Attending the Conference were the Party Committee, the Board of Directors, the School Council, Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries of Party cells, Heads, Deputy Heads of institutes, faculties, departments; representatives of functional departments of the School Board, affiliated centers; Secretary of the Board of Directors; leaders of the Party Office - Mass Organizations.
In the joyful excitement of the first days of the New Year, Principal Hoang Anh Tuan sent his best wishes and thanks to the leadership, staff and lecturers of all units in the School for joining hands and contributing to the overall success of the School.
Principal Hoang Anh Tuan chaired the school meeting in February 2025
In the first meeting of 2025, Principal Hoang Anh Tuan suggested that the delegates focus on discussing the work and orientations not only in February but also in 2025: Identifying the pressure on autonomy, educational trends, rapid and strong changes and development of science and technology requiring adaptation in all aspects of organizational structure, apparatus, training sectors/programs, staff and lecturers need to be proactive, actively update, innovate teaching methods, support and serve learners; at the same time, discuss some key issues in training (enrollment, standardization of training management and organization, etc.), scientific research, apparatus organization, etc.
Representative of the Training Department, MSc. Pham Van Hue (Deputy Head of Training Department) shared information about the orientation and key tasks of training in 2025, which are summarized through 5 Cs (Standard, Quality, Specialization, Carefulness and Generality): Training work is strongly and systematically innovated in accordance with the regulations and rules of the Ministry of Education and Training (especially postgraduate training); improving quality (one of the levers is to promote digital transformation in a substantial way in all stages of the training process), towards international standards; professional, dedicated; careful in implementation; all join hands, unite, and work together to resolutely implement the set goals and principles: the more rigorous, serious, and high-quality the enrollment and training work is, the more high-quality learners will be attracted to study at the School.
Regarding the field of science, Dr. Trinh Van Dinh (Head of the Department of Scientific Research Management) informed: By December 2024, the School has approved a list of 83 works in the Library series, and expects to complete all the publishing by October. Therefore, units need to complete the manuscripts and send them to the Department of Scientific Research Management in March and April; the textbook compilation work has deployed the registration of 52 books. The textbook compilation work also needs to speed up the progress and complete the procedures for signing the compilation contract in accordance with regulations.
In 2025, the School will review and issue new documents in accordance with the new situation to provide maximum support for lecturers and staff in international publications, improve their expertise, and at the same time perfect the title standards. According to the registration plan, in 2025, it is expected to organize about 34 national and international scientific conferences, the main topics related to the 80th anniversary of tradition and 30th anniversary of the School's founding. Units should pay attention to organizing the work strictly, in accordance with regulations, and pay special attention to publishing and announcing products after the conference.
Director of the Training Quality Assurance Center, Dr. Pham Huy Cuong, shared about the accreditation plan as well as post-accreditation improvements of training programs in 2025, emphasizing the completion of self-assessment records of the first 3 master's training programs and the High School for Social Sciences and Humanities according to the specific standards of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training.
Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Thanh Nam (Head of Training Department) informed: Currently, the Training Department is finalizing the enrollment plan for 2025, in which the enrollment number and allocation for majors have been estimated. The two new training programs are completing the final stages for approval by VNU, and are expected to enroll students this year. Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Thanh Nam also noted that when developing industry planning orientations, units need to carefully study Circular 09 of the Ministry of Education and Training on the Statistical List of Higher Education Training Majors because from 2023, there will no longer be pilot coded training programs, so when educational institutions propose new training programs, they must be on the list approved and assigned codes by the Ministry.
Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Thi Thu Huong emphasized a number of key tasks in 2025: reviewing all training programs from undergraduate to doctoral levels to make adjustments if necessary; strengthening the development of electronic lectures (the School will establish a Steering Committee for the project of compiling electronic lectures to ensure consistency throughout the school); standardizing master's training according to the "training clock" to ensure regularity, rigor and improve quality; substantiate and improve the effectiveness of student care. Vice Principal Dang Thi Thu Huong noted: “The successful opening of a new training program depends not only on the conditions of lecturers and facilities, but also greatly on the annual graduation rate and the employment rate of students after graduation. One of the key solutions is to improve the quality of teaching, as well as student care so that they can graduate early, on time and quickly find suitable jobs after graduation. Before the New Year 2025, the School organized a meeting with alumni. As employers, alumni exchanged and contributed many valuable ideas and committed to accompanying the School in training, supporting practical internship addresses and jobs for students. Therefore, the School hopes that units will actively build and expand the network of alumni and employers, sharing throughout the school to successfully organize the annual Job Fair in March, while bringing practical values to learners”.
Prof. Dr. Lai Quoc Khanh shared that in 2025, the school will continue to renovate facilities, lecture halls in building G, and auxiliary works in buildings A, B, and C to ensure consistency; at the same time, review, adjust, and rearrange working spaces throughout the school in accordance with the functions and tasks of the units after streamlining, in order to increase the area of lecture halls and student resting areas to serve the increase in enrollment scale.
Based on the opinions exchanged from Vice Principals, leaders of functional departments, and training units, the Principal concluded and emphasized a number of major orientations as well as key tasks in February and the whole year 2025:
- Continue restructuring and arranging the structure of departments, offices and centers in the direction of streamlining - compactness - strength - efficiency - effectiveness - efficiency.
- Focus on developing a team of experts and scientists, ensuring a balance between attracting from outside and training and nurturing from within.
- The school creates conditions for scientists and lecturers to perform teaching and research functions, minimizing administrative work, in order to encourage lecturers to promote their strengths. It is recommended that heads of units promote a proactive spirit, boldly arrange staff reasonably, and ensure work efficiency.
- Successfully organize the Party cell congresses, moving towards successfully organizing the 29th School Congress in the spirit of: democracy - transparency - unity - solidarity, on schedule, in accordance with regulations, substantive and daring to think, daring to do, daring to break through, for the collective.
- Requesting secretaries of party cells and heads of units to urgently read and give comments on the Draft Political Report of the 29th Party Congress, and send it to the Party Central Committee's Office so that the Document Subcommittee can continue to complete it.
- Prepare and organize well the 80th Anniversary of tradition and 30th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, focusing on completing the publication of publications and articles for the conference on schedule, ensuring quality. These works are not only the wishes of many generations who have been attached and devoted to making the name of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, but also top-notch scientific products, contributing to consolidating the position, social influence, cultivating trust, and shaping the development direction of the University in the new stage of higher education in Vietnam and the world.
- Student recruitment, training and care: Implement according to the Party Committee's Conclusions and the School's Work Plan, ensuring strictness - professionalism - efficiency, especially paying attention to speeding up the progress of completing the standardization of postgraduate training management according to the agreed plan.
- Complete the development of economic and technical innovation programs; inspect the Social Sciences and Humanities High School to move towards autonomy; complete the adjustment of the Internal Expenditure Regulations.
- Recommend that heads of units widely inform the content of the Principal's conclusions at monthly meetings to all staff, lecturers and employees in their units so that they can fully grasp, unify and effectively implement.
