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madrileno
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Location: Salalah, Oman
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
Actually this is even more true of the rest of the Gulf than Oman. But it will hit Oman first, just as it was the last to develop (ignoring Yemen). There are actually Omanis with a work ethic though it tends to be the older generations and there has never been obscene amounts of oil income. The biggest issue at that time will likely be the lack of a Sultan who is able to pull the country together...
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I hope to be far, far away from Oman by the time that happens... |
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a.anas
Joined: 24 Jun 2014
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Location: Sudan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 9:22 am Post subject: |
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A quick update:
Some of my former students at UOB read the Arabic summary of my article and they are very upset. Some of them want to file a lawsuit against UOB on charges of fraud because it makes the false and unsubstantiated claim that it is affiliated with five European universities.
I am looking for more academic websites to post this article.
Any idea how i can send this to the Sultan. I did share the link to this article on his Facebook page and I sent it to his website.
I posted the same article on the link below.
http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Universities_to_fear |
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CANDLES
Joined: 01 Nov 2011
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Location: Wandering aimlessly.....
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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WOW! You've really taken it further than most. God help the returning teachers whose livelihood is now threatened by students and the various faculties!
Ironically some were trying to make a difference and teach! |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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| a.anas wrote: |
Any idea how i can send this to the Sultan. I did share the link to this article on his Facebook page and I sent it to his website. |
Considering his health these days, I doubt this university will ever hit his radar. Last I read a couple weeks back, he was still in a hospital in Germany.
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omanoman
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 4:23 am Post subject: |
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The place clearly needs some improvement in probably every aspect but your poor experience is not necessarily the same as others. like Candles said, others are carrying on and doing their best hopefully to make a small difference.
So, number one, the assumption that your complaints will reach the Sultan are fairly ridiculous and not a little arrogant or at least naive. And secondly, this idea of actual fraud is also going nowhere since for what it is worth, whatever claim they have to being affiliated to the Austrian Unis is true enough I am sure to avoid any actual legal troubles - what the affiliation means in real terms is debatable but not fraudulent.
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a.anas
Joined: 24 Jun 2014
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Location: Sudan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| omanoman wrote: |
The place clearly needs some improvement in probably every aspect but your poor experience is not necessarily the same as others. like Candles said, others are carrying on and doing their best hopefully to make a small difference.
So, number one, the assumption that your complaints will reach the Sultan are fairly ridiculous and not a little arrogant or at least naive. And secondly, this idea of actual fraud is also going nowhere since for what it is worth, whatever claim they have to being affiliated to the Austrian Unis is true enough I am sure to avoid any actual legal troubles - what the affiliation means in real terms is debatable but not fraudulent.
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UOB is anything but a university and the idea that it needs 'some' improvements is an understatement and shows lack of awareness of what's wrong of UOB or knowledge of appropriate academic standards. The 'university' needs a complete overhaul.
This is not so much about my 'poor' experience as about structural academic and administrative dysfunctions. Of the 120 students I taught, none of them expressed their satisfaction with UOB. Similarly, I spoke to almost all the teachers in all the departments and none of them is happy teaching there. look at the high turnover rate. it is also about illegal practices as indicated in the article.
I don't see any arrogance in trying to redress grave problems and make UOB work for the students who are wasting their time and money unless something is done. In fact, some students asked me to help them draw the attention of the authorities to what's happening in UOB. For instance, the administrative oversight authority said they will look into the affiliation claim because it is a serious one.
we contacted the universities in Europe and there is no affiliation. Let UOB prove it to the students. If UOB engages in illegal and unprofessional practices, it must be held accountable and it is the students who must do it. |
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omanoman
Joined: 11 Jun 2014
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:06 am Post subject: |
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Agreed, it is a 'work in progress" at the best of times it seems.
Still, these are your perceptions and standards and may not reflect a universal experience there. Most universities in the region are not up to your standards I would think. You should probably avoid opportunities here and elsewhere in the GCC as I think you will be forever disappointed and disgruntled.
best of luck. |
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CANDLES
Joined: 01 Nov 2011
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Location: Wandering aimlessly.....
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:26 am Post subject: |
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And so a.anas, what will be achieved (I know the answer), but what will happen this new semester when things are so dire with unhappy students and even worse unhappy teachers who've left their homes to come and work?
Unless UOB closes its doors today, it will still be functioning tomorrow with gloom and Buraimi will not have an 'educational' institution anymore. Students will have to either go to Muscat or Al-Ain to get any proper education. How many women students do you think will be doing that and how many men, especially the really dumb asses will go to all that trouble?
I think you and your colleagues have stirred the hornet's nest enough; you've done your hardest to dismantle the structure, put noses out of joints, now please go in peace and work and live happily.
Let the others try and pickup the pieces and bring something different and vibrant to the region; for students, teachers and the whole of Buraimi. |
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omanoman
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I think you are over-estimating the influence that any one of us has over our current and former places of employment. a.anas' technical and slightly pompous critique will fall on deaf ears. There may be some parts of the bureaucratic machine that may use whatever feedback he /she has given and reassess their performance and policy standards within the confines of the structure they operate in. Perhaps an attitude change here and there can be met with some courage and conviction to create change, step by step.
So, the efforts may not be entirely fruitless but they are hardly going to cause upheaval and close down an entire operation.
Good advice to go in peace though. What good can it really do to snipe away at peopl | |
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