![[PDF]](/pb-assets/Icons/adobe-pdf-icon-1498649896243.png){kind=icon}
Abstract
This study explores leadership in higher education institutions in Oman where education for sustainability issues are a high priority. The Vice-chancellor of the premier university Sultan Qaboos University, Qaboos Sultanate of Oman, and his four senior management team members answer the following question: What are the concrete steps which have been undertaken in order to allow the university to integrate sustainability in its: (a) curricula; (b) research; (c) practical projects; and (d) regional and national development endeavours? The views of these senior leaders carry larger national and international implications for the promotion of sustainability in Oman. They define their leadership as articulating a desire to bring about educational change and to prepare in practice for an explicit paradigm shift towards sustainability throughout the university and the country as well. Internationalization of the university is considered to be an important part of its sustainability strategy.
References
Section:
|
Alharthy, A (2012) Sustainable outcome-based assessment SQU engineering programmes. In: Proceedings 7th international conference on education and development, Valencia, Spain. Google Scholar | |
|
Alrawas, O (2012) Dean’s foreword. In: SQU Medical College Annual Report. Muscat: SQU Press. Google Scholar | |
|
Alsalmy, A (2013) Degree of professionalism in teacher training programmes. SQU Journal of Education 7(1): 214–222. Google Scholar | |
|
Bush, T (2014) Editorial. Educational Management Administration & Leadership 42(4): 443–444. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI | |
|
Czerniawski, G (2012) Repositioning trust: A challenge to inauthentic neoliberal uses of pupil voice. Management in Education 26(3): 130–139. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | |
|
Environment Ministry (2012) Sustainable development in Oman. Muscat: Environment Ministry. Google Scholar | |
|
Giles, D (2011) Re-culturing a university department. Management in Education 25(3): 87–92. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | |
|
Hammersley-Fletcher, L (2006) Educational leadership. Management in Education 34: 143–152. Google Scholar | Abstract | |
|
Hammersley-Fletcher, L (2009) Editorial. Management in Education 23(4): 150–153. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | |
|
Hammersley-Fletcher, L (2015a) Editorial. Management in Education 29(2): 45–53. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | |
|
Hammersley-Fletcher, L (2015b) Value(s)-driven decision-making. Educational Management Administration & Leadership 43(2): 198–202. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI | |
|
Hammett, D (2013) Transition and the education of the new South African citizen. Comparative Education Review 57(2): 309–331. Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI | |
|
Hammett, D (2015) Research and Fieldwork in Development. London: Routledge. Google Scholar | |
|
Hatier, C (2014) The morality of university decision makers. Studies in Higher Education 39(6): 1085–1094. Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI | |
|
Hussain, S, Albarwani, T (forthcoming) Leadership for higher education in Oman. Google Scholar | |
|
Hussain, S (1982) Automatic stations for Iraq resources development. In: IFAC Systems Approach for Development Symposium Proceedings, Rabat, Morocco, 1981. Oxford: Pergamon. Google Scholar | |
|
Hussain, S, Albarwani, T (2014) Sustainable development at universities in the Sultanate of Oman. In: Leal Filho, W (ed.) Transformative Approaches to Sustainability. Switzerland: Springer International, 151–163. Google Scholar | |
|
Ischinger, J (2009) Universities for cities and regions: OECD lessons. Change Management for HE 41: 8–13. Google Scholar | Crossref | |
|
Khoja, T (2013) Working together for better health: GCC technical cooperation. Executive board of GCC health ministers, Al Riyadh. Google Scholar | |
|
Kinser, K (2012) Editorial. CIES Newsletter: Perspective. New York: Comparative and International Education Society. Google Scholar | |
|
Lagarde, C (2014) BBC 2014 Sustainability Dimbleby Lecture. London: BBC. Google Scholar | |
|
Lawn (2012) Europeanizing Education: Governing a New Policy Space. Oxford: Symposium Books. Google Scholar | Crossref | |
|
Lane-Kelso, M (2012) Global digital citizenship: becoming a world university in Oman. Journal of the World Universities Forum 5(1): 97–114. Google Scholar | |
|
Leal Filho, W (2012) Sustainable Development at Universities. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Google Scholar | |
|
Leal Filho, W (2014) Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development. Switzerland: Springer. Google Scholar | |
|
Lee (2012) Manifestos for sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W (ed.) Sustainable Development at Universities. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. Google Scholar | |
|
Luzano, R (2006) Sustainable development at Cardiff University. Cleaner Production 18: 637–644. Google Scholar | |
|
Mcdevitt, J (2008) Strategy revitalization in academia. Educational Management 22(1): 32. Google Scholar | |
|
Musango (2012) Technology assessment of sustainability in South Africa. PhD thesis, University of Stellenbosch, http://scholar.sun.ac.za. Google Scholar | |
|
Najim, M (1982) System Approach for Development. London: Pergamon. Google Scholar | |
|
Pepper, C (2014) Leading for sustainability in Western Australian regional schools. Educational Management Administration & Leadership 42(4): 506–519. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI | |
|
Pinheiro, R, Benneworth, P, Jones, GA (eds) (2012) Universities and Regional Development. London: Routledge. Google Scholar | |
|
Roumell, E (2014) Comparative policy formulation analysis US and EU e-learning. Comparative Education Review 58: 135–144. Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI | |
|
Sahney, V (2014) Developing a high performing teaching hospital. In: SQUH workshop, SQUH, SQU, Muscat. Google Scholar | |
|
Sarkis, J (2013) Guest editorial: Sustainability in engineering management setting. IEEE Transactions Engineering Management 60(2): 301–308. Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI | |
|
Shiel, C (2012) Enabling university leaders as sustainability role models. In: Leal, W Sustainable Development at Universities. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. Google Scholar | |
|
Shiel, C (2013) Leadership. In: Sterling, S, Maxey, L, Luna, H (eds) The Sustainable University: Progress and Prospects. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 110–131. Google Scholar | |
|
Wals, AEJ (2014) Sustainability in higher education in the context of the UN DESD. Journal of Cleaner Production, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.06.007. Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI | |
|
Wangenge, J (2012) National universities and the regional dimension. In: Pinheiro, R (ed.) Universities and Regional Development. London: Routledge. Google Scholar | |
|
Zhao, J (2013) Sustainability in China needs the environmental Internet of things. International Journal Sustainable Development and World Ecology 20(3): 195–206. Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI |
