Quality Assurance of Higher Education in the VUCA World

The 2-hour online complementary seminar on the "Quality of Higher Education in the VUCA World" was hosted by Educational Quality International and led by its principal consultant, Johnson Ong Chee Bin on 10 June 2021.

The seminar began with a prayer of peace for our colleagues, friends and the people of Myanmar. We prayed for their peace, safety, happiness, prosperity and non-violence.

The seminar began with the characteristics and effects of the VUCA world and its impact on higher education and quality assurance system. It highlighted the need to reimagine the design of the quality assurance of higher education as quality of purpose rather than quality for purpose in the higher education ecosystem, and the evolution of the principle of constructive alignment to be relevant in the VUCA world.

The seminar ended with two critical success factors to ride above the VUCA world - alignment and agility which was followed by a group discussion.

The seminar was attended by about 120 participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Below are feedback from some participants attending the seminar:

"Thank you as well for the excellent seminar.  Hope we can have more of this in the future."

"Thank you for organising the seminar. It's very helpful."

"Thank you so much. You truly inspire us."

"Thank you very much for the interesting presentation about QA of HE in the VUCA World".

 "Your talk is both relevant and current. I think we all were aware of this disruptive society but you have made us analyse the situation seriously and try to come up with some kind of preparation."

"The session was fruitful this morning. Your presentation is very good which is meaningful and full of necessary information."

"The webinar was very insightful.  I learned a lot of new things."

"Thank you very much for the wonderful talk. This is a very hot topic."

212th AUN-QA Programme Assessment at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education (HCMUE)

The 212th AUN-QA programme assessment at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education was held online from 17 to 21 May 2021. Four study programmes were assessed and Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin led the assessment of the study programme for the Bachelor of Primary Education with Dr. Sharul Tazrajiman Tajuddin, University Teknologi Brunei and Prof. Dr. Amelia P. Guevara, University of the Philippines. 

National University of Management (NUM) IQA Strategic Plan (2021 - 2026)

The launching Ceremony of the National University of Management (NUM)'s IQA Strategic Plan 2021 - 2026 was held virtually on 26 April 2021 in Cambodia. The 5-year plan is a collaborative community project between AUN-QA Network, NUM and Education Quality International. The ceremony was graced by Dr Choltis Dhirathiti, AUN Executive Director and HE Dr. HOR Peng, Rector of NUM. The ceremony was attended by Vice-Rectors, Deans, Vice-Deans and IQA Office from NUM, AUN-QA Secretariat, Dr Nguyen Thi My Ngoc and Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin. Both Dr. My Ngoc and Mr. Johnson Ong are the leading consultants for the 5-year AUN-NUM-EQI community project.

AUN-QA Programme Framework (Version 4) Launched at the National University of Laos

The National University of Laos hosted and launched the AUN-QA Programme Framework (Version 4) as part of its quality assurance through a training workshop from 23 to 25 March 2021. The workshop was graced and opened by Vice-President, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khamphong Nammavongmixay on 23 March 2021. Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA expert and Founder and Principal Consultant of Education Quality International was invited to present the overview of the AUN-QA Programme Framework (Version 4) and its criteria on 23 March 2021.

The workshop was attended by 42 participants and guests from the university, higher education ministry and Cambodia.

Mental Health Resilience - One Asia Foundation Seminar

The One Asia Foundation Seminar with the theme "Toward the Peaceful Living of an Asian Society: Human Capital Capacity Building for Sustainable Community Development" was held in Cambodia from 15 to 20 March 2021. 

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Principal Consultant of Education Quality International was invited to give a talk on the "Nurturing Mental Health Resilience During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic" at the National University of Management on 15 March 2021; Chea Sim University of Kamchaymear on 19 March 2021and University of Heng Samrin Thbongkhmum on 20 March 2021.  The talk was attended by more than 200 undergraduate students from the 3 universities via virtual delivery.

 

42th Intake Certified Quality Manager Course

The 42th intake of the Certified Quality Manager Course was hosted by the Singapore Quality Institute and the module on Communication Skills was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin on 13 March 2021. The module covers:

• Communication Techniques
• Interpersonal Skills 
• Communications in a Global Economy
• Communications and Technology

Discovering the Happiness DNA in You

The 2nd "Discovering the Happiness DNA in You" workshop was held on 5 March 2021 at Mandarin Orchard Hotel, Singapore. The workshop was a redesign from the previous workshop on "The Happiness DNA". The outline of the workshop is as follows:

• Definition of happiness
• The science and facts of happiness
• The happiness DNA
• Discovering and measuring happiness DNA
• Internal happiness DNA: mental, emotional and spiritual happiness
• Nurturing and sustaining true happiness

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 of Living Better.