of reward and punishment.

Distinctive activities and international conferences of the college of engineering

The college of engineering participated in Erbil conference held by the United Nations in Iraq to discuss the advantage of excellent and talented academic minds outside Iraq and attracting them to supplement the Iraqi universities and participate in postgraduate studies.  The workshop is made with the participation of the college of engineering – university of Baghdad, Sulaimaniyah university, the university of Irbil, Mosul university and the university of Basra. Professor Dr. Saba Jabbar Ni’ma – head of the department of architecture who has been sent to deliver a lecture exposing the scientific, educational and research activities of the college of engineering. The workshop has approved  some important recommendations for its  success of and what flourishes the educational process at universities and to develop postgraduate studies.
Within the activities, the consultative group  of the instructors of the college of engineering participated to discuss the final designs of the airport project of the Middle Euphrates with the ministry of transport and the French company in Beirut the final diagrams of the airport project of the Middle Euphrates in cooperation with the concerned consultant. Professor Dr. Saba Jabbar Nima – head of the department of architecture, long-practiced Professor Dr. Bahgat Rashad Shaheen – department of architecture, Prof. Dr. Qais Saeed Sabbagh – department of computer engineering and Prof. Dr. Sidqi Ismail, director of engineering division at the university of Baghdad. Related to this, the department of architecture in the college of engineering, university of Baghdad organized an educational exhibition to definition architecture engineering  and the nature of the study with its first phase requirements in order to make them to see the nature of the possibilities that are available in the department and the definition of curriculum and requirements. Dr. Saba Jabbar, head of the department, said that  architecture engineering  is an art and science of designing  and constructing of buildings to cover the materialistic human needs (such as housing) or moral needs  by using suitable materials and methods of construction. She added that the field of architecture extends to different aspects of knowledge and humanities such as mathematics, science, technology, history, psychology, politics, philosophy, social science and art as overall. It has mastered also aspects of culture such as music and astronomy. The head department indicated that architecture engineering is closely related to fields of designing cities and urban planning, civil furnishing and interior design. what is required from the architect in the design phase is complete and detailed visualization of the project and a link to nature, traditions and customs of the region and to find a suitable formula of the design to interpret the needs of the users of the place later.

At the university of Baghdad, the activities of the fourth university media week sponsored by the minister of higher education and scientific research, prof. Ali Mohammed Hussein Al-Adeeb, the supervision of prof. Dr. Alaa’ Abdul Hussein Abdul Rasul, president of the university of Baghdad and with the presence of a large collection of educational media, political, cultural, intellectual and social public institutions. The ceremony began with a recitation from the glorious Quran and standing up one minute to read Al- Fatiha in memory of the martyrs of Iraq and higher education, then Iraqi national anthem. Chairman of the preparatory committee, Dr. Kadhem Al-Omran, director of media and public relations delivered speech at the end of the ceremony thanking all the audio-visual and written media which picked up with great interest the activities  of this week. The speech of the chairman of the preparatory committee included  the recitation of the recommendations in the light of scientific session organized on the second day of the activities, among these recommendations is inviting the foreign media men and  academics to  identify the  scientific process that taking place in Baghdad University and Higher Education in Iraq and the size of media activities taking place in the university media week which is unique of the university of Baghdad over Iraqi universities. Then, Baghdad University’ president, Prof. Dr. Alaa’ Abdul Hussein delivered a speech  calling the directors of university sections  to choose an ideal employee or instructor from among employees of the departments to honor him and to be a monthly tradition as well as being a motivation for all the affiliates that follow the example of those who are  honored for their giving, eagerness and discipline at work. The university president also thanked all the efforts made along the entire week in holding these activities that would have contributed to the upgrading of university of Baghdad. The administrative assistant of the president of the university, prof. Dr. Hussein Yousef delivered a speech mentioning the scientific, media and cultural activity that expressed a real and distinctive creativity that won the satisfaction and the desirability of the presidency of the university, and what the media in their programs reported, thanking one of the Iraqi satellite channels that has transferred the proceedings of this festival through a daily television newsletter, which is rarely done. Concluding the  activities of the fourth university media week included a theatrical show of the Iraq youth troupe talking about the conflict of good and evil and ends with the triumph of love, brotherhood and peace on the forces of evil and darkness, as well as a poem recited by Dr. Mohammad Reza and a special paragraph of national anthems performed by Ahbab Hussein troupe (peace be upon him) and students of the college of Islamic Science.Immediately after the conclusion of activities, president of Baghdad University, Prof. Dr. Alaa’ Abdul Hussein honored the dean of the college of engineering, Dr. Ahmed Sahib and dean of the college of science, Dr. Salih Mahdi, and associate dean of the college of engineering of administration, Dr. Haider Makiya, for their continuous cooperation with the presidency of the university and the department of information and public relations in holding the activities and private events of the university. The president also honored , bases of science and knowledge, directors of  sections of university center for their cooperation with the media university as well as honoring staff idealists, where employee Qusay Aishe, secretary of the university president has obtained  the first ideal employee; furthermore, a number of other staff from the center of development and continuing education, quality assurance and university performance department and the Office of the scientific assistant of the  president. The honoring included also a number of employees of the department of follow-up and coordination, media men and channels that covered the proceedings of the festival and others who have contributed in cooperation with the department of information and public relations. At the end of the honoring ceremony, the fourth media university week concluded with an open dialogue session  between employees of the departments of the university and the university president, his two administrative and scientific assistants, which included finding appropriate solutions to the problems and obstacles of work, as well as discussing ideas and proposals that would contribute to upgrade the scientific and administrative progress of Baghdad university and higher education in the new Iraq.

