2016 APQN Conference & AGM
Sustainable Development of Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Programme Booklet
FHEC
2016 APQN Conference & AGM
26-27 May, Natadola, Nadi, Fiji
Conference Theme: Sustainable Development of Quality Assurance in
Higher Education
Day 0: Wednesday, 25th May, 2016
0800 – 1700hrs
1600 – 1700hrs
1700 – 1800hrs
Pre-conference Events
Check in and Registration
Registration Desk, Water court
First Meeting of the Finance Committee (APQN Secretariat Room
Finance Committee members only)
First Meeting of the Board (APQN Board Secretariat Room
members only)
Day 1: Thursday, 26th May, 2016, Venue: Natadola 1 & 2, InterContinental Fiji Resort
& Spa
0915-0945hrs
0945 – 1005hrs
Buffet Breakfast at Respective Hotels
Registration for the Conference at the Registration Desk - WaterCourt
Welcome from the Chair of the Local Organising Committee
Ms Salote Rabuka, Director, Fiji Higher Education Commission
Opening Ceremony
0600 – 0730hrs
0800 – 0900hrs
0900 – 0915hrs
1005 – 1020hrs
Group Photo at the Meke Lawn
Morning Tea Break
Mr Rafael Laavori De Micheo,
International Director, The National Agency of Quality Assessment and
Accreditation of Spain (ANECA) , Spain
Keynote Speaker
1
1020 – 1040hrs
1045 – 1120hrs
Official Opening
Chief Guest:Hon. Dr. Mahendra Reddy, Minister of Education, Heritage &
Arts & National Archives of Fiji
Address by the President of APQN
Dr. Jagannath Patil, Advisor, National Assessment and Accreditation
Council (NAAC), India
Chair and Commentator: Mr Anthony McClaran , CEO Tertiary Education
Quality Standards (TEQSA), Australia
1120 – 1200hrs
Topic: The Process of the Asia Pacific Quality Register (APQR)
Panel : Prof Jianxin Zhang, Ms Malini Nair and Dr Erika Soboleva
Chair and Commentator: Dr Jagannath Patil, President APQN
Panel Discussion 1
1200 – 1240hrs
1440 – 1540hrs
Session A
Paper presentations
Collaboration
Change over
Session A
Paper presentations
Session B
Paper
presentations
Session C
Paper
presentations
Session D
Paper
presentations
Session B
Paper
presentations
Session C
Paper
presentations
Session D
Paper
presentations
Afternoon Tea
Panel Discussion 2
1540 – 1600hrs
1600 – 1700hrs
accreditation:
Panel: Dr. Iring Wasser, Director, European Alliance for SubjectSpecific and Professional Accreditation & Quality Assurance (EASPA),
Accreditation Agency Specialized in Accrediting Degree Programs in
Engineering, Informatics, the Natural Sciences and Mathematics
(ASIIN)e.V,
Dr Galina Motova, Deputy Director, National Centre for Public
Accreditation (NCPA), Russia,
Parallel
Sessions
1
1340hrs – 1440hrs
Programme
Chair and Commentator: Prof Jianxin Zhang, Chief Expert of Yunnan
Higher Education Evaluation Centre (YHEEC), Director of Research
Sector of Higher Education in Yunnan University, Advisor CHEA
International Quality Group (CIQG) in the USA
Buffet Lunch at Sanasana Restaurant
Parallel
Sessions 2
1240 – 1340hrs
Topic: Specialised and
between Europe and Asia
Topic: Trends of QA in south Pacific
Panel: Professor Jeanette Baird, Academic Quality Assurance
and Accreditation, Divine World University, PNG
Mr Lemalu Sanerivi, Educational Quality and Assessment
Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Ms Salote
Rabuka, Director, Fiji Higher Education Commission and Dr Grant
Klinkum, New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA)
Chair and Commentator: Dr Milika Sobey, Chairperson, Fiji
Higher Education Commission
1700 – 1715hrs
Closing Remarks of Day 1
1800 – 1900hrs
1900 – 2100hrs
1930 – 2030hrs
Cocktail at the Meke Lawn by the Beach
Buffet Dinner at Main Ballroom 2 & 3
APQN Quality Award Ceremony
Venue: Main Ballroom 2 & 3
Day 2: Friday, 27th May, 2016, Venue: Natadola 1 & 2, InterContinental Fiji
Resort & Spa
0820 – 0910hrs
Buffet Breakfast: At the respective Hotels
Keynote
Speaker
2
0600 – 0730hrs
0910 – 0940hrs
HE Professor Mohammad Osman Babury, Deputy Minister for Academic
Affairs, Afghanistan Higher Education, Afghanistan.
Chair and Commentator: Dr Dato Rujhan Mustafa, CEO, Malaysian
Qualifications Agency
Special
session
Topic: New Measures of QA on TNE in China & Latest Progresses in
CBHE Inter-Agency Cooperation, CDGDC, Ministry of Education, China
Speaker: Dr Chao Ren, Assistant Director of China Academic Degrees and
Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC)
0940 – 1040hrs
1040 – 1100hrs
Parallel
Sessions
3
Chair and Commentator: Prof. Colin N. Peiris, APQN Board Director,
Member QAA Std. Committee of the UGC and Vice Chancellor, Horizon
Campus, Sri Lanka.
Session A
Session B
Paper
presentations
Paper
presentations
Tea Break
Session C
Session D
Paper
presentations
Workshop:
Internal
Quality Assurance
Parallel
Sessions 4
1200 – 1230hrs
Session B
Session C
Session D
Paper
presentations
Paper
presentations
Workshop:
Quality Label
Workshop:
Internal
Quality Assurance
Panel Discussion
3
1100 – 1200hrs
Session A
Topic: Quality assurance of University governance and management
Special Session
1230 – 1300hrs
13:00 – 14:00
Panel: Prof Sid Nair, University of Western Australia , Engr. Salim
Ahmed Khan, Riphah International University, Pakistan
Chair and Commentator: Dr Mohammed Rafiq Baloch, Higher Education
Commission, Pakistan
Topic: Building a national support mechanism for external peer review
of assessment to assure standards
Speaker: Dr Sara Booth, Strategic Advisor, University of Tasmania,
Australia
Chair and Commentator: Dr Sheelagh Matear, Executive Director,
Academic Quality Agency for New Zealand
Buffet Lunch at Sanasana Restaurant
Topic: Quality Assurance of Transnational Education – Experience from
China – A Joint Presentation by CEAIE, QAA and TEQSA
Panel Discussion 4
14:00 – 14:30
Panel: Dr Anthony McClaran, CEO, Tertiary Education Quality and
Standards Agency (TEQSA), Dr Fabrizio Trifiro, Deputy Head
International, Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), Dr He Pei, Deputy
Director, Department of Quality Assurance in Cross-border Education,
China Education Association for International Exchange (CHEAIE)
Chair and Commentator: Dr Manuel Corpus, CEO, Accrediting Agency of
Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP)
Topic : CAMPUS ASIA, Collaborative project by Japan, China and
Korea
Special Session
14.30- 15.00
Speaker: Prof Kazuo Okamoto, Vice President, National Institution for
Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (NIADUE), Japan
Chair and Commentator: Prof Angela Yung-Chi Hou, Fellow Researcher,
Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT)
& Vice President, APQN
Conference Close
15:15 – 15:30
(Comments, feedback, acknowledgements & announcement of the 2017 conference)
Chair: Dr. Jagannath Patil, APQN President.
15:30 – 16:00
Afternoon Tea and Registration for the Annual General Meeting (AGM)
16:00 – 17:00
Annual General Meeting(APQN members only)
The newly elected APQN Board will take over during AGM
18:00 – 19:00
Post Meeting of the APQN Board in the Secretariat Room
Parallel Session
Session A Mr
Akuila Savu
Session B
Mr Waisea
Rokobera
Session
Reps
Session D
Mr Simon
Narayan
Session C
Mr Kushaal
Raj
Day 1: Thursday, 26 May, 2016
Parallel Session 1: 1340hrs – 1440hrs
Session A
Session B
Sub-theme
1:
Quality
Assurance and Sustainable
Development: the Benefits
of Sustaining EQA, IQA,
Qualifications
Framework
and Peer Review System
Sub-theme 2: Higher
Education Trends and
Accountability of QA in
Asia Pacific in Terms of
Productivity, Equity and
Cost
Chair: Professor Yung-chi
Hou (Angela), Research &
Development
of
Higher
Education
Evaluation
&
Accreditation
Council
of
Taiwan, China
Chair: Prof. Li Yaogang,
Shanghai
Education
Evaluation
Institute
(SEEI), China
1.
