Dr. Barbara Stäuble is a consultant in international higher education with over 25 years of hands-on experience in Europe, Asia and the Americas. As Professor and Deputy-Rector for Academic Affairs at the German University of Technology in Oman, she played a key role in establishing this private university in affiliation with RWTH Aachen University in Germany. Prior to taking up this position, she worked as Inaugural Director of Research & Development and as acting Dean at Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak Campus (Malaysia). An experienced academic, Dr Stäuble has also held positions as Associate Professor in Physics at the National University in Colombia and post-doctoral researcher at the Free University in Amsterdam and the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. Barbara Stäuble holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Zurich and a Master in International Education from Monash University. She has published numerous scholarly articles, including four with Nobel Laureate K.A. Müller. She has reviewed proposals for the Colombian Research Foundation COLCIENCIAS and chaired or co-chaired the organising committees for various international conferences. During her career Dr Stäuble has been conferred a number of awards, including an award for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching (2004). In addition to being an External Reviewer for the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation, Barbara Stäuble worked as a reviewer for Saudi Arabia’s National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment and was a member of the Inaugural Steering Committee of the MENA-Association for Institutional Research.