EVALUATION ON AREA 6: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

10.6 EVALUATION ON AREA 6: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

10.6.1 Physical Facilities Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ appropriateness,฀ adequacy฀ and฀ quality฀ of฀ the฀ HEP’s฀ general facilities.

Describe฀the฀major฀facilities฀used฀for฀practical฀experiences.฀

Comment฀on฀the฀measures฀taken฀to฀ensure฀that฀the฀academic฀staff฀have฀ sufficient and appropriate physical facilities for effective delivery of the curriculum.

Comment฀on฀how฀educational฀resources฀are฀distributed฀and฀scheduled฀ according to educational needs.

Comment฀on฀whether฀the฀space฀for฀educational฀activities฀is฀adequate,฀ appropriate and well organised for the number of students, for current or desired curriculum structure, for the number of existing and desired academic staff, and for anticipated research expansion.

Comment฀ on฀ whether฀ the฀ physical฀ facilities฀ comply฀ with฀ the฀ relevant฀ laws, and with health and safety regulations.

Evaluate฀ the฀ adequacy฀ of฀ the฀ library฀ holdings,฀ hours,฀ services,฀ staff฀ and facilities. Do they meet the needs of the students and the academic staff?

Evaluate฀the฀adequacy฀and฀suitability฀of฀study฀and฀small-group฀discussion฀ space in and around the library.

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ quality฀ of฀ the฀ library’s฀ automated฀ databases฀ and฀ bibliographic search, computer and audio-visual capabilities.

Evaluate฀how฀adequately฀stocked฀is฀the฀library.

Comment฀on฀whether฀the฀library฀is฀adequately฀funded.฀

Show฀ the฀ mechanism฀ to฀ ensure฀ users฀ provide฀ input฀ on฀ library฀ policy฀ and procedures.

Evaluate฀the฀facilities฀provided฀to฀promote฀research฀activities.฀

Evaluate฀the฀HEP’s฀use฀of฀computer-assisted฀learning,฀particularly฀as฀an฀ integral part of programme delivery.

Comment฀on฀whether฀there฀are฀adequate฀information฀communication฀ technology facilities to support the students and faculty in teaching and learning activities. How effective is the use of computer-assisted learning as an integral part of the programme delivery?

To฀ what฀ extent฀ are฀ the฀ resources฀ utilised฀ to฀ cultivate฀ self- learning behaviour?

What฀resources฀are฀available฀to฀assist฀the฀academic฀staff฀to฀identify฀or฀ develop educational software?

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ policies฀ regarding฀ the฀ selection฀ and฀ effective฀ use฀ of computers, internal and external networks and other effective means of using information and communication technology in the educational programmes.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

Comment฀ on฀ evidence฀ of฀ verification฀ of฀ the฀ maintenance฀ and฀ calibration records.

How฀is฀the฀students’฀learning฀environment฀regularly฀improved฀to฀keep฀up฀ with the development in educational practices and changes in society?

Assess฀ how฀ suitable฀ and฀ up-to-date฀ are฀ the฀ facilities฀ and฀ services฀ provided to ensure its quality and appropriateness for current education and training.

Evaluate฀how฀students฀are฀provided฀access฀to฀various฀and฀most฀current฀ methods to obtain information.

Comment฀on฀the฀appropriateness฀of฀the฀facilities฀provided฀to฀students฀ with special needs.

10.6.2 Research and Development

(Please note that the standards on Research and Development are largely directed to universities and university colleges)

Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ policy฀ and฀ planning฀ that฀ identifies฀ the฀ priorities,฀ facilities and development in research and commercialisation.

Comment฀on฀the฀major฀research฀interests฀at฀the฀HEP฀and฀on฀the฀facilities฀ to support these areas of interest.

Comment฀on฀the฀programmes฀on฀ethics฀in฀research฀for฀staff฀and฀graduate฀ students and on the policy related to scientific misconduct in research and how it is disseminated.

Evaluate฀the฀amount฀of฀internal฀support฀for฀research฀and฀the฀level฀of฀ assistance available to staff members in securing external support.

Comment฀on฀the฀major฀research฀activities฀and฀the฀academic฀staff฀involved฀ in them in the last five years.

Comment฀ on฀ how฀ the฀ interaction฀ between฀ research฀ and฀ education฀ is reflected in the curriculum. How does it inform current teaching, and prepare students for engagement in research, scholarship and development?

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

Comment฀ on฀ how฀ the฀ HEP฀ links฀ research,฀ development฀ and commercialisation.

Comment฀on฀the฀research,฀development฀and฀commercialisation฀activities฀ and achievements in the last five years.

How฀does฀the฀HEP฀review฀its฀research฀resources฀and฀facilities?฀Comment฀ on the steps taken to enhance its research capabilities.

Evaluate฀the฀major฀publications฀of฀the฀academic฀staff฀and฀the฀incentives฀ given to them to publish, including in reputable refereed journals.

10.6.3 Educational Expertise Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

Appraise฀the฀policies฀and฀practices฀on฀the฀use฀of฀educational฀expertise฀in฀ curriculum development and in new teaching and assessment methods.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

Comment฀on฀how฀access฀to฀experts฀is฀provided฀and฀utilised฀by฀the฀HEP฀for฀ staff development and educational research in the various disciplines.

10.6.4 Educational Exchanges Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

Evaluate฀the฀policy฀of฀the฀HEP฀on฀educational฀exchanges.฀Comment฀on฀ the dissemination of the policy to students and faculty. Comment on the achievement of these exchanges in the last five years.

Comment฀on฀how฀this฀benefits฀the฀HEP.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

Comment฀on฀future฀plans฀to฀strengthen฀international฀collaboration.

Comment฀on฀how฀this฀would฀benefit฀the฀HEP.

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ provisions฀ for฀ facilities฀ and฀ financial฀ allocation฀ to฀ support educational exchanges.

10.6.5 Financial Allocation Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

•฀ Evaluate฀ the฀ budgetary฀ and฀ procurement฀ procedures฀ to฀ ensure฀ that฀ resources are sufficient and that they are utilised efficiently and responsibly to achieve the objectives of the HEP and maintain high standards of quality.

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀financial฀standing฀and฀the฀sources฀of฀funding฀of฀the฀ HEP. Are they adequate to support the educational programmes?

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ the฀ trend฀ in฀ revenue฀ sources฀ and฀ expenditures฀ over฀ the฀ recent years and describe the current and predicted fiscal condition.

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ the฀ priority฀ areas฀ in฀ financial฀ allocation.฀ If฀ there฀ is฀ a฀ current or potential fiscal imbalance, does the HEP have a credible plan to address it?

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀line฀of฀authority฀for฀budgeting฀and฀resource฀allocation฀ in the HEP.

•฀ Are฀ there฀ indications฀ that฀ the฀ quality฀ of฀ programmes฀ is฀ being฀ compromised by budgetary constraints?

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ the฀ policy฀ on฀ tuition฀ and฀ other฀ payments,฀ and฀ the฀ policy of refund to students who withdraw or who are dismissed from the institution.

•฀ Comment฀on฀number฀of฀students฀who฀are฀funded฀through฀loans,฀grants฀ or scholarship, and the major sources of student funding.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀extent฀of฀the฀autonomy฀given฀to฀those฀responsible฀for฀ academic programmes to appropriately allocate the resources.