Cairo University Council: Cairo University Embraces the Students Talented in Scientific Research
On Monday, March 30, 2015, Cairo University Council has
held its meeting, headed by Prof. Dr.\ Gaber Nassar, President of Cairo
University, and attended by Prof. Dr.\ Sherif Hammad, Minister of Scientific
Research, Dr.\ Khaled Zakariah El-Adly, Giza Governor, Prof. Dr.\ Mahmoud Saqr,
President of Scientific Research Academy, and Dr.\ Farouk El-Oqda. The Council
has initiated its meeting with congratulating Egypt as a government and people
on the success of Arab Summit and return of Arab cooperation. It has also
commended the success of the economic conference at Sharm Al-Sheikh.
Cairo University Council has approved activating article
155 of Universities Organization Law concerning the conference policy of
faculties. The council has confirmed the importance of linking scientific
departments’ conferences to syllabuses and curriculum development, and linking
faculties’ plans to society needs. The council has also asserted the importance
of rooting the role of scientific departments in the educational and research
process. It has also drawn up a strategy for measuring activation
recommendations concerning the departments’ scientific conferences, and
uploading the conferences recommendations to Cairo University Website, and
considering this as a mechanism of University Leaderships Assessment as well.
The council has listened to a group of Faculty of
Medicine’s students who published scientific research on blood pressure at the
international level getting high rates. Being supervised by Prof. Dr.\ Soliman
Gharieb, Professor of Cardiology, the students presented abstract for their
research internationally published on blood pressure control rates.
The University Council has recommended the establishment
of an entity that embraces the university students talented in scientific
research for encouraging them in conducting international publication of their
scientific research and developing their skills in this field. The council has
decided forming a committee composed of Prof. Dr.\ Hussein Khaled, Former
Minister of Higher Education, Prof. Dr.\ Gamal Essmat, Vice President of Cairo
University for Graduate Studies and Research, and Prof. Dr.\ Soliman Gharieb,
Professor of Cardiology and representative of those students, for developing a
policy, visualizing mechanisms for developing their talents and encouraging student
scientific research, and discovering other talented students as well. This
leads to activating scientific research culture for students.
Professor Nassar has decided awarding students of Faculty
of Medicine who contributed to scientific research internationally published.
He also decided guaranteeing equality for students and employees who
internationally publish research in the name of Cairo University through the
bylaw of international publication award applied to academic staff. Cairo
University Council discussed preparing for a seminar on scientific research
strategy in Egypt and the modern frameworks of utilizing it in cooperation with
Ministry of scientific research.
Cairo University Council has approved the main bylaw of
Cairo University Innovation Support Office (CUSIO) and establishing a center
for Folkloric Heritage Studies, as well as establishing a center for Legal
Translation at Faculty of Law. The council has approved cooperation protocol
between Cairo University and Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt. It also
approved memorandum of understanding between Cairo University and National
Academy for Research & Development, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in fields
of research and training programs. The council has approved establishing award
in the name of Prof. Dr.\ Ahmed Abdul-Wahab El-Ghandour, Former Dean of Faculty
of Law, with 30,000 EGPs for buying investment certificate which annual
earnings are earmarked for the student who gets the highest mark in
International Economy Subject.
