NEAS Australia's Introduction Meeting garnered interest from nearly 50 participants from 15 universities across the ASEAN region. The meeting served as an informative platform for ELT institutions or departments to learn more about NEAS Australia's quality assurance services, highlighting the importance of multilateral cooperation in pursuit of educational excellence. The meeting ended on a positive notes with the possibility to enhance the quality of ELT professionals in the region.

A tour de force at the 2nd CALHOEA National Meeting at Chulalongkorn University! Professionals, students, and academics gathered to share and reflect on the local context for the 3RMS Development. Distinguished speakers, Assoc. Prof. Sarithdej Pathanasethpong, the Vice President of Thailand's Council of Engineers, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Montree Yamkasikorn, Senior Advisor of the Secretariat Office of the Teachers' Council of Thailand, also provided insightful policy dialogue sessions with participants.

Real examples are great for enhancing the learning process of a training workshop. Which is why the AUN-QA has prepared a special two for one package for participants of the 12th Assessor Training Workshop for AUN-QA Programme Assessment, co-hosted by De La Salle University on 16 to 22 March, 2023. Along with the workshop also came the 244th AUN-QA Programme Assessment at DLSU where all participants had the opportunity to observe the process of an actual programme assessment!

This is an official announcement from the AUN/SEED-Net regarding the website being merged with the AUN Secretariat website! Read on for further details on how to stay up to date with the latest news and information from AUN/SEED-Net. The AUN/SEED-Net team highly appreciates your continuous support!

The CALOHEA Project has taken a major leap towards its goal of enhancing mobility and internationalization in Universities in Asia with the first National Meeting on 2 -3 March, 2023, at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia. This two-day event of knowledge sharing, open discussion, and a workshop is another step towards bringing Higher Education in SEA into a common space and enhancing mobility between SEA countries and even to other regions by implementing the 3 Core Recognition Mechanisms (RM3) into SEA Universities.

The 320th and 321st Programme Assessment marked AUN-QA’s first return to Vietnam in the year 2023, and an exciting occasion it was. Lac Hong University (LHU) welcomed AUN-QA for the 320th Programme Assessment, the third assessment by AUN-QA for LHU, but the first one conducted on-site! AUN-QA was also honoured to return, once again, to Hanoi University of Public Health for the 321st Programme Assessment, which marked the fourth programme assessment for this trailblazer of public health education in Vietnam.

Data is a powerful enabler that serves to drive new insights, innovate, and bring forth new knowledge. It is a highly valuable resource that institutions should not neglect in proper safekeeping. But how does one keep data securely and effectively utilize it? Dr. Taizan Chan, Chief Data Officer of National University of Singapore, is here to explain how their data infrastructure answers this question.

At the 13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting, Dr. Nghiem Xuan Huy, Director of the Institute for Education Quality Assurance (INFEQA) of Viet Nam National University, Hanoi (VNU Hanoi), presented data strategies to utilize data to its maximum extent and boost its ability to complete high-impact missions. Because of the exponential growth in the magnitude of data, INFEQA developed the VNU Quality Assurance Portal to manage the quality assurance data and university ranking processes for VNU Hanoi and its member universities.

AUN-QA marched on into 2023 with two leading institutes of Thailand opening their arms for the 317th and 319th Programme Assessment. The 317th Programme Assessment marked the first time AUN-QA joined Burapha University on the path toward better quality assurance. Meanwhile, AUN-QA returned for the sixth time to the ever-continuing path of development for the National Institute of Development Administration(NIDA)!