News and Notifications

The day of May 10th, 2016 was concluded with a fruitful presentation on finding and applying for external scholarships to ELT students. The presentation was given by Mr. Pashew M. Nuri, an assistant lecturer at Education Faculty of Tishk International University, who is also a U.S Fulbright Alumni. The presentation covered the factors and benefits of studying abroad and it also included the main steps to study abroad application and finding suitable schools of study. The presentation helped in facilitating the process for the attendees along with motivating them with its positive aspects. The participating students were left with enthusiasm of continuing [...]

Tishk International University has launched its very own Campus Radio station 99.9 again. It was officially announced on May 9, 2016. This idea of the radio station came to a freshman student named Aivar Lukman Surji studying ELT while she was in the car listening to the radio. The next day she discussed this idea with head of ELT department. She gathered nine more friends all from the same department including one old participant from previous club opening attempts. Next step they reached a professor who was previously founder of the radio club is now the radio director. The devices and [...]

In the country side of Erbil a school has been built inside the Syrian camp. Dr. Numan Kanar and some of ELT students decided to organize a volunteer teaching program in that school. The idea of teaching simply aimed to provide what Tishk International students could offer to these students in need. We realized that it was so small when we found out the number of the students which was astonishing. Mr. Numan was the supervisor of the student teachers. He guided and gave them all the stimulation that they needed.19 volunteer students participated in the program. When they went there [...]

The third Research Poster Presentation round for final year students of the English language Teaching (ELT) department was held on the January 12th, 2016. The presentations were held in Faculty of Education building. ELT teaching staff Dr. Ashraf Riadh supervised the papers (presentations) and coordinated with the students to their finalization. The number of the projects that were exhibited was 20, alluding to the participation of most of the 4th year students in the presentation event. Some of the posters were original works of the students themselves and others were only presentations of previously conducted papers. The dean of the Faculty [...]