Vice President of Academic Development and Quality

Vice President of Academic Development and Quality

Name: Dr. Merzin Awdah Al-Shahrani

Specialization: Applied Linguistics

Current Job: King Khalid University Vice President for Academic Development and Quality

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

E-Mail: Mralshahrani@kku.edu.sa

 

 

Academic

1. Ph.D. Applied Linguistics (2011), College of Linguistics Newcastle University, Australia.

2. M.D. Applied Linguistics (2006), College of Arts, Sidney University, Australia.

3. Bachelor of English Arts (1997), College of Language and Translation, King Saud University, KSA.

Professional Experience

1. Vice – president for Development and Quality- King Khalid University, 1438H- till now

2. Vice-president for Projects – King Khalid University, 1440H – till now.

3. Dean of Academic Development and Quality , King Khalid University, 1435-1438H.

4. Vice dean of Academic Development and Quality, King Khalid University, 1433-1435.

5. President of the Saudi Society for Quality-Asir Region, 1437H till now.

6. Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, College of Language and Translation, King Khalid University, Since 1433H.

7. Coordinator of King Khalid University at Ministry of Education for Achievement of Vision 2030.

8. Executive Director of the Strategic Plan Project, 1/8/1435 – 1/1/1438.

9. General Secretary of Excellence Awards at King Khalid University 4/3/1435H – till now.

10. Executive Director of AFAQ plan at King Khalid University, 12/4/1435 – 1/1/1438.

11. Chairman of Quality Assurance Committee of studying plans and curriculums.

 

Workshop and Training

 

1. Strategic Plan

Se.

Name of Training Course

Place of training course

date

1

Role of University in Achievement of Kingdom Vision 2030

Dubai

17-28/1/1438

2

Strategic plan at Saudi Universities as Requirement of Knowledge Socity

Hail University

17/2/1436

3

Career Education and development

Ministry of Labor - Riyadh

26/11/1435

4

Strategic Plan in Higher Education

Turkey  -Istanbul

1-14/8/2014

 

2. TOT

Se.

Name of Training Course

Training Time

1

TOT Certificate From NCAAA

12 Hr.

2

Certified Trainer from the Gulf Council for Human Development (TOT)

30 Hr.

3

Certified Trainer from professional Academic for Training

30 Hr.

4

Certified Trainer from Canada Global Center

30 Hr.

5

Chairman of external reviewers  committee - Ministry of Education to evaluate the global technical college at  Mahayel Asir governorate

Second semester 1438-1439

 

3. Domain of Quality and Academic Accreditation (Institutional /program)

Se

Name of Training Course

Place of training course

date

1

Teaching for understanding putting deep learning at the heart of pedagogy

King Khalid University

01-02/06/1433

22-23/04/2012

2

Establishing learning communities of Academic staff-improving the quality and consistency of teaching in university setting

King Khalid University

03-04/06/1433

24-25/04/2012

3

Quality Assurance and Institutional and program Evaluation

NCAAA

16-17/11/1433

02-03/10/2012

4

Quality of Students Assessment

British Council- Abha

21-22/12/1433

06-07/11/2012

5

Improving Course Assessment through Effective Planning

King Saud University

01/04/1434

11/02/2013

6

Third Conference for Quality of Higher Education

Dammam University - Dammam

17-19/06/1434

27-29/04/2013

7

Excellence in undergraduates Education

Academic Leadership in Higher Education- Abha

27-28/06/1434

07-08/05/2013

8

The Annual Forum for University Teaching: Learning Outcomes Assessment

King Saud University- Riyadh

28-29/03/1434

09/12/2013

9

Institutional Self-Evaluation Report

NCAAA - Jedah

12-13/07/1434

25-26/12/2013

10

Mechanism of Achieving Quality at New Universities according to mutual experiences.

Baha University - Baha

01-02/06/1435

01-02/04/2014

11

The Essential Academic Leaders

Ministry of Higher Education- Center of Academic Leadership- Riyadh

13-24/06/1435

13-14/04/2014

12

Measurement of program learning outcomes

Ministry of Higher Education - Riyadh

26/12/1435

13

First Meeting - Deans of quality and academic accreditation at Saudi Universities

Majmah University

26/01/1436

14

Prepare External Reviewers –EEC.

