AUN Quality Master Awards Ceremony

 

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AUN-QA International Conference 2024

The annual AUN-QA International Conference 2024 was held on 11 and 12 December 2024 at Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN Quality Master and Founder & Principal Consultant of Education Quality International was invited as the moderator for the first session - "Going All Out: Knockout Strategies for Higher Education Success.

The conference was attended by more than 400 QA experts and practitioners from 152 universities, institutions, agencies and ministries of 11 countries.

Training on Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation for Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions

The conference on "Training on education quality assurance and accreditation for Vietnamese higher education institutions" was hosted online by Vietnam Education Quality Management Agency of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on 26 November 2024.

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Principal Consultant, Education Quality International was one of the two invited key speakers at the conference. He shared the experience of AUN-QA programme outcome assessment and the way forward for higher education in Vietnam.

The conference was attended by more than 300 higher education institutions and accreditation agencies in Vietnam.

Right Measure, Measure Right

The fundamental principle of an effective measurement system is first to ensure the right measure and then to find ways to measure right, with the aim of seeking continuous improvement.

"Right measure" emphasizes the importance of validity in choosing the correct metric to assess what truly matters to stakeholders.

"Measure right" highlights the need for reliability in ensuring accuracy and consistency in how measurements are taken, reported and used for improvement. 

The metrics for each component of a system should be established with the consideration of institutional context, stakeholders needs and ecosystem.

Happy Employees Work Better

The 10th "Happy Employees Work Better" workshop was held on 28 - 29 November 2024 at Furama RiverFront Hotel, Singapore. The workshop is a collaboration between ASK Training Pte Ltd and Living Better. The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Chief Happiness Coach of Living Better.

Happier employees are two times more productive, four times more loyal, 6 times more energetic and 36% more motivated than less happy employees. Investing in workplace happiness makes business sense.

The outline of the workshop covers the following topics:

• The Happiness DNA
• Importance of workplace happiness
• The workplace happiness DNA
• Happy purpose – building a sense of purpose
• Happy people - nurturing the Happiness DNA
• Happy practices - keeping employees happy
• Happy culture – sustaining a happy workforce

Happier Career Happier Life

The 15th "Happier Career Happier Life" workshop was held on 25 October 2024 at Furama RiverFront Hotel, Singapore. The outline of the workshop is as follows:

• Overview of the happiness DNA 
• The science of happiness in career
• Personality profiling tools to find suitable career choices including numerology, NERIS Type Explorer® and bazi (Eight Characters)
• Job crafting to redesign work to suit one’s values, strengths and passions
• Understand the kinds of work stress and how to manage them
• Appreciate the future of work and how to stay relevant

The workshop was organised in collaboration with ASK Training Pte Ltd and Living Better and facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Chief Happiness Coach. Various techniques to manage stress were shared and practised such as muscle relaxation, meditation, laughter yoga, stretching exercise and breathwork.

Building Personal Resilience and Wellbeing

 The 3rd "Building Personal Resilience and Wellbeing" workshop was held on 24 October 2024 at Furama RiverFront Hotel, Singapore. The outline of the workshop is as follows:

• Resilience and Wellbeing
• Define resilience and wellbeing
• Evaluate current levels of resilience and wellbeing
• Building Your Resilience
• Emotional Resilience
• Cognitive Resilience
• Adaptive Resilience
• Action Planning for Ongoing Resilience and Wellbeing
• Creating an action plan to enhance resilience and wellbeing.

The workshop was organised in collaboration with ASK Training Pte Ltd and Living Better and facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Chief Happiness Coach. Various instruments are used to assess the levels of wellbeing, resilience, fixed/growth mindset and burnout and techniques to manage the 4 zones of energy (Performance, Survival, Burnout and Recovery) were shared.

The workshop ended with a personal action plan for each participant to raise their resilience and wellbeing.