Gulf College, Institutional Standards Reassessment I, Nov 2021
 
Dr. Adel Abdulrahim Kamal
 
Dr. Adel is currently the Director of the Quality and Excellence Centre at the Arabian Gulf University. Previously he was an Academic Consultant at the Directorate of Higher Education Reviews of the Education and Training Quality Authority in the Bahrain. Prior to that, he was the Director of knowledge based Business Incubator Centre and the Chairman of the Department of Computer Engineering at the University of Bahrain. He also taught at Monash University International (Melbourne, Australia) as the subject coordinator for computer software courses.He earned his PhD from the Department of Control Engineering in Biomedical Computer Applications and his MSc in Microprocessor Engineering from the University of Bradford, and his BSc in Electronic Engineering from The City University in London. He also completed a Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Leeds.He has served in several committees; being a member of the Academic Committee of the Higher Education Council, the secretary of the Steering Committee for the Higher Education Improvement in Bahrain and a member of Engineering Qualification Appraisal Sub-Committee at the Ministry of Education. He is currently a member of the Higher Education Council’s Accreditation Committee, as well as the IKNS and Alia Boards. Moreover, he participated in program accreditation and served as either a review director, chair or member of the review panel in institutional and program reviews, for a number of Quality Assurance authorities. He also served as a member of the assessment, moderation and quality assurance panel at Monash International in Melbourne, Australia.
 
Dr Khalaf Marhoun Al Abri
 
Dr. Khalaf is an assistant professor in education systems leadership and policies in the Department of Educational Foundations and Administration, College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University. He obtained a BA in Education majoring in English Language from Sultan Qaboos University in 2006, a Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Queensland in Australia in 2010, and a PhD in Education Systems and Policies from the University of Queensland also in 2016. vDr. Khalaf is currently the Director of the Main Library at Sultan Qaboos University, and prior to that (2016-2020) was the Head of the Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation Unit at the College of Education. Dr. Al’Abri is an external reviewer in the register of the Omani Academic Accreditation Authority. Dr. Khalaf is interested in studying the impact of globalization on education systems and policies. His current research focuses on education for global citizenship, education and SDGs, and internationalization of education. Dr. Khalaf received the Global Citizen Award from the Asia-Pacific Center of Education for International Understanding, affiliated to UNESCO in 2019, and he also received the Distinguished Academic Supervisor Award from Sultan Qaboos University in 2020. Al-Abri participated in many local, regional and international conferences, and he published various papers and book chapters.
 
Dr Philip Westbury Cardew
 
Phil Cardew’s academic career began as a lecturer in medieval English and Icelandic literature, working at the universities of Leeds, Hull and Southampton before becoming Programme Director for the undergraduate programme at the University of Winchester. During this time, he also became extensively involved in quality assurance, both at faculty and institutional level and in work as an institutional auditor for the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).Phil left Winchester to become Assistant Director in the Reviews Group of the QAA, returning to an institutional role in 2005. In 2006 he was appointed Pro Vice Chancellor at London South Bank University and moved from there to become Deputy Vice Chancellor at Leeds Beckett University in 2015, where his role encompasses leadership of quality and standards, as well as all student-facing services. He continues to undertake audit work for the QAA, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Australia) and the Hong Kong Council for the Validation and Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, as well as acting in an advisory capacity for other universities and external agencies, both within the UK and internationally. 
 
Dr Shakir Al Musili
 
Dr. Shakir Al-Musili received a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Baghdad, in 1981 and worked in the adhesives industry as a Production Engineer for several years. Joined the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Loughborough University of Technology-UK, as Teaching and Research Assistant in 1986 working towards his Ph.D. degree, which was awarded in 1991, specializing in the field of Power Electronics and Machine Drives. Between 1992 and 1997 Dr. Al-Musili worked as Engineering Director establishing and managing the operations of the Bonding Pastes Industry in Amman, Jordan. In 1993 and until 2000 he also worked for the Faculty of Engineering at Al Isra Private University, Amman-Jordan, as an Assistant Professor, where he served as Head of the Electrical Engineering Department between 1994 and 1998. Dr. Al-Musili then moved to Canada and joined Schneider-Electric, Mississauga, Ontario, as a Research Engineer during 2001-2002 working on the design and development of a Programmable DC Protective Relay unit. In 2002 he joined the Ministry of Manpower, Muscat-Oman, first as Dean of Al Musanna College of Technology and, in 2010, as Dean of Nizwa College of Technology where he provided leadership for pedagogical development and delivery of various disciplines in Engineering, IT and Business programs.  Between 2011-2021 he worked as Technological Education Expert with the Directorate General for Technological Education, Ministry of Manpower, and then the University of Technology and Applied Science, Muscat-Oman supervising the design, delivery, and evaluation of effectiveness of programs and curricula, and advised in the areas of Strategic Planning, Training Needs Assessments, Leadership Training, Performance Management, Development of Legislations, Policies and Strategic Planning. Since the inception of the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education (OAAAQA), he was involved as an external reviewer and participated in auditing and institutional accreditation of many Omani higher education institutes and was involved in the development of the Oman Qualification Framework (OQF). Since August 2021 Dr. Al-Musili is still engaged with the (OAAAQA) as a freelance higher education reviewer based in Dubai-UAE.