LAST WORKSHOP OF TRAINIQA PHASE III IN BANGKOK, THAILAND 2018

Juliane Arasin , 29 March 2018

The fourth and last workshop of ASEAN-QA TrainIQA Phase III took place from 19 March 2018 until 21 March 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The main focus of the workshop was on quality assurance and the linkage to higher education management, as well as the wrap up of the individual projects of the participants in preparation of the upcoming final conference. This enabled the participants to identify lessons learned, points to improve and individual learning outcomes. The approach to aim at the outcomes with different methods like discussions, creativity methods, exercises and also theoretical inputs empowered the participants to exchange their experiences. To ensure the ongoing work on the individual projects, the participants forecasted the development of their projects five years from then. Everyone was invited to make comments and give valuable suggestions to achieve the defined goals

Within the three workshop days the participants learned about the importance of effective reporting, the challenges of organisational change and how to combine strategic management with quality assurance. They also discussed the measuring of impact and how quality assurance provides tools to investigate the effects of activities. At the end of the Workshop there was a very fruitful discussion about quality culture and the future of it within the ASEAN Countries and institutions.

Apart from the training sessions a visit at KMUTT (King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi) took place with a campus tour and presentations.

After a successful last workshop of the ASEAN-QA TrainIQA Phase III all participants looked forward to the ASEAN-QA Final Conference which was organised back to back with the workshop. The Final Conference served as platform to present and to get feedback for the individual projects of each participant and moreover to discuss the current state and future of quality assurance in the ASEAN Countries.

A documentation of the workshop can be accesed here

About the Project:

ASEAN-QA aims at promoting regional quality assurance in ASEAN countries. It is coordinated and conducted by the University of Potsdam (Centre for Quality Development - ZfQ) within the frame of the DIES programme, which is jointly coordinated by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK). Partners of the ASEAN-QA Project are the ASEAN University Network (AUN), the SEAMEO Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development in Southeast Asia (SEAMEO RIHED) and two regional networks of QA agencies: in Europe and Southeast Asia: the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and the ASEAN Quality Assurance Network (AQAN).

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