Recognition

Prizes and Awards

More than 55 honours received since 1995 across teaching, research and institutional service. The awards below are the milestones, most recently an international award for AI in education.

Most recent

2026Merit Award

Second International Competition on AI in Education 2026

Stream 1 · Discovery · Final pitch held 15 July 2026 at The Education University of Hong Kong

Human-in-the-Loop GenAI Research Skills Assessment Model

A pedagogically governed, GenAI-supported staged research skills model in BAA290

Presented representing the University of Bahrain. The model stages research-skills assessment so that generative AI use is declared, bounded and evidenced at each step, keeping the academic judgement with the teacher. Organised by the Artificial Intelligence Research and Education Alliance.

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From the award ceremony

Hong Kong, July 2026

Presenting the Human-in-the-Loop GenAI Research Skills Assessment Model at the Stream 1 final pitch

Receiving the Merit Award certificate at The Education University of Hong Kong, 15 July 2026

Walking the panel through the staged assessment design

The judging panel during the Stream 1 final pitch

Closing assembly of the Second International Competition on AI in Education 2026

Certificate of Award, Merit, Stream 1 Discovery

Addressing the room during the Stream 1 final pitch, The Education University of Hong Kong — Addressing the room during the Stream 1 final pitch

Record

Awards and honours

Year	Award	Awarding body	Detail
2026	Merit Award, Second International Competition on AI in Education	Artificial Intelligence Research and Education Alliance, hosted by The Education University of Hong Kong	Stream 1 Discovery. Project: Human-in-the-Loop GenAI Research Skills Assessment Model
2014	Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Award	Women and Childhood Information Centre, Child and Motherhood Welfare Society, Bahrain	Research: The effect of using virtual social networks on realistic social relationships for youth in the Kingdom of Bahrain
2013	University of Bahrain Research Grant	University of Bahrain, Deanship of Scientific Research	Research: The employment of smart devices in university teaching
1998	Distinguished Teacher Award	Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Bahrain	Honoured by the Minister of Education at the Distinguished Educational Projects Exhibition
1997	First Place, Educational Projects Competition	Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Bahrain	Pilot project: Internet implementation in the educational process

Supporting documents for these and other honours are published in full in the credentials gallery.