OMAN ACCREDITATION COUNCIL QUALITY AUDIT OF COLLEGE OF SCIENTIFIC COLLEGE OF DESIGN
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Oman Accreditation Council (OAC) has convened an Audit Panel to undertake a Quality Audit of the Scientific College of Design.  All higher education providers in Oman undergo Quality Audit as a normal and important stage of the national provider accreditation system.  The audit may look at any area of the Scientific College of Design’s activities (such as course design, teaching quality, library services, student support etc.) to determine whether it has sound goals, and objectives, supported by policies and processes that are effective in achieving appropriate results.  It also focuses on how the Scientific College of Design reviews and improves these activities.  The Quality Audit involves a comprehensive self study by the institution resulting in a Quality Audit Portfolio, followed by an external review by an Audit Panel resulting in a public Quality Audit Report.

As part of its deliberations, the Audit Panel invites submissions from interested persons.  Submissions may cover any issue relevant to the Quality Audit.  A submission will be received by the Audit Panel only under the following conditions:

• It must be sent by email to debbie@oac.gov.om by no later than 10th May 2009.
• It must include the name, position, organisation (HEI, workplace etc.) and contact details of the person/s making the submission.  This information will be treated in confidence.  Anonymous submissions will not be considered by the Audit Panel under any circumstances.
• The person/s making the submission must be willing to participate in a telephone interview should the Audit Panel consider such a discussion to be necessary.
• The submission should address aspects of the Scientific College of Design’s activities that will assist the Audit Panel in forming conclusions about its quality.  It should contain specific evidence for any claims being made.  Vague statements or allegations will not be pursued by the Audit Panel.
• The submission should not refer to personal grievances or single out individual members of staff (the Audit Panel has no mandate to address grievances).
• The submission (excluding any particular corroborating evidence) should be no more than 1,000 words (two sides of an A4 page) in length.

All submissions are confidential in the sense that the Audit Panel needs to be able to use the information provided in submissions, but will not reveal their source.

If the Audit Panel chooses to investigate, it will be only as part of the overall Quality Audit, and not in terms of the details of a particular complaint.  The Audit Panel will not make any response or report to the person/s making the submission. 

Staff and students of the Scientific College of Design may wish to contact Eng. Imad Adel on +968 24513242 or mail to: imad@scd.edu.om for further information about the Scientific College of Design’s preparations.  For more general enquiries about the OAC or the Quality Audit contact Professor Debbie Clayton on +968 24475169 or visitwww.oac.gov.om.