The Deanship of Development and Quality organized a workshop entitled “Preparing for an External Institutional Review” on Wednesday, 25 Feb. 2015. The workshop was conducted by Prof Dr. Mohamed A. Omran, consultant of dvelopment and quality deanship, the attandent number was 32 male and female.27 This workshop is a part of the plan being implemented by the deanship in order to prepare the university for the Developmental institutional review visit.
The workshop shed lights onto the following points:
· How the academic institution can make use of the External Institutional Review.
· How the academic institution can make effective action plan, which can meet the expectations of the External Reviewers, using the available resources in the institution.
· How the academic institution can make use of the feedback of the External Institutional Review in improving and developing the activities of the institution.
· Stressing on the importance of support provided by the key persons in the institution for the preparations made as a response to the visit of the External Reviewers.
The workshop has been divided into a number of sessions. Each single session is concerned with one of the major aspects necessary to the preparation for the external review visit. These major aspects can be represented in the following:
· Preparing the human resources for such visit.
· Charging someone in the institution with the responsibility of preparing the institution for the external review, forming the committees and special teams held accountable for the preparation for the external review.
· Making action plans for the external review through scheduling tasks and visit preparation checklist in line with forming teams assuming the responsibility of implementing such activities.
· Nominating a coordinator for the external review visit being fully aware of the procedures of the visit and the processes of the external review.
Finally, the trainer asserted the importance of notifying the entire staff of the institution of the activities and the events of the visit and encouraging them to attend the meeting and the interviews being held with the review team and providing deep answers to the inquires of the review team in case of being ordered.