Introducing the new members of our Arab University Rankings advisory board

The THE Arab University Rankings advisory board has increased its membership to 15 with the addition of six higher education leaders from across the region

February 5, 2024

Last March, we launched the Times Higher Education Arab University Rankings advisory board. The board met several times throughout the year to discuss the opportunities and challenges for higher education across the Arab region, which resulted in improvements to the Arab University Rankings.

In November, the board agreed to recruit new members, and we invited applications from across the Arab region. There were many high-quality applications, perhaps unsurprising given that this is the fastest-improving university region in the world. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those people who took the time to submit an application to help us improve our ranking.

We are very pleased to announce that the Arab University Rankings advisory board has now been expanded, with six new members from six countries and a wide range of experience. In total, the board now has 15 members, seven women and eight men, from 10 countries.

The six new board members are shown at the end of the full list of board members:

Name

Position

Affiliation

Country

Date joined

Yusra Mouzughi

Provost

Birmingham University Dubai

United Arab Emirates

03/23

Victoria Lindsay

Founding president and vice-chancellor

The British University of Iraq

Iraq

03/23

Maryam Riaz Wattoo

Adviser

Higher Education Affairs at Ministry of Education

United Arab Emirates

03/23

Hanene Boussi

Head of rankings and analysis

University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia

03/23

Georges Yahchouchi

President

American University of the Middle East

Kuwait

03/23

Anas Ratib Alsoud

Vice-president

Al-Ahliyya Amman University

Jordan

03/23

Ahmed Al Kuwaiti

Associate professor and dean of deanship of quality and academic accreditation

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

Saudi Arabia

03/23

David Watkins

Managing director of data science; chair of Arab University Rankings advisory board

Times Higher Education

UK

03/23

Loubaba El Wazir

Arab University Rankings product owner

Times Higher Education

Lebanon

03/23

Narimane
Hadj-Hamou

CEO

Center of Learning Innovations and Customized Knowledge Solutions (CLICKS)

United Arab Emirates

02/24

Iman Megahed

Associate vice-president for digital transformation, chief strategy and knowledge officer

American University in Cairo (AUC)

Egypt

02/24

Izzudin Busnaina

Head of strategic planning and international ranking team

University of Benghazi

Libya

02/24

George Nasr

Provost

Lebanese American University

Lebanon

02/24

Abdullah M. Elias

Director of rankings, strategy and institutional advancement unit (RASU)

Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

Saudi Arabia

02/24

Mohammed Hussein Ahmed

Director general

Ministry of Higher Education, Kurdistan region of Iraq

Iraq

02/24

 

The advisory board is an important part of our commitment to increase the transparency of our approach – as we have seen with our Impact Rankings advisory board and our World University Rankings advisory board.

The board meets four times a year, including at least one in-person event, and THE will assist the members with information and administrative support.

The Arab University Rankings were created in 2021 to support the rapid growth in the quantity and quality of universities in the Arab region. In the 2021 iteration, 125 universities were ranked, plus 30 reporter institutions; the 2023 table sees 207 universities ranked, with a further 106 reporters.

David Watkins is managing director of data science at Times Higher Education, and chair of the Arab University Rankings advisory board.

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