Assessment & quality diagnostic
Review a defined set of tools or findings, with a gap report, improvement priorities and discussion.
Discuss your need →Explore related workTareq Abushawish · Founder of TAS
Knowledge you understand.Tools you can put to work.
Independent researcher, consultant and founder of TAS. I help individuals and organisations improve learning, build capacity, and design research and assessment tools, drawing on more than 22 years of progressive experience.
Knowledge • Thinking • Impact
Start with what matters to you
A place to learn, develop and collaborate.
FOR INDIVIDUALS
Develop an idea or skill
Consultation, research and professional review, or a development plan shaped around your need.
Explore available support →FOR ORGANISATIONSBuild your team’s capacity
Assessment and quality, training, programme design and institutional development.
Explore solutions →FOR LEARNING AND EXPLORATIONRead, try and put it to use
Open tools, references and episode companions, ready to read, complete and download.
Enter the open library →SELECTED WORK
Work that makes the idea, role and output clear.
Examples to explore my role, the approach, the outputs and the scope of each piece of work.
Delivered training · 2026
Digital transformation and e-administration in government work
A completed three-day programme delivered with Al-Anwar for Development for 14 participants, with documented outputs and a follow-up plan.
View the case study →Humanitarian programme design · 2026
Child protection, safe return and community reintegration
A bilingual proposal prepared for Elaf and aligned with SHF SA1, connecting results and indicators with safeguarding, accountability and delivery planning.
View the case studyMBA thesis · 2024Emotional intelligence and decision effectiveness
A professional research brief presenting the question, method, findings and applications while protecting participants and the original file.
Explore the thesisApplied study design · 2025Evaluating psychosocial support and school counselling
A mixed-method framework and four stakeholder instruments that remained at design stage, with no data collection or published findings.
Explore the study designHow can I help?
From a complex question to a clear outcome.
Capacity-building programme design
Needs analysis, session design, materials, activities, learning assessment tools and an application follow-up plan.
Discuss your need →Explore related workProgramme and impact design
A concept note, results framework, indicators, monitoring tools and executive brief.
Discuss your need →Explore related workSupport for people, teams and institutional work
Human resources & work organization
Clarify roles and responsibilities and develop practical tools to support staff and strengthen their capabilities.
Outputs and ways to work together →Leadership & emotional intelligence
Sessions and workshops connecting self-awareness, communication and delegation with real workplace decisions.
Outputs and ways to work together →Institutional proposals & reporting
Edit and organize Arabic and English documents so partners and prospective supporters can clearly assess an organization’s work.
Outputs and ways to work together →Proposed workshop for universities and organisations: critical digital awarenessContent and outputs
PROPOSED TRAINING OFFER
Critical digital awareness workshop
For universities and educational organizations exploring attention, credibility and AI with students and teams.
Everyday platform examples informed by the research From Instagram to LinkedIn.
Try the credibility checklistProposed outputs
- Exercises to examine content and its sources
- A credibility checklist for everyday use
- A personal plan for more conscious platform use
We clarify your audience and needs, then agree the duration, delivery format and scope before starting.
Discuss a workshopRESEARCH / PUBLICATIONS
TAS
TASFeatured work
From Instagram to LinkedIn
University students’ critical digital awareness across attention, identity and knowledge.
A 139-page independent publication combining a pre-survey, a short digital awareness intervention and a post-survey, then translating the findings into a book, public content and referenced knowledge episodes.
Explore research & publicationsTareqPodcast
TAREQPODCASTنفكّك ما نراه قبل أن نصدّقه.
We examine what we see before we believe it.
TAS’s media and knowledge arm: a clear question, an accessible but rigorous explanation, and a principle worth remembering or using.
Discover the seriesSeason-one scripts · 11 episodes
01Why did we believe it?
Who chooses your next video?
02Is browsing really free?
03Why can’t we focus anymore?
Scripts and companions are available to read. Watch released videos on the TareqPodcast account. Visit the account ↗
إذاً… لماذا صدّقناها؟
RESOURCES & OPEN LIBRARY
Start with a useful tool today.
13 practical tools and episode companions in Arabic and English. Read, complete and download directly.
Credibility verification card
A quick tool for separating claims, evidence, opinion and popularity before sharing or relying on content.
PDF · Word · On-page worksheetTry the tool →One-page training activity report
Document delivery, evidence and the next action in a concise report.
PDF · Word · On-page worksheetTry the tool →Who chooses your next video?
A core idea, an exercise and selected readings in a companion you can read or download.
PDF · AR / ENOpen the episode companion →FROM THE KNOWLEDGE JOURNAL
Ideas that start with a question and lead to action.
Perspective
When Knowledge Becomes Useful: Why TAS?
A platform connecting research, education, assessment and digital awareness through one practical question: how does rigorous knowledge become useful?
Read the article →ApplyFrom Assessment Data to Better Decisions
A practical distinction between collecting assessment results and using them responsibly to understand learning and choose the next improvement.
Read the article →ResearchFrom Instagram to LinkedIn: Why Critical Digital Awareness Matters
An introduction to a research project exploring attention, identity and credibility across digital platforms without presenting unverified findings.
Read the article →ABOUT ME
From teaching to research and consulting.
My journey spans English language teaching, education development and assessment coordination at UNRWA in Syria. Today I work independently, bringing research, training and open tools together through TAS around the needs of people and institutions.
Explore my journey and qualifications →Do you have a challenge that needs clear thinking?
We begin with the project question, then define the right scope and outcome: a consultation, a project or an institutional partnership.
tarekabushawish@gmail.com