4th Intake of Quality and Quality Management Workshop

The 4th Quality and Quality Management Workshop for key management staff of vocational and technical colleges in Viet Nam was organised by the Training Centre for Advanced Management (TCAM), VNU-Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam from 14 to 16 August 2017. The 3-day workshop was jointly facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Principal Consultant, Education Quality International, Prof. Le Quang Minh, and Dr. Nguyen Thanh Thuy of TCAM. The workshop was attended by 26 management staff members from various polytechnics and colleges in Viet nam.

The objective of the 3-day workshop is to raise the awareness of quality and quality management of key management staff of polytechnics and colleges in Viet Nam. The learning outcomes of the workshop are:

• Define quality and quality management
• Explain the evolution of quality management 
• Describe quality management frameworks 
• Describe quality management in higher education 
• Evaluate the factors affecting the choice of quality management implementation 
• Implement quality management and change management

Outcomes-Based Internal Quality Assurance System

The International seminar and workshop on "Strengthening Outcomes-Based Internal Quality System" was hosted by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of Indonesia on 8 and 9 August 2017 at Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The seminar and workshop was attended by two hundred college leaders and quality assurance leaders from fifty-four accredited A educational institutions in Indonesia. The seminar was declared open by Prof. Intan Ahmad, Director General of Learning and Student Affairs and Prof. Aris Junaidi, Director General of Quality Assurance from the ministry. The seminar was graced with a closing remarks by Prof. Mohammed Nasir, Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education.

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA Expert and Principal Consultant of Education Quality International was invited to deliver a presentation on "An Overview of Outcomes-Based Quality Assurance (OBQA) Frameworks for Higher Education". The other international speakers include Ms. Eve McMahon, New Zealand Qualifications Authority; Dr. Karen Treloar, TEQSA, Australia; Prof. Lyn Karstadt, Murdoch University, Australia;  and Prof. Raymund Sison, De La Salle University, Philippines.