Scientific College of Design, Institutional Standards Assessment, May 2016
 
Dr. J. Joseph Hoey
 
Dr. J. Joseph Hoey, IV is Vice President, Accreditation Relations and Policy at Bridgepoint Education.  His responsibilities include regional and specialized accreditation, strategic planning, assessment of student learning, institutional research, and academic program review. Dr. Hoey is Past President of the Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR), Chair of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Professional Development Services Committee, and is both a frequent speaker and presenter on assessment, evaluation, and accreditation issues at regional and national conferences.  Dr. Hoey has served as a workshop presenter since 1999 for the SACS annual conference and as an invited presenter at the SACS Summer Institute since 2003.  He serves on accreditation reaffirmation teams for SACS and WASC. His background includes development of an institutional effectiveness function at the Savannah College of Art and Design since 2006, eight years as the founding director of the Office of Assessment at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a prior five years in University Planning and Analysis at NC State University, and seven years in the North Carolina Community College System.  His published research encompasses engineering program assessment, graduate program assessment, academic program review, building trust in assessment processes, alumni and employer feedback, validating student engagement research, community college transfer, and evaluation of online academic programs. 
 
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. 
 
Prof. Raymond Harbridge
 

Professor RaymondHarbridge was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law and Management in January2004. Previously he had been Head of the Graduate School of Management withinthe Faculty. He joined La Trobe University in 1999 from Victoria University ofWellington, New Zealand where he had been Director of the Graduate School ofBusiness and Government Management. He holds a Higher Doctorate in Law fromVictoria University of Wellington and a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Artsfrom the University of Auckland.   Histeaching has been predominantly at the post-experience level (mainly MBA)focusing on employment relations and people organisation issues. He has been afrequent contributor to Executive Education programs.  He has consultedextensively in the international arena (acting as a consultant for theInternational Labour Organisation and the OECD); on Government policy and inthe private and public sectors. He has provided expert evidence In NewZealand’s Court of Appeal on a number of occasions.   He has led a major research project in NewZealand funded in part by the Foundation for Research Science and Technology.This project has reviewed the effects of labour market reforms and thederegulation of employment institutions.  He has published more than 65refereed journal articles and numerous book chapters and conference papers.


 
Dr Yasmin Shannan Al Balushi
 

Dr. Yasmin Al Bulushi, the first female dean in the private higher education in the Sultanat.  She was the dean of Muscat College, prior to that she was the Assistant dean for Academic Support and Students’ Affairs in the College of Banking and Financial Studies, Oman. She is an educationalist who is passionate about making change in people’s life through education. Dr Yasmin is currently the Project Manager for “Eitmad”,A National project to upskill and empower the  Omani nationals to middle and top management roles in the private sector. She is also the founder and owner of “The Pause consultancies” which provides consultancies in developing human capacity and enhancing quality systems.

 Dr Yasmeen is: 

§  Member of  the Board of Trustee- Muscat University , Oman

§  Member of the Board of Trustee- International College of Engineering & Management (ICEM) 

§  External Reviewer for Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA) for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

§  External Reviewer for the Ministry of Higher Education to participate in the reviewing process of academic programs.

§  Country (Oman) leader for Emotional Intelligence  by Six seconds, USA.

§  Executive trainer for London Speaker Bureau (LSB).