DIRECTOR’S REVIEW OF THE YEAR院長回顧 As part of our commitment to quality enhancement, the School undergoes regular reviews of its activities. The report of the UGC QAC in 2019 suggested more international benchmarking be undertaken and so we commissioned an International Quality Review which reported very positively this year and concluded that HKU SPACE met all ten of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality which are accepted across 49 countries in Europe. We will continue to measure ourselves against international standards and part of this is a biennial International Conference series on quality in transnational education which will next be held in March 2023 – hopefully physically rather than virtually and at our new Kowloon West Campus. Also looking forward to 2023, there will be the third quality audit of HKU by the UGC QAC which includes HKU SPACE. The audit theme is improvement and a key factor is the collection and use of data and the School has prepared its submission to the University with this in mind. This year we established a Quality Analytics Team in our Quality Assurance and Enhancement Unit to focus on how we collect and utilise the extensive data we hold on our students and their learning. During the year we have also began planning for a launch of Microcredentials. Such courses, in topical areas, have proved popular in the United States and Europe and are generally on a smaller scale than regular awards, usually of 6 to 9 credits with about 30 contact or study hours. We hope these will meet study needs for busy professionals or for general interest and each Microcredential will lead to a digital certificate. The scheme also allows for the credits achieved to be stacked towards a certificate or diploma award. We expect to launch the Microcredential scheme in early 2023. Many of these Microcredentials will be eligible for support from the Government’s Continuing Education Fund (CEF) and we continue to lead the sector in both the number of our CEF eligible course (over 2,000) and in having some 28% of the total offered. We were pleased to learn of the increase in the refundable amount to $25,000 and of the relaxation of age limits. We also look forward to the inclusion of online course content in the scheme. 學院一直致力透過定期檢討以提升學術質素。教 資會質保局於2019年發表的報告建議學院加 強國際基準參照方面的工作，我們遂於今年進 行了國際學術質素評審 （International Quality Review）並取得佳績。報告顯示，香港大學專業 進修學院完全符合歐洲高等教育區質素保證標準 及指引全部共十個評審範疇。有關標準和指引廣 為49個歐洲國家採納。 我們將繼續透過國際標準審視學院的學術質素。 作為國際基準參照工作的一部分，學院將於2023 年3月舉辦兩年一度的國際學術會議，探討跨國 教育質素。我們期望有關國際學術會議可於全新 九龍西分校實體舉行，而非以虛擬形式進行。 展望2023年，教資會質保局將對香港大學展開 第三輪質素核證工作，涵蓋香港大學專業進修學 院。核證主題是改進，而主要因素是數據收集和 運用；學院已參考相關主題和主要因素準備向港 大提交報告。另外，我們已在本年度於學術質素 保證及提升小組旗下設立學術質素分析小組，專 門分析學院如何收集及運用有關學生及其學習狀 況的資料。 我們已於本年開始計劃推出微證書。微證書課程 是針對特定範疇而設計，規模較普通學銜為小， 一般為6至9個學分、30個接觸或學習小時便 能完成，在美國及歐洲甚受歡迎。我們希望微證 書課程可以滿足忙碌的專業人士和一般學習者的 學習需要，學員完成課程後均可獲發電子證書。 微證書還可以容許學員累計學分，以獲取證書或 文憑學銜。我們期望於2023年初正式推出微證 書計劃。 大部分微證書課程都可以獲得政府持續進修基金 的資助。在持續進修基金課程方面，學院不論 在課程提供的數目（超過2,000個認可課程）還 是於整體市場的供應（約28%）上均獨佔鰲頭。 我們更樂見持續進修基金的發還金額獲提升至 $25,000，並放寬年齡限制。我們期望網上課程 在未來也能納入計劃。 9
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