{"id":11864,"date":"2025-09-25T16:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nu.edu.om\/?p=11864"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:00:47","slug":"new-staff-through-orientation-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nu.edu.om\/engineering\/new-staff-through-orientation-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"New Staff through Orientation Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">The College of Engineering at the National University of Science and Technology hosted a distinguished group of newly appointed academic staff in an orientation workshop held on Thursday, 25 September 2025, at the Conference Hall on the Caledonian campus. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">The program, organized by the Department of Professional Development and Humanities, extended over half a day and brought together eleven new full-time and part-time employees. The workshop was designed to introduce the newcomers to the University&rsquo;s mission and values, and to facilitate their integration into its academic and administrative community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">The workshop commenced with a welcome by Professor<strong><span style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> Ahmed Hassan Al Balushi, Dean of the College of Engineering<\/span><\/strong>, setting the tone for the day. Key sessions included insights into staff academic roles, duties, and performance expectations, as well as guidance on HR policies and the staff code of conduct, in line with the University&rsquo;s guidelines. This detailed orientation was facilitated by Professor Sudhir CV, Assistant Dean of Academics. <strong><span style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Professor Syed Moh&rsquo;d Rizwan<\/span><\/strong>, Assistant Dean of Research, highlighted research and professional development opportunities available to staff. Practical briefings were also provided on IT services, library resources, and health, safety, and environment protocols.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">The day-long programme concluded with an open discussion, enabling participants to share reflections and feedback. The orientation successfully equipped new staff with essential knowledge, resources, and institutional support, ensuring their smooth transition into the University&rsquo;s vibrant academic environment.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College of Engineering Welcomes New Staff through Orientation Programme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11865,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-coe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Staff through Orientation Programme - College of Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nu.edu.om\/engineering\/new-staff-through-orientation-programme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Staff through Orientation Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"College of Engineering Welcomes New Staff through Orientation Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nu.edu.om\/engineering\/new-staff-through-orientation-programme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Engineering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-25T12:42:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-01T12:00:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nu.edu.om\/engineering\/assets\/uploads\/sites\/2\/media\/1308\/staff.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3511\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2341\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mohammed Al Mamari\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mohammed Al Mamari\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/new-staff-through-orientation-programme\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/new-staff-through-orientation-programme\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mohammed Al Mamari\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/?lang=ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/70d0cee229259abe662323ee5f2e3256\"},\"headline\":\"New Staff through Orientation Programme\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-25T12:42:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-01T12:00:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/new-staff-through-orientation-programme\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":239,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/new-staff-through-orientation-programme\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/media\\\/1308\\\/staff.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News-CoE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/new-staff-through-orientation-programme\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/new-staff-through-orientation-programme\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Staff through Orientation Programme - 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