Meeting of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in July: By 2024, 100% of undergraduate training programs will complete quality accreditation

The conference was chaired by Party Secretary and Principal Hoang Anh Tuan. Attending the conference were Vice President, Secretary of the School Council, Vice Principals, leaders of institutes, faculties, departments, affiliated centers and representatives of functional departments under the School Board; leaders of the Party Office - Mass Organizations and School Trade Union.

Overview of the July 2024 meeting

The conference listened to MSc. Nguyen Van Thuy (Head of Administration - General Department) report on the results achieved in June, and emphasized the key tasks to be implemented in July, including: Summary of the 2023-2024 school year, organizing the 2024 conference for civil servants and employees; regular university enrollment; admission for students of Specialized High Schools; welcoming graduate students and doctoral students for the first admission in 2024; successfully completing the quality assessment of training programs according to AUN-QA standards and the Ministry of Education and Training level; carrying out the work of renovating facilities during the summer.

MSc. Nguyen Van Thuy especially paid attention to saving electricity, checking and reviewing equipment to ensure safety and prevent fire and explosion during the peak hot months.

Also at the Conference, delegates focused on exchanging and sharing solutions to complete a number of key tasks in enrollment, training, international student exchange, scientific research, administration - management, etc.
 

MSc. Kim Thi Diep Ha (Head of Planning and Finance Department) shares information and updates regulations and guidance documents of the Government and the education sector on financial work.

Director of the Center for Foreign Languages ​​and Training Cooperation, MSc. Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha shared: The student exchange group studying at Guilin University of Science and Technology and Electronics (China) has arrived and has been welcomed very thoughtfully and professionally by the other school. The student exchange group studying at Honghe Academy (China) is also completing the procedures to be able to start the study program in mid-July. With the strong and close direction of the Board of Directors, the close coordination of functional departments and the support and participation from the training units, the program has initially succeeded in concretizing the school's training cooperation activities.

However, in order to expand the number of students participating and improve the quality of international student exchange programs, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha proposed that in the coming time, information about the program should be deployed early and widely, focusing on the values ​​that the course brings to students, as well as helping students have enough time to prepare the necessary procedures to participate in the course. At the same time, the School also gives more initiative to the focal unit, directly exchanging with partners to speed up the progress of work implementation.

MSc. Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha proposed a number of solutions to promote exchange activities of VNU-USSH students at foreign universities.

Dr. Dinh Tien Hieu (Head of Student Affairs and Training Department) expressed his hope to receive the cooperation and active participation of heads, lecturers and staff of units, contributing to the successful organization of a number of important events in July, such as: Bachelor's degree awarding ceremony, admission for students of Specialized High School, etc.

Dr. Dinh Tien Hieu speaks at the Conference

MSc. Pham Van Hue (Deputy Head of Training Department) shared about the results of the implementation of the second major enrollment: with the policy of expanding the second major enrollment for 26/28 undergraduate training programs at VNU-USSH, by the end of June, 2/3 of the assigned targets had been basically completed. For the enrollment to be successful, the Training Department hopes to have more active participation from training units in widely communicating this policy to students.

MSc. Pham Van Hue speaks at the Conference

According to the Center for Education Quality Assurance, in July, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities will have 1 undergraduate training program accredited according to AUN-QA standards, and 3 undergraduate training programs accredited at the Ministry level. Thus, in 2024, 100% of undergraduate training programs at VNU-USSH will be accredited. At the same time, the first 3 Master's training programs of the school will be accredited. This not only demonstrates the school's commitment to the whole society to continuously improve the quality of training, but also contributes to affirming the position of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in the current trend of digital transformation and strong global integration.

Dr. Pham Huy Cuong speaks at the Conference

Regarding the work of quality assessment and university ranking, Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Thi Thu Huong emphasized: the work of assessing training programs has been pioneered by us and achieved very good results. However, university ranking is much more difficult, requiring attention and investment from the leaders and teaching staff of training units. In particular, some majors such as: Language, Social Work, Political Science, Journalism, Public Relations, etc. have approached international rankings and need to quickly improve and improve some criteria to be ranked.

Vice Principal Dang Thi Thu Huong emphasized a number of key tasks in training, enrollment, and quality assessment that need to be focused on and completed in July.

Based on listening to the opinions exchanged from the Vice Principals, representatives of functional departments and training units, Principal Hoang Anh Tuan concluded:
In June, with the efforts, unity and consensus of the leadership, all the staff and lecturers of our School have achieved many remarkable results: successfully completing the inspection of the high school exam for the entire city of Hanoi; successfully organizing the entrance exam for grade 10 of the Social Sciences and Humanities High School, which was highly appreciated by the public for the quality of the exam, strict regulations, in line with trends, economical and convenient for students/parents; successfully completing the Conference to evaluate the results of cooperation between the two Schools of Social Sciences and Humanities, opening up many prospects for cooperation in the coming time; completing the project to celebrate the 80th anniversary of tradition and the 30th anniversary of the School's establishment.

Principal Hoang Anh Tuan concluded the Conference

Principal Hoang Anh Tuan also noted some key tasks in July:
- Year-end summary work: implemented seriously, frankly, effectively, ensuring progress and closely following the latest instructions of VNU.
- University autonomy project: Unit leaders should pay attention to closely following the implementation plan, ensuring timely completion, and widely informing lecturers in their units.
- Admissions: pay attention to closely following approved projects, and regularly update instructions from the Ministry of Education and VNU, ensuring sufficient enrollment and improving quality. Provide good counseling to parents and students and promote communication activities to spread the image of the school and information about the majors.
Successfully organize the Graduation Ceremony and award Bachelor's Degrees in a solemn, standardized, innovative, warm, friendly spirit, creating a good media image of the School. In addition to the Board of Directors, representatives of all units and lecturers need to participate in the Graduation Ceremony to ensure the success of the event.
- Training and learner care: The training department needs to proactively make regular adjustments and improvements: improve the admission/reception/file management process; improve the management of general university and graduate training; improve the work of building training programs to adapt to the new context... and in the direction of "creating maximum conditions for learners", "beneficial for lecturers in both time and expertise".
- Scientific research: in July, carry out a preliminary review/evaluation of the effectiveness of investment policies for scientific research to make appropriate adjustments and improvements to policies; at the same time, pay attention to the progress of scientific activities in the Project to celebrate 80 years of tradition and 30 years of establishment; promote ongoing projects to upgrade international rankings with English-language journals; develop a project for an electronic version of the journal.
- Facility renovation work: thoroughly implement the spirit of saving/thrift, focus on prioritizing necessary items, ensure safety, and best serve the teaching and learning activities of both staff and students.