The minister thanks our university

Dr. Ali Al-Adeeb, minister of higher education and scientific research, submitted  a letter of appreciation to our university for its  scientific superiority, excellence and  significant role in  restoring the light  of education in Iraq. Prof. Dr. Alaa’ Abdul Hussein Abdul Rasul explained to our website that the letter of appreciation of the minister is a great responsibility to maintain the advanced level of the university, but it  brings us a new responsibility to  look for advanced educational ways and means of  that makes the reality of education in our university very strong. It is obvious to everyone that the university has come to a development and progress in the scientific researches,  which have  become of  advanced type particularly researches of (impact factor) that have increased to the extent that sends joy and pleasure and even pride for their numbers and distinctive qualities, so the letter of  the minister will be a new motivation to look for all the scientific developments and to cope with the  major universities, to keep our university at the top always.

The minister authenticates the confirmation and appointment of 904 employees in our university

Through extraordinary efforts to complete the requirements of appointments promptly and submitted to his excellency, the minister to obtain validation in speeding up the process of confirming  current  contractors and daily wage earners on the permanent staff in accordance with the regulations and instructions, the approval of Mr. Ali Al-Adeeb, minister of higher education and scientific research to confirm, appoint and reappoint (904) employees of the contracts, daily wages, those holding advanced degrees and top colleges graduates and medical group.Prof. Dr. Alaa’ Abdul Hussein explained to our website that his excellency has been keen to confirm the staff and authenticated the minutes of the appointments which included 904 employees, and that our university has made a special effort of work, whether during office hours or outside working hours, where the administrative assistant formed at his office operations room to resolve the issues of appointment as soon as possible, meetings have been held successively about appointing the daily wages workers since 2011 and below, reappointing  the returning academic competent to Iraq, and the appointment of the top colleges and institutes graduates  of2011-2012/2102-2013. Prof. Dr. Alaa’ Abdul Hussein explained to our website that his excellency has been keen to confirm the staff and authenticated the minutes of the appointments which included 904 employees, and that our university has made a special effort of work, whether during office hours or outside, where the administrative assistant made his office operations room to resolve the issues of appointment as soon as possible, meetings have been held successively about appointing  the daily wages workers since 2011 and below, reappointing  the returning academic competent to Iraq, and the appointment of the top colleges and institutes graduates of 2011-2012/2102-2013. The team work in the website accompanied the commission’s work and followed up its work to document it with a series of photographs.

University activities