The Ideal Accreditor
of the Accrediting Agency
of Chartered Colleges and
Universities
in
the
Philippines
(AACCUP):
Commendable
Practices,
Challenges and Reward
1.
The
impact
of
external quality assurance
on the development of a
vocational
education
institution in Hong Kong
Presenter: Prof Nenita I
Prado,
Central
Mindanao
University, Philippines
2. Professional Development
for External Quality
Assurance Officials: An
Essential Factor for the
Sustainable Development of
Vietnam’s Higher Education
Presenter: Dr Sandra
Wong, Vocational Training
Council, Hong Kong
2. The Fijian Funding
Model: the
transformations in
attaining maximum equity
to achieve quality
education.
Session C
Sub-theme
3:
Quality Assurance
on
University
Governance
and
Management
Session D
Subtheme 6: The
Internet
Generation and its
Implication
on
Higher
Education
Quality
Management (OER,
MOOCs,
Online
Distance
Courses
Professor and Assessment)
Chair:
Galina
Motova,
National Centre for
Public Accreditation,
Russian
1.Students’
involvement levels in
art, music, theatre,
sports
and
organizations at a
Pacific
Islands’
university
Presenter:
Mr
Jeremy Dorovolomo,
University of the
South Pacific, Fiji
2. Improving
University
Governance through
External Evaluation
Chair:
Prof.
Jeanette
Baird,
Academic
Quality
Assurance
and
Accreditation,
Divine
World
University, PNG.
1. Blended Leaning
courses
at
School
of
Dentistry & Oral
Health
Presenter:
Prof.
Jayantha
Weerasinghe,
Fiji
National University,
Fiji
2. The Internet
Generation and its
Implication on
Higher Education
Quality Management
(OER, MOOCs,
Presenter: Prof Cuong Huu
Nguyen, General Department
of Education Testing and
Accreditation, Vietnam
3. The Quality Assurance of
Higher Education in Vietnam:
Policies and its Impacts on
Quality
Assurance
Components’ Developments
Presenter: Dr. Truong Thi To
Nga Thanh, Official, General
Department of Education
Testing and Accreditation
GDETA, MOET, Vietnam.
Presenter: Mr Kushaal Raj
and Mr Simon Narayan, Fiji
Higher Education
Commission, Fiji
Presenter: Brig ®
Engr. Salim Ahmed
Khan, Sitara-eImtiaz, Riphah
International
University, Pakistan
3.
Research
on
the
Assessment of Student
Learning
Outcomes:
Practical Exploration of
the Review of CHEA/CIQG
Quality Platform Provider
3. Assessment of
Accreditation in the
University
of
Southern Mindanao
Presenter: Prof Jianxin
Zhang, YHEEC, China
Presenter:
Prof
Riceli C. Mendoza
and Prof Mirasol O.
Verona,
University
of
Southern
Mindanao, Philippines
Online Distance
Courses and
Assessment)
Presenter: Prof
Samanthi
Wickramasinghe,
Prof Colin N. Peiris
and Prof Sriyani E.
