Participants at “Quality 2020” At UOB Discuss the Challenges of Higher Education

Participants at
“Quality 2020” At UOB Discuss the Challenges of Higher Education

With the participation of more than seventy professors and
experts specialized in the field of quality of education from Arab and foreign
universities and institutions, participants in the “Quality Assurance
2020” forum, which was organized by the Quality Assurance and Academic
Accreditation Center at the University of Bahrain (UOB) on Thursday (6 February
2020), discussed the most important challenges and difficulties facing the
future of higher education organizations, and global technological and
technological variables.

The participants at the Forum, which was held at the Sofitel
Hotel, discussed future challenges on the quality of educational outcomes and
the challenges of the labor market, based on the changing nature of educational
qualifications.

While the Forum’s speakers presented working papers and practical
experiences in various higher education quality organizations in the Arab,
European, Asian and African regions.

During the forum, Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan, President of
INQAAHE Foundation, spoke about the present and future of international
accreditation for academic programs, while the Director of the Higher Education
Department at the Education and Training Quality Authority in the Kingdom of
Bahrain, Dr. Lobna Al Khalifa, discussed the importance of learning based on
evaluation results as a tool to enhance teaching. Also, the President of the
Arab Computer Society, Dr. Ramzi Al-Harati, discussed how to meet the
challenges of assessing student learning outcomes, while Business Development
Manager (RimaOne) Axel Borschbach spoke about the importance of data management
in higher education.

Moreover, the Dean and Associate Professor of the College of
Nursing at Sultan Qaboos University Dr. Omar Al-Rawajfa demonstrated an
expirment, as well as the Director of Quality Assurance and Academic
Accreditation at Sultan Qaboos University Dr. Khaled Al-Omari, who showed the
experience of academic accreditation as an opportunity to improve learning
assessment.

The Forum was attended by the President of UOB, Dr. Riyad Yousif
Hamzah, and the CEO of the Education and Training Quality Authority, Dr.
Jawaher Shaheen Al-Mudhahki, and the Forum’s works included a panel discussion
on “The Value Of Expert Participation In The Development Of Learning Quality”,
which involved the President of INQAAHE Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan, Director,
Academic Development & Commericial Initiative at Bahrain Polytechnic Eman
Janahi, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Bahrain Chamber of
Commerce Basim Al-Saie, and it was supervised by the Director of the Quality
Assurance and Accreditation Center at UOB, Dr. Luisella Balbis.