Michael Dobbin Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Cairo, Egypt

• Manage the development of a variety of educational provisions: award degrees, student exchanges, summer schools and other initiatives).
• Manage, advise and support staff on the maintenance and development of a robust quality assurance environment within the University – in line with UK QAA and OFS requirements.
• Facilitated in achieving UK QAA accreditation for the University following a QAA International Quality Review (IQR); making it the first University in Egypt and North Africa to achieve this honour.
• Contribute strategically to the enhancement of student experience; including settingappropriate measures for students ‘at-risk’ and development of procedures to address areasfor improvement from student feedback.
• Lead the development and delivery of student mobility programmes.
• Facilitate the development of University-wide policies and strategy; working with otherUniversity colleagues as appropriate.

Cairo, Egypt

• Worked closely with the Senior Vice-President of Teaching & Learning, Faculty Deans and Vice Deans in capacity planning, to ensure that the financial, staffing, office space, and timetabling requirements of expanding.
• Managed the annual University Teaching and Learning planning and reporting process.
• Supported with the initial planning for the University’s new Strategy and its transformational programme, along with the Senior Vice-President and the University Registrar.
• Supported the development of educational partnership initiatives, including due diligence and completion of validation paperwork.
• Managed the Office of the Senior Vice-President of Teaching & Learning in servicing University-level committees.

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• Managed the quality arrangements (particularly leading on policy development, academic review and approval procedures) for current and prospective international education ‘collaborations’ or partnerships; ensuring of a.
• Managed the busy, vibrant Collaboration team, that is responsible for overseeing the delivery of Imperial’s academic, strategic, operational, and quality assurance obligations for existing overseas educational.
• Evaluated and conducted analysis; putting forward recommendations through the provision of briefings, presentations, or written reports to stakeholders; to facilitate the interpretation of specific external regulatory.
• Provided management support in identifying, scoping and developing new international educational activities that fall within the Business and Educational Development Section; utilising a variety of due diligence.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Provided robust quality assurance support and management to existing UK and international academic partnerships in London, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Ethiopia, and France;
• Project managed the development of new systems to host the University’s processes for course material preparation, assessment moderation and external examiner review.
• Developed, implemented and engaged staff with systems for managing the student life cycle across UK & international partnerships, from exams to conferment, ensuring that Standard Operating Procedures were adhered to.
• Coordinated preparations for review and monitoring visits by the QAA.
• Formulated and provided training for staff in the Standards and Partnerships Office and within partner institutions; to ensure awareness of, and compliance to set quality procedures.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Organizational Leadership

Developing skills needed to overcome challenges in multi-faceted and diverse environments; drawing on key themes such as leadership.

Ba (Hons) Business Management, Business Administration And Management, General, First Class Honours

Courses included: Strategy for Managers, Cross-Cultural and Diversity Management, and Leadership in Organisations.