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Executive Director’s Report
總幹事報告
International Recognition
Since the launch of the Qualifications Framework (QF) in 2008,
HKCAAVQ has been continuously working in consultation with its
stakeholders to improve and refine its quality assurance approach.
As an accreditation agency, we consider it important and necessary
to also subject ourselves to an external review to evaluate the quality
and effectiveness of our accreditation work. To this end, we took the
initiative to undergo an external review against the Guidelines of Good
Practice (GGP) in Quality Assurance developed by the International
Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education
(INQAAHE) to benchmark our policies, processes and practices
against these international standards. The review will determine
whether we operate in alignment with the GGP.
In early 2015, we completed a critical self-review to reflect on the
effectiveness and outcomes of our quality assurance work; a site visit
by a panel consisting of local and international members will take
place in June 2015. When the INQAAHE Board has made a decision
about HKCAAVQ’s alignment with the GGP, we will publish the
external review report. We are confident that this external review will
help enhance HKCAAVQ’s international recognition and increase its
accountability to the community.
Innovation for Excellence
The emphasis on standards and sharing expertise concerns
sustainable infrastructure. Another important step we have taken this
year is to facilitate our internal knowledge management and enhance
efficiency is the development of a Quality Management System
(QMS). Thanks to the support of the Education Bureau through
the Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (QESS), the QMS was
launched in February 2015 offering advanced functions to streamline
our accreditation work processes. HKCAAVQ has now moved on to
the next phase of the IT project with an ultimate goal of building an
advanced e-platform that enables operator e-submissions and more
efficient and effective information exchange.
Also last year, we successfully applied for QESS funding to carry out
a project that aims at promoting a quality culture within the local post-
secondary education sector through the sharing of practices through
events and a web-based knowledgebase. We hope this will support
operators’ efforts in enhancing their quality assurance capacity.
國際認可
自資歷架構於
2008
年起正式推行以來，
評審局一直致力與持份者保持緊密合
作，務求持續改進與完善我們的質素保
證方式。作為一所評審機構，評審局明
白接受外部評審的重要性，藉以評估我
們的評審工作的質素與效益。為此，我
們主動邀請高等教育質素保證國際網絡
按其《優良評鑑準則》來審查評審局的質
素保證工作，包括政策、程序與做法，
嚴謹驗證我們的工作是否符合其準則。
於
2015
年初，評審局進行一次嚴厲的自
我評估，檢討我們質素保證工作的效率
與成效後，於同年
6
月接受由本地與海
外高等教育及質素保證專家組成的評
審小組進行外部評審。隨後，外評報告
將提交高等教育質素保證國際網絡委員
會，當委員會作出決定後，評審局將會
公布報告。我們深信外部評審有助提升
評審局的國際認可，增加在社會上的認
受性。
創新卓越
建構可持續發展的系統不但有助保持優
質服務質素，更促進專業知識交流。去
年，評審局正式推出質量管理系統，標
誌著我們在改善內部知識管理與提升服
務效率的道路上踏進新里程。在教育局
的質素提升支援計劃支持下，該系統於
2015
年
2
月開始啟用，提供多項功能精
簡評審工作的程序。目前，評審局更展
開次階段的資訊科技計劃，務求建立先
進的電子平台，讓課程營辦者可於網上
提交相關文件，進一步提升服務及資訊
交流的效率。
去年，評審局成功申請質素提升支援計
劃的基金，開展項目，透過舉辦活動及
建立網上資料庫促進經驗文流，推廣本
地專上教育的質素文化。此外，我們冀
活動能增進課程營辦者處理質素保證工
作的能力。