Peiris, Horizon
Campus, Sri Lanka
3. OER in Quality
Assurance
Sustainable
Development
of
Quality Assurance
for OER in Higher
Education
Presenter: Mr Matai
Tagicaki, Fiji Higher
Education
Commission, Fiji
1
Day 1: Thursday, 26 May, 2016
Parallel Session 2: 1440hrs – 1540hrs
Session A
Sub-theme 1: Quality
Assurance and Sustainable
Development: the Benefits
of Sustaining EQA, IQA,
Qualifications Framework
and Peer Review System
Session B
Sub-theme 1: Quality
Assurance
and
Sustainable
Development:
the
Benefits of Sustaining
EQA,
IQA,
Qualifications
Chair: Ms. Malini Nair – Framework and Peer
Review System
Prasad,
Fiji
Higher
Education Commission, Fiji
Chair: Prof. Colin Peiris,
Quality Assurance and
Accreditation
Council
(QAA Council)
and
University
Grants
Commission (UGC), Sri
Lanka
1. Guidelines of Good
Practices
for
Internal
Quality Assurance Unit for
the
Sustainable
Development of Quality
Assurance
in
Higher
Education Institutions.
1. Impact of SelfAssessment Process at
University of the Punjab
for the Improvement of
Quality of Education- A
Case Study
Presenter: Prof Dhakshika
K. Jayakodyarachchi, Prof
Husni Hussain, Prof Ananda
Samarasekera & Prof Colin
N Peiris, South Institute
of Technology & Medicine,
Sri Lanka
2. Changing Climate for
Quality Assured Regional
Qualifications
in
the
Pacific:
An
innovative
collaboration (EU-PacTVET
& EQAP)
Presenter: Mr Sanerivi, Mr
Prasad, Dr Martin, Dr
Helene Jacot Des Combes,
Dr Sarah Hemstock, EUPacTVET & EQAP, Fiji
Session C
Sub-theme
5: Sub-theme 5: Managing
Managing Quality of Quality of Cross-Border
Movements in Higher
Cross-Border
Movements
in Education
Higher Education
Chair: Dr Manuel
Corpus, Accrediting
Agency of Chartered
Colleges
and
Universities in the
Philippines,
Philippines
1. Facilitating
quality cross-border
higher education:
The QACHE Toolkit
and the QBB Group
Presenter: Prof. Dr.
Aamir
Ijaz,
Engr.
Muhammad Omer Yasin,
University of Punjab,
Lahore, Pakistan
Presenter:
Prof
Fabrizio Trifiro and
Prof Nitesh Sughani
2. The future of New
Zealand’s
Evaluative
Quality
Assurance
Framework
2.Joint accreditation
as an effective tool
for assuring trust in
the quality of crossborder education
Presenter: Dr Grant
Klinkum,
Director,
NZQA, NZ.
Session D
Presenter: Dr Galina
Motova
and
Dr
Vladimir Navodnov,
National Centre for
Public Accreditation,
Russia
Chair: Mohammad Rafiq
Baloch,
Quality
Assurance Agency of
Higher
Education
Commission
Islamabad
Pakistan, Pakistan
1.
Comparison
and
Analysis on the Evaluation
Index system for Higher
Education
Internationalization
Presenter: Prof Zhou
Yinyan,
Research
Institute
of
Higher
Education,
Yunnan
University, China
2.
Glocalizing
Higher
Education
in
the
Philippines
towards
Holistic
Human
Development
Presenter: Prof Serafin
L. Ngohayon &
Prof
Julian B. Nangpuhan II,
Ifugao State University,
Philippines
Day 2: Friday, 27 May, 2015
Parallel Session 3: 0940hrs – 1040hrs
Session A
Sub-theme 4: Assuring
standards and quality
of higher education :
teaching and learning
Chair: Professor Yan Wu
Higher
Education
Evaluation Center of the
Ministry of Education,
China
1. Specialist Pathology
Training Program in Fiji:
Local
Solution
for
Regional Needs
Presenter: Dr Kamal
Kishore, Fiji National
University, Fiji
2. A new tool for
assessment of learning
outcomes of Bachelor
graduates:
Russia’s
experience.
Session B
Sub-theme
1:
Quality
Assurance and Sustainable
Development: the Benefits
of Sustaining EQA, IQA,
Qualifications
Framework
and Peer Review System
Session C
Sub-theme
6:
The
Internet Generation and
its Implication on Higher
Education
Quality
Management
(OER,
MOOCs, Online Distance
Courses and Assessment)
&
Sustainable
Development
Chair: Susanna Lee, Hong of Quality Assurance in
Kong
Council
for Higher Education
Accreditation of Academic
and Vocational Qualifications
(HKCAAVQ), China
1. Quality Assurance and Its
Result Use in Taiwan Higher
Education: Implication on
Fully Accredited and NonFully Accredited Institutions
Chair: Prof Syun Tutiya,
National Institution for
Academic
Degrees
and
Quality Enhancement of
Higher Education (NIADQE),
Japan
1. Cloud Gazing: Mapping
the Effects of Online
Technologies on Higher
Education
Quality
Assurance
Presenter:
Professor
Baird,
Divine
Presenter: Prof Angela Yung Jeanette
Word
University,
PNG
Chi Hou, Prof Tony T. L.
Chiang, Prof Ying Chan, Prof
Karen Hui-Jung Chen, Prof
Chung Lin Jiang, Taiwan
2. Establishing the need for
and
sustainability
of
accredited
and
quality
assured TVET qualifications
for
climate
change
adaptation and disaster risk
management in the Pacific
islands region.
2. The Internet Generation
and its Implication on
Higher Education
Presenter: Prof Alexander
Presenter: Dr Galina
Dias,
Fiji
National
Motova and Dr Vladimir
University,
Fiji
Navodnov,
National
Centre
for
Public Presenter: Dr Hemstock
Accreditation
(NCPA), S.H., Prof Jacot Des Combes
Session D
Workshop
Internal
Quality
Assurance
Facilitators:
Prof Sid Nair
University
of
Western
Australia
and
Prof Arun Patil,
Deakin
University,
Australia
Russia.
3. Standards and Quality
of Teaching and Learning
in Higher Education
H., Secretariat of the Pacific
Community, Fiji
3. Integrating sustainable
development
and
quality
assurance at institutional
level in Papua New Guinea
3. The Contribution of
‘Best Practices’ to the
Quality of Performance of
Institutions
of
Higher
Education (IHE) in India
Presenter: Dr Prakash
Patil, College of Arts,
Professor
Science and Commerce, Presenter:
Jeanette
Baird,
Divine
Word
Pradhikaran Nigdi, India
Presenter: Dr Ajay M
University, PNG
Bhamare, Ramanand Arya
D.A.V. College
Day 2: Friday, 27 May, 2015
Parallel Session 4: 1100hrs – 1200hrs
Session A
Sub-theme
6:
The
Internet Generation and its
Implication
on
Higher
Education
Quality
Management
(OER,
MOOCs,
Online Distance
Courses and Assessment)
&
Sub-theme
4:
Assuring
Standards and Quality of
Higher Education: Teaching
and Learning
Chair: Dr Erika Sobolevu,
Agency
for
Quality
Assurance
in
Higher
Education
and
Career
Development,
AKKORK,
Russia
1.
Establishing
Open
Educational Resource in Fiji:
Quality through Process
Presenter:
Mr
Matai
Tagicaki,
Fiji
Higher
Education Commission, Fiji.
Session B
Sub-theme 1: Quality
Assurance and
Sustainable
Development: the
Benefits of Sustaining
EQA, IQA,
Qualifications
Framework and Peer
Review System
&
Sub-theme 3: Quality
Assurance on University
Governance
and
Management
Chair: Dr Milika Sobey,
Fiji Higher Education
Commission
1.
AACCUP Outcomes–
Based
Program
Accreditation
Survey
Instrument:
Its
Development
and
Validation
Presenter:
Glenda O
AACCUP,
Normal
Philippines
Dr Maria
De. Lara,
Philippine
University,
Session C
Workshop: Quality
Label
Facilitators:
Dr
Jagannath
Patil,
APQN
President,
India
and
Prof
Jianxin
Zhang,
Chief
Expert,
YHEEC, China
Session D
Workshop
Internal
Quality Assurance
Facilitators: Prof Sid
Nair
University
of
Western Australia and
Prof Arun Patil, Deakin
University, Australia
2. Sustainable Development
of Quality Assurance in
Higher Education
2. Needs Assessment on
Evaluation Competencies
for
Program
Accreditation of Higher
Education in the Fast
Changing Environments:
Taiwanese Case
Presenter: Prof Colin N.
Peiris,
Prof
Samanthi
Wickramasinghe and Prof
Presenter: Prof Karen
Sriyani E. Peiris, Horizon
Hui-Jung Chen, Prof
Campus, Sri Lanka
Yuan-Ching Chang, Prof
Chia-Chun Ho, HEEACT,
Taiwan
3.
Assessment of
Accreditation in the
University of Southern
Mindanao
Presenter:
Riceli
C.
Mendoza and Mirasol O.
Verona, University of
Southern
Mindanao,
Kabacan, Cotabato
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2016 APQN Quality Award Categories:

APQN Best/Model Internal QA Award

APQN Quality Champions Award

APQN International Cooperation in QA Award
Within the Region

APQN International Cooperation in QA Award
Outside the Region

APQN Strengthening QA Profession Award
Time
Event
1730hrs
1800 –
MC/Host
Comments
Escort delegates to the Cocktail Venue
Cocktail
Meke Lawn
Live Music
Welcome Song
1900hrs
1900 –
2100hrs
1935–
2130hrs
Dinner
Opening Dance
MC
Indian Classical
Address by APQN
Dr Jagannath Patil
Address to the audience
Dr Jagannath Patil
Award Presented/backstage live music
Dance performance
MC
Dance Performance
APQN Quality
Dr Jagannath Patil
Award Presented/ backstage live music
Dance performance
MC
Dance Performance
Special Award in
Dr Jagannath Patil
Award Presented/ backstage live music
Live Band Music
MC
Local Fijian song/island song
The Award of
Dr Jagannath Patil
Award Presented/ backstage live music
MC
Dance
President
APQN Best/Model
Internal QA Award
Champion Award
APQN Quality
Champion Award
APQN Training &
Support of
Reviewers
Dance performance
The Award of
Dr Jagannath Patil
Award presented/ backstage live music
APQN
International
Cooperation in QA
2130hrs
Dance performance
MC
Token of
MC
Dance
To the APQN President and Keynote
Appreciation
speakers
Departure
Shuttle departs back to respective hotels
Local Organizing Committee experience preparing for the
conference
Malini Nair- Prasad
Setaita Lomani
Great experience, lots of
challenges yet exciting and
amazing journey.
Challenging yet exciting!
Such an exciting journey which has built so
much knowledge and skills on conference
handling.
This is the beginning of my career; organizing
these conferences with my brilliant team has
built a strong foundation in terms of
recognizing the importance of collaborating as
a team!
Simon Narayan
It’s been a great experience to help organize an
international conference. The logistical knowledge gained
from the organizing has been immense. Also the effort put
in from the team has been tremendous and it has been a
real pleasure working with my fellow LOC members.
Kushaal Raj
Despite the tedious arrangements into the
nitty-gritty of the conference, it was a very
comforting journey. The organizing committee
had an exemplar leadership and quality
dialogues throughout which made the
programme very vivid and achievable. It was
also a platform of discovery and working the
extra mile into event management.
Local Organizing Committee experience preparing for the
conference
Waisea Rokobera
It is such an awesome experience to be part of
a committee that looks after two major
international conferences. Being a member of
the LOC gives me the opportunity to know how
an international forum is organized in terms of
programs, logistics, etc.
Avneel Singh
Challenges I faced while preparing
for the conferences:
1.
Finishing on Time
2.
Lack of Follow-Through on
Tasks given to outside suppliers
(when getting quotes and liaising
with outside party)
3.
Environmental Issues –
Biosecurity etc.
For me, preparing for both conferences has been a real
challenge because the only other experience I’ve had in
preparing for conferences was the Industry-Academia
Collaboration meeting.
Frentina Antrea
Note below:
I have noticed that I have gotten a bit better at organizing
and multi-tasking for both conferences, especially since I
used to feel overwhelmed by the enormous list of tasks that
needed to be done; those were separate from my core work
at FHEC.
Vuli Vunivola
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