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Achieving quality is just the beginning of development for higher education institutions (HEI). Quality Assurance (QA) is but one of many vital parts that make up for the full picture of what successful education looks like globally. Agenda 8 of the QA-focused AUN-QA International Conference 2023 provided a great opportunity for experts on higher education development to explore dimensions outside the boundaries of QA with the topic of “Beyond the Measuring of Quality”.

In the middle of 2023 November, the AUN-QA team has conducted 3 more Programme Assessments (PA) at Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand; Foreign Trade University, Viet Nam; and University of the Philippines for the 362nd, 363rd, and 364th PA, respectively. Please continue to the full article for details on the 10 programmes assessed.

The CALOHEA National Meeting wrapped up its final series at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) on 15-16 November 2023. The spotlight of the event was on Authentic Assessment—an assessment method that tests students' skills and knowledge through practical, real-world experiences, preparing them for success with measures that are relevant to their professional growth. This finale marked not the ending but a transition to the new phase of implementation. With the interest of over 3,000 participants from 250+ universities in 15 Countries throughout its run, the CALOHEA National Meeting has accomplished its goal in paving the way with endless possibilities for the CALOHEA project and its Consortium to pursue academic and learning excellence, mobility, internationalisation, and qualifications transformation with the community at large.

The ASEAN Youth Volunteer Programme (AYVP) 2023 concluded with astounding success in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on 10 November 2023. The two-week transformative journey set the stage for 50 ASEAN youths from 7 ASEAN countries to obtain skills of the 21st century and foster a social entrepreneurship mindset in the vibrant cultural scenes of Yogyakarta.

It takes time and effort through training with the right trainers to create a champion. The same can be said about the QA community where practitioners also need the right training to become the champions of advocating quality for higher education institutions (HEI). But what is the right training? For the 7th Agenda of the AUN-QA International Conference 2023, two experts share their experiences in capacity building for ASEAN HEIs, providing the audience with valuable knowledge on how to approach training their human resources.

Here comes another strong start to a new month with AUN-QA! The first half of November has seen 4 Programme Assessments (PA) conducted at Vietnamese universities, with a grand total of 14 Programmes. In this week’s Viet Nam focused AUN-QA Overview, details can be found on the 353rd, 358th, 360th, and 361st PAs.