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about NExT

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The industry and academic partnership that is Network of Excellence in Training (NExT*) is delivering tailored training programs around the globe. In over 50 countries the NExT team is creating training and development programs to match the specific requirements of our customers. Through our global presence and experience in most oil and gas fields we can fill these programs with relevant examples and case studies that make each NExT course unique, specific and practical. We firmly believe that the retention of knowledge is maximized when theory is immediately applied to business relevant projects - learning by doing.

Core to the quality and superior standards that NExT offer is the technical team whose role it is to ensure only the best instructors, course material and case studies are combined to meet the exact requirements of our customers. Through our industry and university partners, together with frequent peer review with our customers we ensure emerging technologies are central to the content of our programs. Our faculty of over 250 instructors come from a wide variety of technical and regional experience that allow NExT to bring world class expertise to the training environment.

Partners

Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University (HWU), Edinburgh, is one of the top UK universities for research-based technology and is world-renowned in distance-learning technology. The Institute of Petroleum Engineering at HWU has a five-star research rating in the UK, and international standing in both research and teaching.
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Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University (TAMU) is among the nation's leaders in both the size and the quality of its engineering research and education programs. The Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering houses the Crisman Institute for Reservoir Management, which conducts research projects in reservoir description and dynamics; unconventional resources; well construction and production; and energy, environment, and transportation innovation.
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The University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a research university that grants doctorates. The university ranks in the top five in the USA, among all comprehensive public universities, for the number of National Merit Scholars enrolled per capita and in the graduation of Rhodes Scholars. OU's Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering has consistently been ranked among the top-five petroleum engineering schools in the USA by U.S. News & World Report.
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Directors of Curriculum

The NExT Directors of Curriculum (DOC) are responsible for maintaining the superior standards of our course materials and ensuring the high-quality delivery of our training solutions worldwide. With their respective peer review boards, the DOCs continuously evaluate the technical content of our courses to ensure that we are delivering the latest technology to our clients. The DOCs are responsible for ensuring that our virtual faculty members are not only leaders from a technical perspective, but are also competent teachers. Through the NExT comprehensive course and instructor evaluation system, a continuous quality assurance process is in place that enables us to react immediately to any quality assurance issue. All of our DOCs routinely teach in NExT programs and direct competency assessment projects.