EEC

05-07/04/1438

15

Standards of academic accreditation

NCAAA

27/2/1439

16

Requirement of achieving quality and institutional accreditation

NCAAA

4/5/1439

17

Role of academic leadership in supporting and ensuring quality at the higher education

NCAAA

1-2/3/1440

 

4. International workshops

Se

Name of Training Course

Place of training course

date

1

Programme and Courses Learning Outcomes based on NQF

NCAAA  and Britich Council- Riyadh

18-19/05/1433

10-11/04/2012

2

Canada International Conference on Education

University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

18-21/06/2012

3

Leadership in Higher Education

Cardiff University- Cardiff- UK

02-06/07/2012

4

Research methods and Publication Techniques

Cardiff School of Education- UK

19-23/08/1433

09-13/07/2012

5

Conference of Language Brain and Behaviour

University of Canterbury – Christchurch- New Zealand

04-06/03/1434

16-18/01/2013

6

Academic Leadership in Higher Education

Cardiff University- Cardiff- UK

10-14/06/2013

7

Strategic Approach for Mentoring and Coaching in Higher Education

Cardiff University- Cardiff- UK

17-21/06/2013

8

The European Conference on the Social Sciences 2013

The International Academic Forum, Brighton: UK

25/08/1434

04/07/2013

9

The European Conference on the Language Learning 2014

Brighton, UK

05-13/07/2013

10

The 3rd combined ALANZ and ALAA Conference in 2013

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

23-25/1/1435

27–29/11/2013

11

The 4th QS-MAPLE conference

Global Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education

Khalifa University- Abh Dhabi

06-08/07/1435

06-08/05/2014

12

Business Conference & Education Conference

San Francisco, CA,USA

07-11/10/1435

03-07/08/2014

13

Strategic planning in Higher Education

Turkey - Istanbul

10-14/10/1435

10-14/08/2014

14

Language and Society conference,  Applied Linguistics Conference

University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

25/11/2014

15

Measurement and Evaluation in Higher Education

Turkey - Istanbul

11/10/1436

 

5. Miscellaneous workshops

Se

Name of Training Course

Place of training course

date

1

Conflict  Management Workshop

Academic Leadership Center, Alkhobar, KSA19

08-09/02/1434

11-12/12/2013

2

The 5th. International Exhibition & Conference in Higher Education

The Ministry of Higher Education- Riyadh

15-18/06/1436

15-18/04/2014

3

Ninth Conference of Research

King Khalid University - ABHA

14/05/1434

4

TOT

NCAAA – Riyadh

03-04/04/1435

5

Career Education and development

Ministry of Labor – Riyaadh

26/11/1435

6

National Symposium on "Present and Future of English in Saudi Arabia: Research Concerns"

King Khalid University, Abha

24-25/12/1435

7

Enhancing the self-efficacy of Saudi universities and diversifying funding resources

KFUPM

22/06/1437

8

Role of Saudi Universities in Activating Kingdom Vision 2030

ALQassim University

13-14/04/1438

 

Publications
  1. Alshahrani, M & Alshahrani, A. (2015). Investigation of Anxiety among Elementry School Students towards Foreign language learning. Studies in Literature and language, Vol. 10 (6), 29-40.
  2. Alshahrani, M. (2016). The level of anxiety on the achievment of the Saudi EFL learners. Arab World English Journal,  Vol.7(3), 65-76.
  3. Alshahrani, M. (2016). A brif historical perspective of English in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Vol. 26, 43-47.
  4. Alshahrani, M. (2017). Code Switching of Saudi English Teachers in Foreign Languag Classroom. KKU Humantities Journal.

 

Scientific Conferences

Alshahrani,  M. ( 2014). Native English speaker teachers versus non-native English speaker teachers in King Khalid university: Myths and reality. The European Conference on Language learning, Brighton, UK.      

 

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