School leaders dialogue with students

Professor and Principal Pham Quang Minh speaks at the dialogue

Dialogue between school leaders and students is an activity held every school year to create opportunities for students of all courses and majors to express their thoughts, aspirations and wishes during their studies and training. School leaders listen to their aspirations and answer their questions, while also providing additional information on the school’s policies, directions for innovation and development. In addition, students’ suggestions and initiatives can help make appropriate adjustments in management.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Minh Hoa - Vice Principal of the School answers questions for students

Many promises of the school leaders in the dialogue with students in the 2018-2019 school year have been realized in this school year such as: The school canteen has been upgraded and put into operation, ensuring that staff and students have a place to eat delicious, hygienic food at a reasonable price; completing and upgrading classrooms in building G with new door and air conditioning systems.

At the dialogue, the students were also informed by the teachers about the school's recent innovations: The High School for Social Sciences and Humanities, under the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, has just been established; training programs have been innovated in the direction of updating, suitable for training practices, aiming for interdisciplinary and enhancing international integration; facilities are being gradually improved...

The dialogue between the school leaders and students in the 2019-2020 school year was held later than every year. Instead of being held at the end of December - the end of the first semester, the dialogue was held at the beginning of January - the time when students had started the second semester for 1 week. Thanks to that, in addition to the issues of the previous semester, students could present their wishes on issues related to the new semester.

Some issues that many students are concerned about and have expressed their opinions on are: the school's wifi network is still weak, classrooms do not have clocks, lack of facilities when building the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, too much parking in the school yard affects the common living space of students...

Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Thanh Nam - Head of Training Department answers students' questions about training process and schedule.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thi Minh Hoa - Vice Principal of the School, representing the School's leadership, answered the above questions for students. In the coming time, each classroom will be equipped with additional clocks to meet the legitimate needs of students. The School will also work with the parking management unit to reduce noise and dust caused by motorbikes entering the school. She also said that the School is making efforts to complete and upgrade the wifi system so that it operates stably, smoothly, with appropriate management and user stratification to serve teachers and students.

School leaders listened to and responded to more than 30 student petitions.

Regarding the regulations, schedules and learning conditions, Associate Professor Dr. Bui Thanh Nam - Head of Training Department answered questions for students who did not understand the regulations: Students can register to do a thesis when they have accumulated 100 credits or more, regulations related to converting IELTS scores to other foreign languages ​​at the Faculty of Oriental Studies are currently in the process of completion, German certificates cannot be converted to foreign language courses... Responding to the situation in the last semester, some students of the Faculty of Literature were affected because the make-up class schedule in week 16 coincided with the exam schedule, some students had to take many consecutive exams in one day, he suggested that when receiving the exam schedule, if they feel the exam schedule is not suitable, students should proactively contact the Training Department for early resolution.

The new point in integrating the Military program with the Physical Education program has also received much attention from students. Instead of the 28-day Military semester as in previous years, some schools in VNU have integrated the Military semester with the Physical Education program for first-year students and the training time at Hoa Lac will be extended by 2 weeks. This process will be considered and reviewed by the school leaders in the coming time.

More than 30 direct questions from students attending the dialogue were answered and recorded by the school leaders. At the dialogue, Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh - School Principal shared the school's direction in converting the curriculum towards interdisciplinary and integrated, increasing the time and effectiveness of internship and practical activities. Some modules in the training program have been innovated to meet the learning needs of students in new conditions. Teaching, innovation and creativity of teachers are spreading widely throughout the school. He also affirmed that with the goal of improving the quality of teaching and learning, the Dialogue activities between school leaders and students will always be focused on and promoted. The school will absorb students' opinions and make adjustments in management activities towards the goal of building a high-quality, modern, friendly and flexible learning environment according to the needs of learners.