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Other Activities Afghanistan, Bahrain, Belgium, China, Egypt, Greece, Malaysia, Romania, Sweden, Vietnam Consultancy Activities Antigua, Bahrain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Kosovo, Lithuania, Mozambique, Romania, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates Awarding Activities Bahrain, Cayman Islands, China, Egypt, India, Greece, Latvia Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Turkey, Qatar, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, USA

SQA in China Partnership with CSCSE, Beijing Yinhong & Occupational Skills Testing Authority (OSTA) MoU signed 2003 China Britain Business Council and China Country Manager 33 SQA approved centres across all of China Over 26,000 candidates have been certificated 15 HNDs

33 SQA Centres In China Renmin University of China Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing International Studies University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Normal University Sichuan University Shanghai University of Finance & Economics Central South Forestry & Technology University Shanghai International Studies University Ocean University of China Wuhan University of Technology Inner Mongolia Normal University Xinjiang Agricultural University Shanghai Finance University Guangdong University of Finance Northwestern Poly-technical University Nanjing University Xiamen University University of Science & Technology Guizhou Normal University Fujian Normal University Capital Normal University Central University of Finance and Economics Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications University of International Business and Economics Ningxia University East China Normal University Fujian Jiangxia University Guangdong University of Finance & Economics Xi'an University of Science and Technology

Key Partners - CSCSE SQA’s official partner Public organization under Ministry of Education Provides international education services, supports students who are pursuing international exchanges and cooperation Commercial arm is Beijing Yinhong Organise Chinese International Education Exhibition and Fair every March throughout China Sets up articulation agreements for Chinese HND graduates to progress to top-up year in 50+ universities worldwide

Working with CSCSE/BY  CSCSE and BY responsible for marketing/due diligence  CSCSE identifies suitable centres  SQA carries out centre approval audit visit  Entries via CSCSE system by Oct 31st  SQA responsible for all quality assurance –BY provide admin support to SQA if required –BY ASP bank incentive  BY translates invoices and collects all SQA fees from centres  Certification dependent on QA and payment of fees  Dual certification with MoHR OSTA level 3 vocational qualification

SQA China website  All China communications/resources on SQA China website  No access to main SQA website or secure website  One stop shop for qualification support materials - CASPs  Dedicated QA section //cn.sqa.org.uk/Quality_Assurance/Quality_Assurance  Forced password change every 30 days  Quarterly China newsletter  China specific Internal Assessment Reports Reports

Student Learning Guides – Publishers CMEPH  CMEPH responsible for revising the SLGs  SQA provides vetting service for a fee  Pilot project of 50  Currently CMPEH responsible for writing SQA for vetting Pilot of 53 SLGs Started 2012

SQA China Quality Improvement Plan  Ensuring standards –English Language entry requirements –2 additional Units in English language and Research Skills –Increased verification –Evidence review fees  Providing support –Subject Implementation Managers –CPD Conference –China Country Manager

University Articulation Approx 60% go to overseas university to study Over 50% then progress to Masters Articulation arrangements to 50 universities in US, Australia, New Zealand, UK & Europe, Annual study visits by CSCSE and centres to articulation partnership universities In country support by partnership universities “Transnational pathways into English higher education”, HEFCE ducation_working_party/hefce_tne_report_direction_of_ travel

Cultural considerations One child policy Power of parents Hierarchical decision making International colleges – power with universities Importance of “face” Planning in silos Code of conduct Plagiarism Rote learning and professional judgement Very IT literate - no Google, gmail, Youtube, Dropbox, Instagram, Twitter etc Current corruption clampdown

SQA International Team Alistair Shaw, Head of International, SQA Eunice McAllister, Regional Manager China and Asean Region Laura Kennedy Project Officer, China and Asean Region TBA SQA Country Manager

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