Al-Zahra College for Women, Institutional Standards Reassessment II, Jan 1900
 
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 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.
 
Dr Susan Trevor-Roper
 
Susan Trevor-Roper is a higher education professional with particular expertise in internal and external quality assurance, transnational higher education, and teaching in higher education. Susan has a deep understanding of Oman’s higher education context that is underpinned by her research and her long term work experience in Oman, inclusive of a recent position as a Senior Quality Assurance Expert at the Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA). During her eleven-year term at the OAAA, Susan played a key role in the development of the OAAA’s accreditation standards, criteria and processes, contributed to its research and undertook the role of Review Director for over twenty institutional reviews. Susan has also held senior institutional positions in Oman, including Head of Standards and Quality, and Assistant Dean, with oversight of provision leading to UK HE awards and provision of US and UK professional-body-accredited vocational courses. Susan has been a regular participant in International Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (INQAAHE) conferences and undertaken consultancy work for the University of Reading. Susan holds a PhD in Educational Research (Lancaster University, UK), a Master’s Degree (with Distinction) in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (University of Reading, UK) and a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from Imperial College (London) that was followed by two years PhD research at St George’s Hospital Medical School (London). Susan’s current research interest is in the area of internationalisation of higher education with specific focus on transnational higher education provided through local delivery partnerships and institutional support for international academic teachers.