Uplifting Quality Assurance of Legal Education in Lao PDR (2)

The LuxDev Project LAO/031 funded by Luxembourg Cooperation seeks to improve legal education and to enhance QA standards in supporting the continued development of higher legal education in Lao PDR. Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, the founder and principal consultant of Education Quality International and AUN-QA expert is appointed as the Curriculum Development Specialist for the 5-year project ending 2022.

The second capacity building workshop on Outcomes-based Education (OBE) Framework and Focus Group Design was held for the Faculty of Law for the National University of Laos (NUOL) and Champasack University on 28 to 31 January 2019 in Lao PDR.

The 31/2-day workshop aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to implement OBE framework as well as to design and facilitate a focus group discussion. The workshop was attended by more than 65 participants from the two universities.

30th AUN-QA Workshop for Accomplishing Programme Assessment

The 30th AUN-QA Workshop for Accomplishing Programme Assessment was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 22 to 25 January 2019.

The 31/2-day workshop aims to introduce the AUN-QA framework and enhance quality assurance practices based on the 3rd version of the AUN-QA framework at programme level. The content of the workshop encompasses:

• Quality assurance in higher education
• AUN-QA framework and criteria at programme level
• AUN-QA quality assessment process
• PDCA Approach to self-assessment
• Self-assessment report (SAR) writing
• Change Management

The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA Expert together with Prof. Satria Bijaksana (ITB, Indonesia). The workshop was attended by 36 participants from universities and institutions in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.