The UPM Management Committee through its 616th meeting on 4 August 2017 has agreed to appoint an Associate Fellow (Accreditation) at the Centre for Quality Assurance (CQA). This Associate Fellow is appointed among the academicians who are the UPM Internal Reviewer Panel for program accreditation and fellow selection based on good involvement, commitment, effort, and writing in carrying out auditing assignments.
For starters in 2019, the membership of Associate Fellows has been increased from seven (7) to eleven (11). In 2022, on the justification of the need to monitor the quality assurance aspect at the university and faculty/school level as well as to establish accreditation-related specialists at the faculty.
Now the number of CQA Associate Fellows has increased to eighteen (18) people and is divided according to the fields of Science and Technology and the field of Literature and Social Sciences. The appointed Associate Fellow will be responsible:
a. To be a think tank in planning and improving the framework and implementation of UPM's academic quality assurance system based on the standards set by MQA
b. Assist in the preparation of reports or documentation in accordance with the requirements of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) as well as auditing activities by MQA
c. Provides advisory services on the auditing process of the program as well as a trainer (speaker or facilitator) in strengthening training activities to the Panel of Internal Assessors.
The List of Associate Fellows 2022 is as follows:
Adjunct Fellow
1.
Prof. Dr. Ts. M. Iqbal Saripan
Jabatan Kejuruteraan Sistem Komputer dan Komunikasi Fakulti Kejuruteraan 03-9769 4344 iqbal@upm.edu.my
Arts and Social Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noor Syamilah Zakaria
Jabatan Pendidikan (Pendidikan Kaunselor dan Psikologi Kaunseling) Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan 03-9769 8118 syamilah@upm.edu.my
1.
Dr. Rojanah Kahar
Jabatan Pembangunan Manusia dan Pengajian Keluarga Fakulti Ekologi Manusia 03-9769 7087 rojanah@upm.edu.my