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Al-Maktoum College Of Higher Education is a college located in Dundee, sponsored by Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and minister of finance of the United Arab Emirates. Formerly known as Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, the college was established in 2001,[1] and has built a mosque at the cost of £1.3 million on its campus for the local Muslim population.[2] The Institute has its own publishing press.[3]

Courses

The college offers postgraduate programmes in the study of Islam, Economics, and Arabic.[4] The college offered degree programs but agreements with Universities have been withdrawn, including Aberdeen. The College's partnership agreement with the University of Aberdeen was terminated in September 2012. All students previously enrolled on higher education programmes at the College were transferred to the University of Aberdeen.[5]

QAA oversight reports

The college has been reviewed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education a number of times, and currently requires improvement to meet UK standards.[6]

The QAA Oversight Report in May 2016 judgements about standards and quality are:[6]

  • The maintenance of the academic standards of awards offered on behalf of degree-awarding bodies and/or other awarding organisations meets UK expectations.
  • The quality of student learning opportunities requires improvement to meet UK expectations.
  • The quality of the information about learning opportunities meets UK expectations.
  • The enhancement of student learning opportunities requires improvement to meet UK expectations.

According to the report of May 2016, at the time there were 13 students registered on 5 courses in the college.[7]

Malory Nye controversy

Malory Nye was Principal of the college until June 2011 when he was dismissed from his post together with his wife, Isabel Campbell-Nye, who was head of the English language centre.

The couple alleged that Abubaker Abubaker, the director of operations, and Mirza al-Sayegh, chairman of its board of directors and private secretary to the Sheikh, decided to force them out because they were British, white and Christian.[8][9] Isabel claimed Abubaker also wanted her removed from her position because she had attracted too many European and Asian students, who weren't Muslim, to her English course at the college, which receives no public funding.[9] Despite a waiting list for places on its English language courses, the college closed the department last month, leaving its two remaining tutors redundant at Christmas.[9] All claims were dismissed at an employment tribunal in Glasgow.

The couple also lodged grievances against the chancellor of the College, the lord Baron Elder for his handling of what they describe as a ‘sham’ disciplinary process.

Lord Elder was investigated by the House of Lords Conduct Committee and was found to have broken the House of Lords' Code of Conduct for incorrect registering of lord interest and misuse of the House of Lords stationery for his private business at the College by using a House of Lords envelope to send the former college principal his termination letter.[10] Following the investigation, he issued an apology for his minor breaches of the Code of Conduct.[11]

Highest paid college principal in Scotland

In 2016, the college's principal, Hossein Godazgar drew an annual compensation of £154,199 (£134,100 salary and £20,099 pension contribution) with his wife, Dr. Masoumeh Velayati earning £56,286 (£49,604 salary and £6682 pension contribution), approximately a 10% rise on the 2015 figures.[12] Professor Godazgar resigned as principal in October 2017 and has taken up a role as visiting professor at the department of sociology of the University of Warwick[13]. Al Maktoum College principal position remains unfilled as of March 2018.

For comparison, Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland drew a salary of £151,271 in 2017.[14]

College Principal Salaries in Scotland Comparison Table [15]
Name Year Salary
Hossein Godazgar (Al Maktoum College) 2015-2016 £154,199*[16]
Paul Little (City of Glasgow College) 2014-2015 £153,000
Susan Walsh (Clyde College) 2014-2015 £144,750 
Audrey Cumberford (West College Scotland) 2014-2015 £138,000

* Prof Hossein's base salary of £134,100 plus £20,099 pension contribution totals £154,199. The total paid by the college to Prof Hossein and his wife who teaches at the college is £210,485.

The college's website

References

  1. ^ Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education. "Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education". Al-Maktoum College 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  2. ^ "New £1.3m mosque opens on Dundee city campus". BBC. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Al-Maktoum Institute Academic Press [Retrieved 2015-07-11]
  4. ^ "Available Programmes - Al-Maktoum College". Al-Maktoum College. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  5. ^ "Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education Review for Educational Oversight" (PDF). dera.ioe.ac.uk. Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. May 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ a b "Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education". www.qaa.ac.uk. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Retrieved 2018-01-15. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ "Higher Education Review (Alternative Providers) of Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education" (PDF). The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. www.qaa.ac.uk. May 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ McKlevie, Geraldine (June 1, 2012). "I was fired for being a white Christian, claims professor". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2018-01-13. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ a b c "'We were sacked for being white and Christian', claim principal and his wife dismissed from Dubai-backed 'multicultural' college". Mail Online. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  10. ^ Kernaghan, Paul. "Annex 2: Report from the commissioner for standards". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-14. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ "Lord Elder sorry for code breach". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  12. ^ "AL-MAKTOUM COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION - Filing history (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  13. ^ "Hossein Godazgar". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  14. ^ "SALARIES FROM 1 APRIL 2017" (PDF). The Scottish Parliament. April 1, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Revealed: The salaries earned by Scottish college principals". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  16. ^ "Companies House". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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