QAA Review of UK TNE in Malaysia

Quality Beyond Borders Group

Singapore, 25 October 2019

Education & Training Landscape

CIRCULARS OF MOHE

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CIRCULARS OF MQA

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STANDARDS

PRESCRIBED BY

OTHER

PROFESSIONAL

BODIES

1

4

24

++

4

13

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• Yet to run programme

• Verify compliance of design and preparatory arrangement to standards

Provisional Accreditation

•Towards the end of

program’s first cycle

•Verify compliance

of delivery to

standards

Full accreditation • At least once in

every 5 years

• Maintenance of MQF compliance

• Enhancement

Maintenance

Audit

PROGRAMME ACCREDITATION

INSTITUTIONAL AUDIT FOR SELF-ACCREDITING INSTITUTIONS

MQA Circular No. 4/2017

Policy on Quality Assurance of Foreign

Programs Delivered through Collaborations

with Local HEPs

MQA Notification Letter No. 6/2018

Guideline to Choosing Foreign HEPs as

Franchisors for HEPs in Malaysia

MQA Advisory Note No. 7/2016

Guideline for Flexible Education in

Program Delivery

MOE Circular No. 2/2017

Policy on Collaborative Programs at

Private Higher Education Providers

(HEPs).

MQA Advisory Note No. 1/2017

Standard terminology for Joint Degree

and Double Degree

MQA Advisory Note No. 4/2017

Credit Transfers – Towards Richer and Diverse

Student Learning Experiences

MQA Public Statement No. 3/2018

Dual awards

MQA Public Statement No. 2/2018

Bogus Universities and Fake Qualifications

RELATED CIRCULAR/GUIDELINES

Dual Awards vs Double Degree

• Malaysian HEPs must provide clear and adequate info about the nature

of awards and their conferment representations through the scroll or

the transcript and/or the Malaysian Qualification Statement (MQS).

• Students should be informed how they could communicate two awards

to potential users of the qualifications.

Bogus Universities and Fake Qualifications

• HEPs are to carefully examine the authenticity of qualifications

tendered by prospective students and academic staff.

• List of useful websites:

Geteducated – Diploma Mill Policy

Degree Mills:An Old Problem and a New Threat

Diploma and Accreditation Mills

University Grants Commission (UGC) India

56%(118)

44%(94)

Fully

Accredited

Other Collaborative Programmes

UK Collaborative Programmes

56%(292)

44%(228)

Provisionally

Accredited

Other Collaborative Programmes

UK Collaborative Programmes

5 out of 10are UK Branch Campuses

Level of Qualification Social Sciences Science &

Medicine

Engineering &

Technology

Arts & Humanities

Branch

Campus

Franchise Branch

Campus

Franchise Branch

Campus

Franchise Branch

Campus

Franchise

Foundation 3 - 3 - 4 - 1 -

Postgraduate Certificate

(Level 3 MQF) /- - - - - - 2 -

Postgraduate Diploma

(Level 4 MQF)1 - - - - - 1 -

Bachelor’s (Level 6 MQF) 21 94 15 8 54 45 18 46

Master’s (Level 7 MQF) 29 32 8 4 29 11 18 -

PhD (Level 8 MQF) 5 - 4 - 6 - 4 -

Total 59 126 30 12 93 56 44 46

UK PROGRAMMES IN MALAYSIA

TNE REVIEW SAMPLE(MQA AS OBSERVER)

No. UK Institution Malaysian Partner Type

1. Coventry University Tunku Abdul Rahman University College

Dual Awards

2. Aberystwyth University Brickfields Asia College Franchise Program

3. Lancaster University Sunway University Dual Awards

4. University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham Malaysia

Branch

5. Anglia Ruskin University

MAHSA University Dual Awards

6. SEGI College University of Greenwich

Franchise Program

OBSERVATION

• Good practices

• Merits

• Concerns

• Way forward