15 Feb 2016
Hong Kong Baptist University’s teaching and learning approaches have reflected a high level of maturity and would be accepted as a worthy peer not only of local and regional universities, but also of many of the world’s universities, the Report of aQuality Audit of Hong Kong Baptist University revealed.
Released today (15 February 2016) by the Quality Assurance Council of the University Grants Committee, the Report recognised HKBU’s efforts in providing a caring environment and a solid range of learning opportunities that effectively reflect its Whole Person Education ethos, and acknowledged the University’s efforts and accomplishments in enhancing student learning experience and global engagements.
The Audit Report found HKBU’s broad-based and flexible curriculum to be conducive to students’ achievement of their intended learning outcomes and graduate attributes. The University was commended for facilitating students’ realisation of the outcomes of its Whole Person Education philosophy. HKBU was further praised for its modified academic support arrangements which have allowed senior year entrants to optimise their learning and to acquire greater knowledge and skills in the face of globalisation. The results of the University’s concerted efforts are evidenced by the testimonies made by students, employers and other external stakeholders.
The Report confirmed the successful implementation of the four-year undergraduate curriculum, together with a smooth transition to outcome-based teaching and learning and criterion-referenced assessment in the University, and commended the University on the diversity and availability of a wide range of activities to support staff in the development of their pedagogical practice.
The Audit Panel found quality assurance of HKBU’s postgraduate programmes to be well founded and that students are effectively supported in a caring and stimulating environment. It also confirmed the University’s provisions for its research postgraduate students to work with overseas supervisors and the efforts of supervisors to offer international perspectives to their students are well taken.
Professor Roland Chin, President and Vice-Chancellor, welcomed the Report and thanked the Audit Panel for its insightful comments and helpful suggestions. He said HKBU agreed with the acknowledgement and suggestions of the Audit Report, and considered its comments on the University’s quality assurance policy framework and operations most helpful for the University to further fine-tune its quality assurance practices.
He said the University shared the Panel’s view that it will benefit from a clearer articulation of its overarching strategic approach to enhancing student learning experience, and would adopt the Panel’s advice to develop a conceptual model to give better coherence to the various global engagement activities and initiatives. It will also strengthen its evidence-based decision-making process by consolidating its data collection efforts and data analysis dissemination mechanisms in order to better inform quality enhancement and continuously monitor the success of various enhancement initiatives, Professor Chin added.