Vice President and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Sheikha Al-Thani
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Quality of Educationaccreditation - earned
• Accreditation• Program periodic review• Assessment of claimed program
learning outcomes
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Quality of Educationaccreditation - seeking
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Commitment to provide PD opportunities
• Faculties and Staff alike
• Discipline-based attendance of conferences
• Instructional methods offered through Office of Instruction and Faculty Development
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High investment in IT, to ensure the presence and efficient use of right
technical support
• Banner (Students’ Information System)
• Millennium (Library Management System)
• Blackboard (Course Information System)
• Echo – 360 (Video Lecture Capturing)
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High investment in IT, to ensure the presence and efficient use of right
technical support
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Recognition and Retention of Faculty & Staff
∙ Merit Award ∙ Excellence in Teaching Award ∙ Research Award
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QU is a data driven institute and its decisions are evidence – based
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QU is a data driven institute and its decisions are evidence – based
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Continuous and tireless review of what we do in QU on all levels
• Spirit of “there is always room for further improvements”
• Teamwork culture
• Dare to change• Aspire to first-class working culture• Passion for instilling better delivery
systems
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Providing a rich educational environment for our students, within class and beyond
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What do you know?
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Do you know how to do such and such?
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Where would you be finding the information required and how do you
put it to use?
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QU is moving with steady steps to expand its graduate programs and substantiate its research portfolio
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Sharing of authority, delegation of responsibilities, transparency,
accountability
• Curriculum Committees• Assessment Committees • Faculty Senate• • •
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QatarVision 2030
“… with a small population, we need a qualitative edge based on proper training, and adequate
technological, scientific, and educational skills. This is a conviction that we hold deeply, stemming from
our belief that in order to compete and participate actively in a globalized world, we need to operate
according to global standards.” HH Sheikh Hamid bin
Khalifa Al Thani
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Acknowledgements
• Mr. Omar Al Jeilani – Head of Recruiting
• Mr. Mohamed Hussain – Head of Hospitality and Events
• Mr. Yousef Al Saada– Head of Housing Department
• Dr. Maha Nabhan– Academic Orientation Day Organizer
• Dr. Khaled Daoud, Ms. Judith MacKinnon– Designing & Implementing New Faculty Website