Sustainable Funding Mechanisms for Regional QA - Obstacles and Options
The ASEAN UNIVERSITY NETWORK- QA Experience
Amelia P. Guevara University of the Philippines Summary of AUN-QA Activities
Date Activity Output 1998 Initiative on AUN-QA • Dr. Vanchai Sirichana broached the idea of Networking networking Convened AUN-QA Network (AUNQANET) Task Force Nov AUN-QA Network • “Workshop on AUN-QA Alliance” 2000 (AUNQANET) Task • Adopted Bangkok Accord on AUN-QA Force meeting in • Each member univ to assign a CQO Bangkok April 1st Workshop for CQOs • Draft of AUN-QA Common Policies and 2001 in Malaysia Criteria Oct 2nd Workshop for • Towards development of AUN-QA 2001 CQOs in Thailand benchmarking procedures Mar 3rd Workshop for CQOs • QA Practices:Teaching Best, Learning 2002 Best Oct 4th Workshop for CQOs • Agreed to compile and publish AUN-QA 2002 guidelines as a manual Summary of AUN-QA Activities Mar 5th Workshop for CQOs in • Draft AUN-QA Guidelines and 2003 Brunei AUN-QA Assessment Nov- 1st AUNP Round Table meeting • “Quality Assurance in Higher Dec in Thailand Education” 2003 Feb 6th Workshop for CQOs in • Test AUN-QA Assessment 2004 Singapore Indicators Jun - Surveys and national workshops • Workshops conducted using Sept at AUN member univ in 9 common criteria and procedures 2005 ASEAN countries for 159 staff from 9 ASEAN countries July ASEAN Regional Workshop on • Concepts and elements of internal 2005 QA in Vietnam and external QA Dec Training Trainers for Self • Agreed to revise AUN-QA 2005 Assessment and Audit for Guidelines and create Manual for AUN-QA in Indonesia QA in the ASEAN Region Summary of AUN-QA Activities
May “Steering Group” for proj • revision of AUN-QA Guidelines 2006 “Towards a Manual for QA” in and structure of a practical manual Thailand Nov AUN-BOT meeting AUN-BOT endorsed Manual for 2006 Implementation of AUN-QA Manual published
May 7th Workshop for CQOs in • workshop on Internal Quality 2007 Thailand Assessment at the Institutional and Programme Levels Dec 8th Workshop for CQOs • workshop on Internal Quality 2007 Assessment Funding Mechanisms
Date Activity Host Institution Funding Nov AUN-QA Network Chulalongkorn Cost-sharing 2000 (AUNQANET) Task Force University meeting in Bangkok April 1st Workshop for CQOs in Universiti Malaya Cost- sharing 2001 Malaysia Oct 2nd Workshop for CQOs in •Chulalongkorn Univ Cost-sharing 2001 Thailand •Burapha University •Ministry of University Affairs of Thailand Mar 3rd Workshop for CQOs in Cost sharing 2002 Yangon, Myanmar Oct 4th Workshop for CQOs in • Universitas Indonesia Cost sharing 2002 Indonesia • Gadjah Mada Univ Funding Mechanisms
Date Activity Host Institution Funding Mar 5th Workshop for CQOs in Universiti Brunei Cost-sharing 2003 Brunei Darussalam Nov- 1st AUNP Round Table meeting Chulalongkorn University Cost-sharing Dec in Thailand 2003
Feb 6th Workshop for CQOs in • National University of Cost-sharing 2004 Singapore Singapore • Nanyang Technological Univ Jun - Surveys and national workshops AUNP Sept at AUN member univ in 9 2005 ASEAN countries July ASEAN Regional Workshop on Vietnam National AUNP 2005 QA in Vietnam University Funding Mechanisms
Date Activity Host Institution Funding Dec Training Trainers for Self • Gadjah Mada AUNP 2005 Assessment and Audit for University AUN-QA in Indonesia • University of Indonesia May “Steering Group” for proj • Chulalongkorn •HRK 2006 “Towards a Manual for QA” University • AUNP in Thailand Early Publication of Manual for the •HRK 2007 Implementation of the AUN- • AUN QA Guidelines May 7th Workshop for CQOs in Burapha University Cost-sharing 2007 Thailand AUN-QA Label
. . . a marker issued to a university by the AUN-QA that it has met the criteria for Internal Quality Assurance
• Open to all universities in the ASEAN • University that wants to apply for label conducts a self assessment of its IQA system for about 6 months • Quality audit team of 5 experts • Audit team visits the university for 2 days to assess IQA • Funding -university - audit team of 5 -airfare - accommodations for 3-4 days - per diem Among AUN member and non-member universities . . . varying “landscapes”
• purpose(s) of QA system • different stages of development • commitment • funding capability AUN Member Universities
Brunei Philippines University of the Philippines University of Brunei Darussalam De la Salle University Indonesia Thailand Universitas Indonesia Chulalongkorn University Gadjah Mada University Burapha University Institut Teknologi Bandung Mahidol University Cambodia Royal University of Phnom Penh Vietnam Malaysia Vietnam National University- Hanoi Universiti Sains Malaysia Vietnam National University- Universiti Malaya Ho Chi Minh City Universiti Kebangsaan Burma Institute of Economics University of Yangon