Gulbahar Abdallah
Area Consultant (Middle East)
Dr Gulbahar Abdallah is an Assistant Professor and Head of Quality Assurance and Academic Partnership at ARIU with University of Derby. She holds a PhD in Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management from Leeds Beckett University, where her doctoral research focused on female migration, emotional labour and the hospitality industry in Qatar.
Dr Gulbahar Abdallah is an Assistant Professor and Head of Quality Assurance and Academic Partnership at ARIU with University of Derby. She holds a PhD in Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management from Leeds Beckett University, where her doctoral research focused on female migration, emotional labour and the hospitality industry in Qatar.
Having worked in the Middle East for over 13 years, Dr Abdallah has collaborated with a range of academic partners, supporting programme development, academic standards and institutional quality enhancement. Her specialist expertise spans academic quality assurance, accreditation, curriculum review, academic governance and institutional effectiveness. She also serves as an Auditor on THE-ICE Assessment Panel.
In her current role, Dr Abdallah leads institutional and programme-level quality assurance activities, including programme approval, validation, periodic review, reaccreditation, regulatory compliance and academic partnership management. Her work contributes to institutional quality enhancement through practical engagement with academic standards, assessment frameworks, student experience, stakeholder feedback and continuous improvement processes.
