Oman Tourism College, Institutional Standards Reassessment I, Jan 1900
 
Dr Andrew Thomas
 
Educational Consultant and most recently Director of University of Sussex International Centre with a focus on student transitional experience and Pathway Programmes, (Foundation, Year 1 and pre-Masters). I oversaw successful validation of programmes and UK Higher Education Review (Embedded Colleges) outcome for 2018 and 2019 with reference to UK Office for Students whilst working across the university and partners to deliver enhanced student teaching learning and good degree outcomes for all students. Prior to this, I spent 17 years in the Gulf growing my teaching and senior leadership experience in Foundation/ Bridging programmes, student services and support, community learning, continuing professional development, employability skills and quality assurance and enhancement activities in UAE, Oman and Bahrain; finishing as Dean of Humanities at Bahrain Polytechnic and chair of institutional quality assurance. I carried out consultancy work with the Bahrain Ministry of Education to improve teaching and learning in state vocational colleges and with employers on the development of employability skills including English and Arabic. I have worked with the OAAA since 2010 on GFPQAs, Institutional Quality Audits and Institutional Standards Assessment as well as delivering training to new reviewers and acting as moderator and appeals panel member. I have an Ed.D in Educational Leadership and Management with a focus on cross-cultural management and leadership in Gulf contexts and have carried out management consultancy and training across the region. I am a Senior Fellow of the HEA with wide international experience of transformational and experiential learning, strategic planning and quality assurance and enhancement. 
 
Dr. Said Kashoob
 
Dr. Said Masoud Kashoob holds the position of Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at AL Musanna College of Technology. Prior to joining AL Musanna, Dr. Said was the head of quality assurance at Salalah College of Technology where he had previously served as the head of the educational technology centre. Dr. said`s research work has been published in the proceedings of several prestigious conferences and journals. He is a recipient of the Fulbright foreign scholarship program and of the Ministry of Higher Education scholarship program. Dr. Said holds a PhD in computer engineering from Texas A&M University, a Masters in computer science from the Royal Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor in computer engineering, from Iowa State University.
 
Dr Saleh Al Khusaiby
 
Dr Saleh Mohammed Al Khusaiby graduated in 1974 from University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and joined the Ministry of Health in Oman in 1976.  Dr Saleh was awarded the Diploma of Tropical Child Health from the University of Liverpool in 1980 and was awarded a higher degree MRCP (UK) in 1982.  He sub-specialized in Pediatric Neonatology at the University Hospital in London where he undertook research on Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity and was awarded PhD in 1992 from the University of London.   In 1989 Dr Saleh was appointed as a Consultant Pediatrician and Head of Neonatal services in the Ministry of Health and was responsible for the development of the neonatal services in Oman.  He later became the Head of Child Health and was extensively involved in developing all child health programs.  He was made the Deputy DG of the Royal Hospital in Muscat, involved in the administration of the hospital.   Within the Ministry of Health, Dr Saleh was elected to chair many national committees and participated extensively in the organization and improvement of the health services in the country.  Dr Saleh has actively contributed in postgraduate and undergraduate teaching and training.  In September 2004, Dr Saleh was seconded by the Ministry of Health and appointed to join the Oman Medical College as Dean.   Dr Saleh has been an examiner of both national and international Boards of Examinations.  He is currently Chief Organizer and Examiner of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (UK).  He has received a number of International Awards, including the Charles C. Shepard Science Award (CDC 2002) and was honored in 2004 by the World Health Organization.  In 2006, he was appointed as a member of the Oman Research Council (Health and Social Services) and also appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Oman Medical Specialty Board.