University of Buraimi, General Foundation Program Quality Audit, Feb 2018
 
Dr. Ahmed Shakir Al Kilabi
 

Dr. Ahmed AlKilabi (PhD, Wales) is a professor of applied linguistics and formerly dean of the Faculty of Languages & Translation, University of Kufa. At present he works at the University of AlKafeel, in AnNajaf AlAshraf, Iraq. Professor AlKilabi served as the Head of English Department at the College of Applied Sciences, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman for many years.  He has taught several courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as translation and interpreting courses in departments of English in Iraq, Jordan and Oman. He has an extensive experience as translator and interpreter. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (FCIL), London and a member of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics and the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO), Canada. His research interests include second language acquisition, SLA writing and translation and interpreting.

 
Dr Martin Brown
 
Martin is the Director of Business Development at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) with overall responsibility for the strategic development of existing and new mutually beneficial relationships with business, overseas and UK education partners focussed on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). He is also currently Acting Dean of School for Physical Sciences and Computing. From 2013, Martin was the Dean of the International College of Engineering and Management (ICEM) in Oman seconded from UCLan. ICEM is a key strategic partner of UCLan. He had overall responsibility for the College including strategic development, governance and management, financial profitability, engagement with Oman Government Ministries and overseas Embassies. He also led the development of the detailed master plan for the new College campus. Previously Martin was the inaugural Director of the UCLan campus in Burnley leading the design and implementation of the £85 million university campus, leading the identification and development of the campus portfolio, the development of systems and processes to enable seamless operation of university and branch campus, development of relationships with all key internal and external stakeholders across East Lancashire including secondary and tertiary education, government and industry. Prior to this Martin was Head of Department of Computing at UCLan with overall responsibility and accountability for the Department’s strategic development, financial and business planning, performance against institutional KPIs, adherence to financial regulations and corporate governance. He managed a large multi-disciplinary team of staff, developed a national and international partnership of education and industry partners to offer UK based and trans-national education (TNE). 

 
Prof. Rudolf Fleischer
 
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Fleischer is a full professor in the Department of Computer Science at the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) where he served as Head of the Computer Science Department 2012-2016 and Dean of Engineering and Computer Science 2013-2016. He obtained his Master`s degree in computer science (CS) in 1988, his PhD in CS in 1993, and his CS habilitation degree in 1999 at the University of Saarbruecken in Germany. From 1988 to 1989 he studied Chinese at Peking University in China. Prior to joining GUtech in 2011, he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbruecken, the University of Waterloo in Canada, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Fudan University in Shanghai. He has published more than 100 papers in international journals and conferences in the areas of theoretical computer science, algorithmics, and computer science education, he has served on the program committees of many major conferences, organised several international conferences, and is serving as an associate editor of the journals "Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications" and "Frontiers of Computer Science". He is a Senior Member of the ACM and an Internal Assessor of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM).