MSc. Nguyen Van Thuy, Head of Administration and General Department, presented a report on the implementation of the work in September of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, emphasizing some results achieved in Party work, organizations, unions; training; quality assurance; scientific research and cooperation, development; finance, facilities, and communications. At the same time, the report emphasized some key contents that need to be focused on in October: implementing the next steps in the process of establishing the University Council; completing the second round of postgraduate admissions, the second round of part-time admissions; developing a project to open a second major training program for all training majors; reviewing scholarships for students; completing the project to comprehensively innovate the work of supporting and caring for learners; successfully organizing events: Taiwan Education Exhibition, the Northern preliminary round of the Vietnamese Speaking Contest for foreign students; completing some software to support student activities.
Head of Training Department, Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Thanh Nam discussed: Currently, based on the practical needs of society and the training capacity of the units, the Training Department boldly proposed to the Board of Directors a project to open additional training programs for the second major for other training programs in addition to some majors currently being implemented at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Thanh Nam shared more: Currently, the Training Department is coordinating with the Faculty of Political Science to complete the cooperation content with Pondicherry University of India on the international joint training program on Public Administration according to the 2+2 model, both sides train together and grant degrees together.
Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Suu (Head of the Faculty of Anthropology) provided more information about the very successful cooperation program between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and the University of Queensland (Australia) in the direction of both sides recognizing each other's credits and granting degrees to students.
Regarding student affairs, Dr. Dinh Tien Hieu (Deputy Head of the Student Affairs Department) noted the progress of the survey on the situation of student affairs.doof students after graduation: Currently out of implementation periodbut in many training units, the number of students responding is still low, it is recommended that Heads of units pay attention to direct strongly, urge staff to quickly complete so that the Department can synthesize and send the report data to the Ministry of Education and Training, which is also an important basis for building an enrollment plan for the next school year.
The representative of the Faculty of Oriental Studies said: the implementation of the survey of students after graduation also encountered some difficulties because after graduation, former students can change their email and phone numbers, making it difficult to contact. In addition, the website of the Faculty of Oriental Studies has officially switched to using the common domain name ussh.vnu.edu.vn, but when searching on Google, no articles or website of the faculty were found.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong (Deputy Head of Oriental Studies Department) spoke at the conference.
Responding to the opinion of the Faculty of Oriental Studies regarding the website and communication activities, Dr. Dao Minh Quan (Director of the Center for Communication and Information Technology) shared: The fact that search engines cannot recognize articles on the website of the Faculty of Oriental Studies is not related to the unification of domain names but depends on the way SEO standards are applied when writing articles on the website. In the coming time, the Center for Communication and Information Technology will deploy a training course on communication writing skills and how to apply SEO standards for communication officers of the units.
Dr. Pham Huy Cuong (Director of the Training Quality Assurance Center) further emphasized the role and significance of surveying the employment situation of students after graduation in quality assurance work. Feedback from stakeholders (especially alumni) is one of the points that the external evaluation team will pay great attention to and is an important criterion to determine the conditions for quality assurance. At the same time, based on that feedback, the School will grasp information to contribute to adjusting the training program appropriately and accompanying and supporting learners better.
Dr. Pham Huy Cuong emphasized a number of key tasks that need to be completed in October in the work of inspection and quality improvement after inspection.
Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Thi Thu Huong (Vice Principal) provided more information and emphasized some key contents in training and quality assessment: In October, there will be 3 training programs assessed according to AUN-QA standards. This time, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities will be the host unit, representing the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, to welcome the assessment team for assessment. Therefore, related departments, faculties/departments need to prepare well and carefully.
October will be the peak month for postgraduate enrollment, so units need to focus on communication so that more people know and apply, especially for master's degrees. Some newly opened majors need to urgently complete basic acceptance procedures to submit to VNU for approval, in time for enrollment in 2024.
Vice Principal Dang Thi Thu Huong speaks at the Conference
Vice Principal Dang Thi Thu Huong also noted: International cooperation programs under the 1+3 or 2+2 model led by the Faculties also need to prepare a specific set of documents (on training content, responsibilities of both parties, training schedule, output standards) for the School to submit to VNU for approval before enrolling and training.
Regarding cooperation, development and scientific research, Vice Principal Dao Thanh Truong said: Currently, the school has issued regulations on organizing seminars and conferences, and requested heads to disseminate them to all staff in the unit to ensure compliance with regulations. In early 2024, the school will continue to organize the 2nd International Scientific Conference for graduate students, postgraduates, and young staff of the school. For the conference to be successful, we hope that faculties will widely disseminate information so that students and PhD students know and proactively write articles to participate. In the coming time, the school will conduct a survey to grasp the need for training in international article writing skills of young staff, students, and PhD students to provide timely support: invite experts to train, send lecturers with experience in international publications to guide.
Vice Principal Dao Thanh Truong speaks at the conference
Vice Principal Lai Quoc Khanh noted: heads of units need to thoroughly educate staff about the use of E-office software to promptly grasp documents issued by the school, ensuring the effectiveness of assigned work.
Vice Principal Lai Quoc Khanh speaks at the Conference
At the October meeting, Principal Hoang Anh Tuan, on behalf of the Board of Directors, presented the decision and flowers to congratulate Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Chieu on his appointment as Head of the Faculty of Political Science.
After listening to the opinions exchanged and discussed at the Conference on the following contents: Report on the implementation of work in September 2023 and Work plan for October 2023; exchanges and discussions of units and functional departments and opinions of Vice Principals, the Principal concluded:
- Be proactive and active in building electronic lectures, diversifying training forms to meet the requirements of online teaching.
- Continue to accelerate the work of planning for industries/specializations; continue to restructure a number of training programs, especially post-graduate programs; complete the project to build training programs such as Bachelor of Cinema and Popular Arts, Doctor of Cultural Management to enroll students in 2024, and at the same time speed up the progress of building the training program Bachelor of Religious Beliefs, Bachelor of Philosophy of Administration; Doctor of Vietnamese Language and Vietnamese Culture...
- Develop training program for major 2 according to the new training program for all training majors at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and some training units in VNU.
- Research and develop regulations on credit recognition with other educational institutions, especially foreign schools, to facilitate students in their learning and training process.
- Assign the Student Affairs and Training Department as the focal point, the units coordinate to propose plans, submit to the Board of Directors for approval to drastically and thoroughly implement the survey of graduated students to serve the work of quality assurance, and at the same time strengthen the connection with the University's alumni.
- Continue to review, adjust, and develop a project to restructure training programs at all levels, especially post-graduate, to focus resources and keep up with the rapid changes in education in the coming time.
- Assign the Training Department to propose a plan to convert subjects, add practice points, and reward students when they participate in lectures by visiting professors and foreign experts to both encourage students to participate in a practical and effective way and at the same time maximize resources.
- Assign departments and centers to coordinate closely and prepare well for the Taiwan Education Exhibition event that will take place at the School in mid-October. Heads of units widely inform staff, lecturers, students, and trainees to know so that they can participate in a large and effective manner.
