高等教育教與學質量保證的發展與前瞻國際學術研討會

International Conference on The New Frontiers of Teaching and Learning Quality Assurance in Higher Education

2016/11/22-24

Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, China

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Higher education institutions boost communication mechanism with stakeholders: Exemplified by Employer Satisfaction Survey to graduates of Macao Polytechnic Institute
  • Sio Tai Cheong (Macao Polytechnic Institute)
  • Sammi Kin-Mei Lao (Macao Polytechnic Institute)
Abstract

Macao’s higher education sector enjoys the highest density in the world since it has 10 tertiary educational institutions with a population of over 500,000. The massification of Macao’s higher education has turned it into a buyer’s market. Consequently higher education institutions have to face the problem of a declining student population due to the decreasing birth rate in Macao in recent years. Against such a backdrop, higher education institutions have strived to attract more students and to be more competitive by improving their teaching quality. This paper, taking Macao Polytechnic Institute as an example, showcases how the institute has actively responded to Macao’s Higher Education Reform, and becomes the first higher education institution in Macao to pass the accreditation of the British Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. The institute has also promoted the communication and feedback mechanism with its stakeholders. On the basis of the survey results on the employers’ satisfaction with the Institute, this paper analyses employers’ evaluation and expectations for the graduates, and puts forward corresponding measures to optimize teaching so as to improve the quality of higher education.

Author Profile(s)
Dr. Sio Tai Cheong is currently working at MPI as a full-time associate professor. He has previously worked as a senior engineer in the Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation of Macao Government (DSRT), which is the only telecommunication regulator in Macao for more than six years. Among the times with DSRT, he was in charge of many essential projects, such as the public government WiFi Project (WiFiGO). He is now the associate professor and the assistant co-ordinator of the Computing Programme of MPI, and his research fields are mainly in wireless communication and telecommunication policies. He is active for many internal and external research projects, and he is now in charge of the development and accreditation processes of the Programme. He also needs to handle the joint Master Programme with UCLA.

Sammi Kin-Mei Lao is currently a Senior Administrative Office in Macao Polytechnic Institute. She received her M.S. degree in Management from the University of Macau. Her research interests include Chinese entrepreneurship, and course and teaching evaluations.