BUIC, working with the British Council, aims to facilitate constructive engagement between the British and Iraqi Higher Education sectors. Consortium members are well placed to advise on the best match that can be made between higher education needs within Iraq and expertise available within the United Kingdom.
At a practical level the consortium will be able to help as a bridge by helping to coordinate the dissemination of information. With the wide range of experience and expertise at hand, BUIC is ideally suited to act as a 'one stop shop' for Iraqi ministries, universities and students.
For example, the consortium represents an ideal means of providing input when it comes to development projects within the Iraqi higher education sector. Iraqi universities and students will know that, through BUIC, they will have access to some of the UK's leading universities, all of whom are familiar with the Iraqi education system, and sympathetic to its needs and history.
BUIC will share its expertise within the group and wider community in Britain to facilitate the re-entry of Iraqi higher education system into the global community. Particularly relevant will be the coordination and dissemination of information about Iraqi qualifications, helping UK universities to understand better academic equivalencies when it comes to considering applications from Iraqi students. Our objective is to instil confidence on both sides, encouraging mobility of students and staff from Iraq to the UK.
In some cases; it will be difficult for one single British university to meet specific needs identified by its Iraqi partner or partners. For example, the project may be too large, too diverse or simply not within the expertise of just one university. BUIC members are committed to working together to provide our Iraqi colleagues with world-quality training and services.
Iraqi organisations will always have the choice to work with just one member of BUIC, a group of members or the consortium as a whole, but examples of the services that BUIC members might provide could include:
BUIC members would be pleased to quote for the cost of these services.
We are happy to receive applications from any UK university that is subject to QAA scrutiny and whose head is a member of UUK or GuildHE.
To request an expression of interest form which outlines our activities and details the information the BUIC executive requires when considering membership applications please contact the BUIC administrator.