What's New?

OQN conference photos online! (update posted on 17/11/08)

Quality Audit of Waljat Colleges of Applied Sciences: Call for Public Submissions (update posted on 01/11/08)

Appeals Manual Approved (update posted on 24/09/08)

OSCED Approved (update posted on 24/09/08)

The Oman Standard Classification of Higher Education (OSCED) has been approved by the OAC Board.

Quality Audit Panel for Majan College announced (update posted on 07/09/08)

The five external reviewers making up the Audit Panel for the 2008/2009 Quality Audit of Majan College have now been confirmed.

Quality Audit Panel for Modern College of Business and Science announced (update posted on 03/09/08)

The five external reviewers making up the Audit Panel for the 2008/2009 Quality Audit of Modern College of Business and Science have now been confirmed.

Quality Audit Panel for Waljat Colleges of Applied Sciences announced (update posted on 30/08/08)

The five external reviewers making up the Audit Panel for the 2008 Quality Audit of Waljat Colleges of Applied Sciences have now been confirmed.

Shahla Al-Hashmi joins OAC staff (update posted on 05/08/08)

Training Program resources a hit! (update posted on 02/08/08)

Training Modules have been downloaded over 20,000 times!

Ministerial decision regarding National Standards of General Foundation Programs issued (update posted on 04/06/08)

Following the decision of the Higher Education Council No.13/2008, HE the Minister for Higher Education, Dr Rawya Saud Al Busaidia, has issued Ministerial Decision No.72/2008 stating that the General Foundation Programs should now be adopted by all public and private higher education institutions operating in the Sultanate of Oman. The deadline for the adoption of these standards is the academic year 2009-2010.

Dr Ali Al-Hasnawi joins OAC staff (update posted on 03/06/08)

Workshop on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism held (update posted on 24/05/08)

Resources from the latest workshop, titled "Academic Integrity - Tackling Plagiarism" are now available online.

National Quality Training Program reviewed (update posted on 12/03/08)

Resources from the latest workshop, titled "16 Making the Most of Quality Training" are now available online.

Quality Audit Manual Officially Launched (update posted on 10/03/08)

Dr Hamed Al-Dhahab, Chairman of the OAC, presented HE Dr Rawya Al-Busaidia, Minister of Higher Education, with the first copy of the Quality Audit Manual at a ceremony in Muscat today.

National quality audit schedule now online (update posted on 11/02/08)

The schedule for the first full round of institutional quality audits (the first stage of institutional accreditation) is now publicly available. Institutions wishing to negotiate amendments to this schedule should contact the Technical Secretariat for advice.