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Wailailak University celebrates 90% of academics achieving HEA Fellowships

Wailailak University celebrates 90% of academics achieving HEA Fellowships

On Tuesday 16th November 2021, Walailak University celebrated over 90 percent of its academics achieving HEA Fellowships, the highest among universities in Thailand. The joyous event was broadcast live via Walailak University Facebook and Zoom Meeting for participants to join. Representatives of the UK-based Advance Higher Education (AHE) also attended online the celebration.
ศาสตราจารย์ ดร. วิจิตร ศรีสอ้าน อดีตนายกสภามหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์

Prof. Dr. Wichit Srisa-an, who until recently Chairman of the WU Council and whose encouragement led to a Certificate in Teaching Program based on the United Kingdom Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF), in his opening remarks applauded the remarkable achievement of Walailak University in the area of teaching and learning development. He praised the policy and efforts by Prof. Dr. Sombat Thamrongthanyawong, President of Walailak University since 2016, to professionalize teaching at Walailak University. He said that professional teachers were indispensable to quality graduates. Professor Sombat, on his part, recounted his determination to transform teaching and learning at the University, to ascertain that WU students were given every opportunity to develop their potentials fully. 

ศาสตราจารย์ ดร.สมบัติ ธำรงธัญวงศ์ อธิการบดีมหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์

According to Professor Sombat, UKPSF advances the idea of teaching professionalism and advocates greater importance to attention to individual student learning, an essential foundation for promoting critical, analytical and synthetic thinking among learners. “The Framework is also highly conducive to formative assessment which helps teachers to monitor student learning more closely. UKPSF has now served as the main vehicle or platform by which we continue to promote quality teaching at Walailak University”, Professor Sombat said in his remarks. 

Mr. Ian Hall, Advance HE’s Head of International Membership, Ms. Kathy Wright, Assistant Director of Knowledge, Innovation, and Delivery (KID), Advance HE, and Mr. Andy Hudson, Higher Education Academy Consultant, calling their joy of working with Walailak University, “4 Years of Odyssey”, cherished the memories of the time Walailak University and Advance HE has been working together on teaching development. A little activity was also provided for participants to join and reflect on how the last 2 years’ teaching has been for them and on what the future of higher education will look like.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Surin Maisrikrod, Vice President for Global Engagement and Faculty Development, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Suthanya Doung-In, Assistant to the President for Teaching and Learning, also joined the event and celebrated the university’s success.

ม.วลัยลักษณ์ ฉลองความสำเร็จในโอกาสที่มีอาจารย์ผู้สอนได้รับการรับรองมาตรฐานการสอนตามกรอบ UKPSF กว่า 90% มากที่สุดในประเทศไทย ม.วลัยลักษณ์ ฉลองความสำเร็จในโอกาสที่มีอาจารย์ผู้สอนได้รับการรับรองมาตรฐานการสอนตามกรอบ UKPSF กว่า 90% มากที่สุดในประเทศไทย

ม.วลัยลักษณ์ ฉลองความสำเร็จในโอกาสที่มีอาจารย์ผู้สอนได้รับการรับรองมาตรฐานการสอนตามกรอบ UKPSF กว่า 90% มากที่สุดในประเทศไทย

 


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