Standardizing postgraduate training

The conference listened to thematic reports such as: the results of the inspection of postgraduate training activities at the units presented by MSc. Nguyen Van Thuy (Head of the Legal Inspection Department); recommendations and proposals of the units on postgraduate training presented by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Thanh Nam (Head of the Training Department); summary of postgraduate recruitment presented by MSc. Hoang Van Quynh (Deputy Head of the Training Department).

Vice Principal Hoang Anh Tuan chaired the Conference

The conference acknowledged the positive results in the University's graduate enrollment in 2018. Through two rounds of entrance exams, 413 graduate students and 50 doctoral students were admitted to the University's training majors. In the context of general difficulties in graduate enrollment in recent years, the University's graduate enrollment and training achievements have made practical contributions to the development of graduate training activities at Vietnam National University, Hanoi. In particular, many training units have shown dynamism in approaching learners and expanding the scope of enrollment in applied master's majors to provinces and cities across the country, typically the Institute of Journalism and Communication organized training of high-quality human resources for the Southwest region...

MSc. Nguyen Van Thuy (Head of Legal Inspection Department) reported the results of the inspection of postgraduate training activities at the units.

Sharing at the Conference, Associate Professor Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan (Vice Principal of the School) mentioned the immediate and long-term difficulties of this activity in the context of the society's demand for postgraduate study tending to be saturated, strong competition between training institutions, the decline of many classical majors and the rise of new majors of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary nature to solve the problems of an integrated society...

Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Thanh Nam (Head of Training Department) presented proposals from units on innovation in postgraduate training.

Therefore, the requirement to modernize, standardize and improve the efficiency of postgraduate work needs to be promoted and accelerated in the coming time. To do this, each working unit must be proactive and actively improve its work, always move to innovate and improve the quality of training. The school identifies 2019 as a pivotal year in the goal of standardizing postgraduate training with specific activities and tasks. The Training Department continues to expand the reform of management processes and simplify procedures: a single set of documents from admission to graduation; a single card for all library and banking activities, etc.; upgrade postgraduate training management software; handbook regulations and professional training for postgraduate assistants; continue to expand the "one-stop" profile model for students and graduate students; apply anti-plagiarism software to review theses and dissertations before official defense, etc.

MSc. Hoang Van Quynh (Deputy Head of Training Department) reports on the results of university enrollment activities in 2018

Regarding training units, Vice Principal Hoang Anh Tuan requested a general review of the process of organizing training courses, the system of management and archiving documents, investing in improving the scientific quality of teaching activities, evaluating theses and dissertations... in accordance with the scientific position and role of the unit as prescribed by the Department Regulations of Hanoi National University.

Contributing to the policy of innovation and improving the quality of postgraduate training, the Conference received many contributions from representatives of units such as: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan (Head of Philosophy Department); Dr. Pham Hong Long (Head of Tourism Department); Dr. Luu Tuan Anh (Head of Oriental Studies Department); Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Suu (Head of Anthropology Department); MSc. Le Thi Quyen (Head of Planning - Finance Department)...

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan (Head of Philosophy Department) spoke at the Conference