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Institutional Review Panel

Sohar University, Quality Audit, May 2010

Dr. Saleh Al Khusaiby

Dr Saleh Mohammed Al Khusaiby graduated in 1974 from University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and joined the Ministry of Health in Oman in 1976. Dr Saleh was awarded the Diploma of Tropical Child Health from the University of Liverpool in 1980 and was awarded a higher degree MRCP (UK) in 1982. He sub-specialized in Pediatric Neonatology at the University Hospital in London where he undertook research on Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity and was awarded PhD in 1992 from the University of London. In 1989 Dr Saleh was appointed as a Consultant Pediatrician and Head of Neonatal services in the Ministry of Health and was responsible for the development of the neonatal services in Oman. He later became the Head of Child Health and was extensively involved in developing all child health programs. He was made the Deputy DG of the Royal Hospital in Muscat, involved in the administration of the hospital. Within the Ministry of Health, Dr Saleh was elected to chair many national committees and participated extensively in the organization and improvement of the health services in the country. Dr Saleh has actively contributed in postgraduate and undergraduate teaching and training. In September 2004, Dr Saleh was seconded by the Ministry of Health and appointed to join the Oman Medical College as Dean. Dr Saleh has been an examiner of both national and international Boards of Examinations. He is currently Chief Organizer and Examiner of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (UK). He has received a number of International Awards, including the Charles C. Shepard Science Award (CDC 2002) and was honored in 2004 by the World Health Organization. In 2006, he was appointed as a member of the Oman Research Council (Health and Social Services) and also appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Oman Medical Specialty Board.

Dr Mothana Al Kubaisy

Dr. Mothana A. Al-Kubaisy has worked as the Dean of Muscat College since 2002. The College is affiliated to the University of Stirling, UK. He initially joined Muscat College in 1998 as the Head of the Built Environment Engineering Department. Prior to joining Muscat College, he had worked, as a lecturer or as a head of department, for over 15 years in various universities in many countries including Malaysia, Libya and Iraq. Dr. Mothana obtained his Ph.D. in civil engineering in 1978 from the University of Nottingham, UK, M.Phil. in civil engineering in 1975 from the University of Leicester, UK, and his B.Sc. in Building and Construction Engineering in 1971 from the University of Technology, Iraq. As a Dean of Muscat College, his responsibilities include providing leadership and support to staff; encouraging excellence in learning and teaching, coordination and management of various quality assurance activities; and establishing and enhancing of internal and external collaborative relationships. He has published many papers in international referred journals and in proceedings of international conferences and carried out various structural engineering consultancy works. He has been a member of the OAC working group formed in order to develop a Standard Classification Framework for Education in Oman.

Dr. Tariq Al-Sindi

Dr. Tariq Al-Sindi currently serves as the Director in the Higher Education Review Unit at the Quality Assurance Authority for Education and Training (QAAET) in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Before moving to QAAET in June 2007, he worked with the University of Bahrain as an Assistant Professor and Chair of Information Systems Department, College of Information Technology. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Sciences, Post Graduate Diploma in Education, Master’s degree in Information Systems, and PhD degree in Computer Sciences. He has 22 years experience in teaching, research and academic administration. Dr. Al-Sindi is currently the Secretary General of the Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ANQAHE) and a Board member in the Society of Academics, Bahrain Information Technology Society and the MENA-AIR. Dr. Al-Sindi has organized and facilitated many seminars and workshops in the area of quality assurance, supervised many students at Master’s and PhD level, conducted many projects for the private and government sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain and published numerous papers in the area of Information Systems.

Prof. Jan Botha

Born (1957) in Pretoria, South Africa. Qualifications: Master in Arts in Greek & Bachelor of Theology (Potchefstroom University, South Africa); Doctor of Theology (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Advanced Certificate in Institutional Management and Change in Higher Education (University of Twente, The Netherlands). Career: Lectured in Hellenistic Greek (Potchefstroom University 1990-1991) and Religion (Stellenbosch University (1992-1997). Director of the Division for University Education, Stellenbosch University (1998-2003). Ad hominem Professor of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University (since 2002). Director Academic Planning and Quality Assurance, Stellenbosch University (since 2003). Publications: two monographs and thirty-eight scholarly articles and chapters in books in the fields of classics, religion and higher education studies. Awards: Research Awards of Human Science Research Council of South Africa, Stellenbosch University Research Award for Promising Young Scholars (1994), Human Rights Fellowship of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights (1994), Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (1997), Fellowship Award of the Southern African Society for Higher Education Research and Development (2005). National policy development: Participated in the development of the New Academic Policy for Programmes and Qualifications in Higher Education in South Africa (original author of a number of sections, co-worker in the development of the policy as a whole). Consultant for the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), project leader for the development of the HEQC’s (draft) Programme Accreditation Framework and co-author of the HEQC’s (draft) Programme Accreditation Criteria (2003).

Prof. Raymond Harbridge

Professor Raymond Harbridge was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law and Management in January 2004. Previously he had been Head of the Graduate School of Management within the Faculty. He joined La Trobe University in 1999 from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand where he had been Director of the Graduate School of Business and Government Management. He holds a Higher Doctorate in Law from Victoria University of Wellington and a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland. His teaching has been predominantly at the post-experience level (mainly MBA) focusing on employment relations and people organisation issues. He has been a frequent contributor to Executive Education programs. He has consulted extensively in the international arena (acting as a consultant for the International Labour Organisation and the OECD); on Government policy and in the private and public sectors. He has provided expert evidence In New Zealand’s Court of Appeal on a number of occasions. He has led a major research project in New Zealand funded in part by the Foundation for Research Science and Technology. This project has reviewed the effects of labour market reforms and the deregulation of employment institutions. He has published more than 65 refereed journal articles and numerous book chapters and conference papers.

Prof. Graham Webb

Professor Graham Webb is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Quality) at the University of New England in New South Wales. He holds the qualifications of BA Honours, MSc, PhD with distinction and PGCE. Graham has been a teacher, researcher and manager in Universities since 1973. His career includes seven years at the University of Ulster in Ireland, six years at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, and eleven years at the University of Otago in New Zealand. From 1997 until 2008 he was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Quality) at Monash University in Australia where his role was to lead and support quality in all areas of the University including teaching and learning, research and research training and support services, and to oversee academic staff development. The Centre for Higher Education Quality (CHEQ) and the Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching (CALT) reported to him. Graham is author or editor of 9 books and numerous book chapters and journal articles concerning organisational and staff development and the theory and practice of teaching and learning in higher education. He is an Editorial Advisory Board member for five international journals. He chaired the first and subsequent audits for the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) and acts as an auditor for the Universities Academic Audit Unit in New Zealand and the Higher Education Quality Committee of the Council for Higher Education in South Africa. Graham is an international consultant specialising in university quality systems, learning and teaching improvement, leadership, staff and organisational development.