The Conference on Higher Education for the Development of Iraq continues its work and organizes scientific sessions with the participation of experts and researchers from prestigious British universities and public figures in the British House of Commons.

In the second day of the conference which organized by the Iraqi Embassy, the participants confirm that Iraq has the qualified manpower to achieve the required developments at the economic, social and healthcare sectors. In his speech, British Minister of State Nazem Zahawi stressed that higher education represents an important defense line for societies. Accordingly, the acceptance rate of young students at universities must be increased in all countries around the world.
Professor Bayilo Bartolo of the University of Manchester, Professor Kate Rockoy of the University of Sheffield and Professor Riyad Al-Muhaidi of Australian University of Swinburne emphasized the need to increase the fund for universities and institutions so that they can increase the scientific research to diagnoses problems and puts their hands on developed technology in order to achieve tangible results that support industrial, economic and medical sectors.

On the sidelines of the meetings of the conference, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Abdul Razzaq Al-Issa, signed an agreement between the University of Babylon and the University of North Hamton, which gave the British concession to the University of Babylon to teach the degree of information technology and grant a certification in accordance with the British scientific curriculum and requirements. In this context, Al-Mustaqbal University College also signed an agreement with Northampton University that included students' scholarships, business administration excellence and the development of intelligent learning mechanisms.