A celebration was held at HIE Friday 29th January. In attendance were the BP Technicians along with Fatima Boye from BP Mauritania. The event was to mark the successful completion of a one year course in English language development for the Technicians who are on a 4-year path to job qualification and full competency. After a brief presentation, the Technicians …
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The In-House Courses Department was awarded a contract to devise and run a one-year English programme for 24 technicians. The technicians had been recruited and appointed by BP. HIE has expertise in designing courses for special purpose English having already done so in various sectors including banking, the military, and air traffic control. However, this was to be a full-time …
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At the end of 2019, HIE was approached by our good neighbour, Staff College, with the request to provide an English course for their as part of their military training programme. More than 50 staff were initially tested and included serving personnel not only from Mauritania but also other countries including Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Mali. The programme required 80 …
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A handover ceremony took place at HIE on October 26th to welcome the new Commandant, Colonel Mohamed Lemine Zamel to his new post and to bid farewell and good luck to the outgoing Commandant, Capitaine de Vaisseau, Mohamed Mahmoud El Hadramy. The guest of honour was General De Brigades, Deputy Chief of the Army, Moctar Bolle. He welcomed the new …
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When Covid-19 hit Mauritania in late March 2020 and made face-to-face teaching no longer viable, HIE rose to the challenge and instigated a series of initiatives, which enabled it to continue delivering all of its academic programmes. Initially, the Zoom app was used, but emerging technical issues meant that an alternative had to be found. Whatsapp was the app that …
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Our International Communication Studies degree students now benefit from regular presentations from guest speakers. So far this semester, the following honorable guests have taken part in the programme. Hannah Mclafferty – World Vision Yenje Med – Professional Videographer and youtuber Lalya Kamara and Verena Stiebling – Sahel Invest Aly Babaly Sy & Diallo Daouda – Embassy of United States of …
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Congratulations to Hafed Mouloud who has obtained the examiner-corrector certificate to correct and evaluate exams for the French diplomas, DELF (Diploma of studies in French language) and DALF (Higher Diploma in French language). The exams for these diplomas are written in France, and take place all over the world, where there are centers specialized in the teaching of French as …
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Last year was the first year of HIE’s internship programme. Our 3rd year students studying a degree programme in International Communication Studies participated in the internship programme. A number of private and public centre companies collaborated with us and offered our students work experience such as Maurilog, APM Terminals, The British Embassy, Central Bank of Mauritania, Kinross and TLC School. …
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This year saw our first stream of students graduate from HIE. After 3 years of hard work and dedication, our graduates can proudly state they have a degree in International Communication Studies. And it did not take long for the international airport management company Afroport to realise that our students were exactly the kind of employees they were looking for. …
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Wednesday 24th July marked the official opening of our new building extension, and President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in tandem with The Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Sidi Ould Salem, were with us to grace the occasion. The President cut the ribbon and was then given a tour of the facility by Commandant Mohamed Mahmoud El Hadramy The foundations were …
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