20th SAR Writing Workshop for Successful AUN-QA Programme Assessment

The 20th blended workshop on "Self-Assessment Report (SAR) Writing for Successful AUN-QA Programme Assessment" was held from 31 March - 2 April (onsite) and 17 April 2026 (online). The onsite workshop was hosted by the AUN-QA Network and Education Quality International in Bangkok, Thailand and attended by participants from universities in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.

At the online workshop, participants received feedback on their SAR writing assignments. They were given a template to guide them in writing the complete SAR for successful AUN-QA programme assessment. The workshop was faciliated by eqi - Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc and Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin.

Building Personal Resilience and Wellbeing

The 7th "Building Personal Resilience and Wellbeing" workshop was held on 27 March 2026 at Holiday Inn Atrium, 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. 

Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) and Course Syllabus Development at Champasak University, Lao PDR

The workshop on Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) and Course Syllabus Development for Champasak University was held on 9 – 11 March 2026 in Pakse, Lao PDR. The opening of the workshop was graced by Mr. Saly Detmoongkhun, Vice President of Champasak University, after the opening remarks by the Dean of Faculty of Law and Administration, Champasak University, and Dr. Reginald Pastrana, Senior Sectoral Advisor, Lux Development Programme LAO/037.

It aims to equip participants with the competencies to design future-ready curriculum and to develop course syllabi. The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc and Mr. Johnson Ong of Education Quality International (eqi) and attended by about 40 faculty members from Champasak University.

Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) and Internationalization of Study Programmes at National University of Laos (NUoL)

The workshop on Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) and Internationalization of Study Programmes for the NUoL, Post-Graduate Office was held on 9 – 11 February 2026 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.  The workshop was graced by Assoc Prof. Dr. Ounla Sivanpheng, Vice President of National University of Laos, Dr. Somdeth Keovongsak, Dean of Faculty of Law and Political Science, National University of Laos, and Mr. Thomas Lammar, Charge d Affaires of the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

The 3-day workshop aims to advance outcomes-based education (OBE) and internationalization of study programmes at the Post Graduate Studies Office, National University of Laos in a holistic and unified way to raise the quality of higher education. It aims to equip participants with the OBE and internationalization framework to design study programmes. 

The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc and Mr. Johnson Ong of Education Quality International (eqi) and attended by more than 40 faculty members from NUoL.

Happier Carrer, Happier Life

The 20th "Happier Career Happier Life" workshop was held on 19 December 2025 at Royal Plaza on Scotts, Singapore. The outline of the workshop is as follows:

• Happiness and its importance
• Career happiness framework: Self, Job and Environment
• Career fit, culture fit and environment fit 
• Job crafting 
• Stress and happiness
• The future of work

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 profiling tools were shared to aid career choices and techniques to manage stress were practised such as muscle relaxation, meditation, laughter yoga, stretching exercise and breathwork.

Building Personal Resilience and Wellbeing

The 6th "Building Personal Resilience and Wellbeing" workshop was held on 18 December 2025 at Holiday Inn Atrium, 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.

2026 Training Schedule - OBE Ecosystem and SAR Writing Workshops