Oman Dental College, General Foundation Program Quality Audit, May 2017
 
Ms. Annie Lajinian Magarian
 
Annie holds the position of University Registrar at the Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon.  She leads and oversees the academic services of two campuses with over 8500 students and serves on the university Accreditation Committee. Previous positions include : Lecturer and Director of the Foundation Programme at Dhofar University, Oman, Principal of the AGBU-Melkonian Educational Institute, Cyprus, Lecturer and teacher trainer at LAU, and consultant for the education/management sector. She holds BA in Business Administration/Political Science from Haigazian University, TEFL Diploma from LAU, and MA in Education from American University of Beirut.  Pursued Doctorate degree courses in Educational Leadership at University of Leicester, UK.  Also has several professional qualifications in education and leadership. Her career spans over 30 years, holding senior leadership positions in educational institutions in the last 2 decades.  She is a Lecturer of English, Communication and Education; has participated in training seminars, workshops and conferences in Education, English Language, Communication, Management & Leadership, and Quality Assurance & Management in several countries. Has served as consultant in government agencies and NGOs. Since 2007 she has been engaged in the enhancement of Quality Assurance in the higher education sector:  Served in the Oman Higher Education Sector serving as Chairperson and member of the Oman Quality Network in Higher Education (OQNHE) and as an External Reviewer for the Oman Academic Accreditation Authority.She is a member of several professional and non-profit organisations and the recipient of a prestigious medal for her valued contributions in the field of education and community services.
 
Dr Jasen Burgess
 
Dr Jasen Burgess is currently Director, Educational Quality and Integrity at CQUniversity Australia, with leadership and team management responsibilities for quality assurance, accreditation processes, regulatory policy and compliance, academic integrity, learning analytics and surveys, and oversight of centralised work integrated learning. Dr Burgess has broad, high level experience in quality assurance, regulation and strategic management in tertiary education institutions and in regulatory and external quality assurance bodies operating in the tertiary education sector. This includes roles as Audit Director for the former Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) and as a founding Director, Regulation and Review at the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). Dr Burgess successfully project managed the CQUniversity’s joint re-registration with Tertiary Education Quality and Standards (TEQSA) and the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) as both a higher education and vocational education and training (VET) provider, building on his experience as Think Education’s Project Director for the first joint TEQSA-ASQA re-registration in 2014/15. As Director of Accreditation, Australian Dental Council (ADC), the professional accreditation body for dental programs in Australia, Dr Burgess led a significant change management program that professionalised the ADC’s accreditation function. Dr Burgess has a PhD in French history from the University of New South Wales, a Bachelor of Arts First Class Honours degree from the University of Sydney, a Master of Business Administration from Deakin University, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Dr Burgess has published in French history and contributed to publications on higher education quality assurance and regulation.
 
Dr. Najma Al Zidjaly
 
Najma Al Zidjaly is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics (Intercultural Communication) in the Department of English Language and Literature at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. She is the editor of Building Bridges: Integrating Language. Linguistics, Literature and Translation in English Studies (CSP, 2012). Al Zidjaly is also the author of the forthcoming book,  Disability, Discourse and Technology: Inclusion in Interaction. Her other publications include articles in Language in Society, Multilingua,  Visual Communication,  Communication & Medicine,  Multimodal Communication, Disability Studies Quarterly, and Intercultural Management Quarterly. Al Zidjaly is on the Editorial Board of Multimodal Communication. Her research interests focus on multimodality`s role in illuminating the connections between human agency and social media, as it manifests in the relationship between people with disabilities and new forms of technology, on one hand, and the relationship between creative media and the ever-complex identity of (Omani) Arabs, on the other.