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Working with Us
In common with many other Higher Education Institutions
worldwide, the IIS adopts an inclusive approach to the management
of its human resources. The IIS is fully compliant with all aspects
of UK employment legislation and is committed to the regular
review of the performance of its people as well as their personal
and professional development. The IIS is a member of the main
professional bodies in higher education including Universities HR
and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, and takes
advantage of many of the development opportunities offered
by these organisations on behalf of its people.
Governance
The governance structure of the IIS includes a Board of Trustees,
the Board of Governors and other formal committees that oversee
academic and administrative matters.
As a provider of higher education, the IIS is monitored by the
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), receiving
its first visit in 2012. Following annual monitoring visits in 2013 and
then in 2017, the IIS received two commendable outcomes. The IIS
is registered with the Office for Students (OfS) and complies with
the regulatory framework of the OfS, the independent regulator of
higher education institutions in England.
The IIS holds a Tier 4 licence for the enrolment of non-EEA (European
Economic Area) students, and is required to comply with the UK Visa
and Immigration requirements set out in the Tier 4 Sponsor Guidance.
The IIS is incorporated in England as a company limited by guarantee,
as well as being registered with the Charity Commission since 2018.
Registered Charity Number 1179135.
Captions and Credits
Front cover: Front cover: (Top row from left to right) Yasmin Merchant,
STEP graduate delivering her valedictorian speech. Image credit: IIS.
Muwatta’ al-Imam Muhammad. Image credit: Aga Khan Library, London.
A student selecting books at the Aga Khan Library, London. Image credit:
Jonathan Goldberg. (Bottom row from left to right) Students discussing a
book in the outdoor spaces. Image credit: Jonathan Goldberg. The Garden
of Life on the top floor of the Aga Khan Centre. Image credit: Edmund Sumner.
Inside front cover: Entitled 'Geometry of Approximation', this sculpture
is a composite of a tetradecahedron, a sphere and fourteen heptagons.
Each heptagon bears one of the three names: Allah, Muhammad and
Ali. Designed by the late Karl Schlamminger, the sculpture stands at the
entrance of the Aga Khan Centre. Image credit: Jonathan Goldberg.
Pages 8 – 9: Dr Maria de-Cillis, Senior Research Associate and Shi‘i
Heritage Series Managing Editor in Shi‘i Studies Unit in conversation
with Dr Stephen Burge, Senior Research Associate in the Qur’anic
Studies Unit. Image credit: Jonathan Goldberg.
Pages 10 – 11: A range of IIS publications. Image credit: Mindaugas Orlauskas.
Page 12: Dr Maryam Rezaee, Lecturer in the Department of Graduate
Studies in conversation with students in the Garden of Life at the
Aga Khan Centre. Image credit: Jonathan Goldberg.
Page 13: Faheem Hussain, Teacher Educator in the Department of
Graduate Studies discussing lesson plans with STEP students.
Image credit: Jonathan Goldberg.
Page 15: Zulfikar Khimani, Academic Coordinator in the Department of
Community Relations with Dr Zamira Dildorbekova, Secondary Teacher
Education Programme Coordinator. Image credit: Mindaugas Orlauskas.
Page 16: A parent reading the Ta‘lim curriculum with his daughter.
Image credit: IIS.
Page 17: A selection of volumes from the IIS’s Secondary Curriculum
series. Image credit: John Sturrock.
Page 18: IIS short courses participants visiting the British Museum as
part of their programme. Image credit: Shaheena Ormerod-Sachedina.
Page 19: Dr Alessandro Cancian, Senior Research Associate in the
Qur’anic Studies Unit teaching participants on an IIS short course.
Image credit: Shaheena Ormerod-Sachedina.
Page 20: Staff at the Aga Khan Library, London, Shah Hussain,
Alex Leach and Pedro Sanchez Rodriguez. Image credit: John Sturrock.
Page 21: (From left to right) Dr Roy Wilson, Academic Skills Coordinator in the
Department of Graduate Studies with IIS students. Image credit: Jonathan Goldberg.
The Terrace of Learning at the Aga Khan Library, London; Quiet reflective space
in the library; Students working in the study areas. Image credit: John Sturrock.
Page 22: Dr Wafi Momin, Head of the Ismaili Special Collections Unit
delivering a presentation to visitors. Image credit: Nayyir Damani.
Page 23: An illuminated page from an Indo-Persian manuscript dedicated
to hunting, from the Ismaili Special Collections. Image credit: Mindaugas
Orlauskas.
Page 24: (Top) Aga Khan Centre. Image credit: Edmund Sumner. (Bottom)
IIS students enjoying the views from the Terrace of Discovery at the
Aga Khan Centre. Image credit: Jonathan Goldberg.
Page 25: (Top) Rhapsody in Four Colours. Image credit: Edmund Sumner.
GPISH students in discussion in the Garden of Life at the Aga Khan Centre.
Image credit: John Sturrock. (Bottom) Student working in the Garden of
Reflection at the Victoria Hall student residence. Image credit: Hufton
and Crow.
Page 3: His Highness the Aga Khan. Image credit: AKDN.
Page 4: Dinar of the Shia Nizari Ismaili Imam - Nizar I - minted in
al-Iskandariyya (488/1095). Image credit: IIS.
Page 5: Dr Farhad Daftary, Co-Director of The Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Image credit: Areez Charania.
Pages 6 – 7: A court manuscript workshop. Folio from the manuscript
of Akhlaq-i Nasiri (Ethics of Nasir) by Nasir al-Din Tusi (d. 1274).
Lahore, Pakistan, 1590–95. Image credit: The Aga Khan Museum.
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