1. Welcome to SQA
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2. Dedicated China customer service team
Alistair
Shaw
Head of International
Eunice McAllister
China Regional Manager
Jimmy Zhang, China Country Manager
Laura Kennedy China Project Officer
Edward Smyth, China Administrator

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

4. SQA in China
Partnership with CSCSE, Beijing Yinhong & Occupational Skills Testing Authority (OSTA)
MoU signed 2003
China Britain Business Council and China Country Manager
34 SQA approved centres across all of China
31 with entries
Over 30,000 candidates have been certificated
15 HNDs
New from last year’s update
One additional centre
Certifications up from to plus

5. 33/34 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
Capital Normal University
Northwestern Poly-technical University
University of International Business and Economics
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Xiamen University
Guangdong University of Finance & Economics
Guizhou Normal University
Fujian Normal University
Fujian Jiangxia University
Central University of Finance and Economics
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ningxia University
East China Normal University
Shanghai Lixin Univ’ty of Accounting & Finance (HND yr 1)
Xi'an Kedagaoxin University (HND year 1)
China University of Petroleum (East China) (fy only)
Ningbo University (awaiting MoE approval)
South China Normal University (new)
Most are non quota centres
New from last year
Nanjing DAFLS, USTB and SWUFE now deapproved
Shanghai Lixin now entered candidates
China University of Petroleum now approved and have fy students (near Ocean)
Ningbo University approved and awaiting govt approval(just below shanghai)
South China Normal University new and recruiting students in Spring 17 (near guangdong)

6. 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
Showed this last year so won’t go through it again

7. 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
Showed this last year so won’t go through it again

8. SQA China Quality Improvement Plan
Ensuring standards
English Language entry requirements
2 additional Units in English language and Research Skills
Ongoing increased verification incl. October
Evidence review fees
Providing support
Qualification Implementation Managers
CPD Conference 2017 Chengdu
workshops from all previous conferences
Actions from 2016 conference
China Country Manager, Jimmy Zhang
1.English language discuss in a minute
2. Certification first time in 2017 for “Workplace Communication in English” (H8T2 33) and “Research Skills” ( F60A 34)
Students will undertake the Unit “Workplace Communication in English” (H8T2 33) in year one of the HND.
3. 3 centres no actions across 2015 and Ocean and Beijing Jiaotong (for 'Commitment to Quality ' and SISU and Beijing Jiaotong for 'Commitment to Quality '
4. A large fee per cycle
5. QIMs – only where SQA wish to intervene, have had their chance
6. All actions from last conference on sqa website
7. Jimmy support Evs with queries and logistics
Certification in June 17 dependent on all students achieving the 2 Units
Manual check of all candidates by Operations

12. SQA English language requirements
From Sep 16:
IELTS 4.5
TOEFL score of 57 (17 in writing)
Cambridge PET Merit or Distinction
Cambridge English FCE Grade C
Centres must check all students
SQA carry out 100% second check
3500 candidates passed, 90 withdrawn

13. SQA China website
All China communications and resources on SQA China website
No access to main SQA website or secure website
One stop shop for qualification support materials - Unit Specifications, Course Tutor Guides & CASPs
Dedicated QA section //cn.sqa.org.uk/Quality_Assurance/Quality_Assurance
NEW resources section
Forced password change every 30 days
Quarterly China newsletter
Showed this last year – will just cover the new bit
Web Project
Project Objective
We are currently working on a new project to encourage our centres in China to use the support and resources available on the SQA China website. The layout as it stands is confusing and messy and includes resources which don’t apply to centres. We are currently changing the layout and adding guidance on how these resources should be used which will hopefully encourage our centres to use the support and guidance available to enhance the delivery of our HND programme in China.
Completion date is scheduled for the 13th of March and an item on this will be included in our March edition of Centre News.

14. OLD Layout
Old Layout
The old layout was confusing and messy it had resources on the main page on also in sections on the left hand side. It also included resources for both centres, students and SQA appointees.

15. Resources have now been split
NEW Layout
Resources have now been split
New Layout
This is a snap shot of how the new layout will look.
Resources have now been split – “Tutor Support” and “Student Support” - the “Support for you” title will be changed before it goes live.
Please don’t concentrate too much on the content as it is currently being finalised by our Editing team.
The Events section on the left will include materials from all SQA events i.e. launch events and earlier Professional Development Conferences but as you can see there is a link on the main page to access the materials from the last conference so the idea is to make navigation easy for the centres.

16. NEW Guidance New Guidance
The new guidance will assist centres on how to use the resources in their centres and how to play files with audio scripts.

17. Student Learning Guides Update
China Modern Economic Publishing House responsible for revising the SLGs
SQA ran training course for writers in Sep 13
SQA provides vetting service for a fee
Pilot project of 53
Currently 26 published/approved for publishing
Showed this last year so focus on new update

18. Student Learning Guides Update – 26 completed
Financial Services Regulatory Framework
H0BW 35
Income Tax
F86X 35
Behavioural Skills for Business
F84L 35
IT in Business: Spreadsheets
F84V 34
Business Contractual Relationships
F84N 34
Managing People and Organisations
F84T 34
Business Culture & Strategy
F7J7 35
Marketing: An Introduction
F7BX 34
Business Law: An Introduction
F84P 34
Pension Provision
H9NC 35
Communication: Business Communication
H7TK 34
Personal Financial Services
H0BX 34
Creating a Culture of Customer Care
H1F0 34
Preparing Financial Forecasts
F84R 35
Economics 1: Micro/Macro Theory & Application
F7J6 35
Principles of Insurance
H9ND 35
Economics 2: The World Economy
F86E 35
Recording Financial Information
F7JV 34
Economics Issues: An Introduction
F7J8 34
Business Accounting
F84M 34
Financial Reporting & Analysis
F7R4 35
Investment
H9AM 35
Financial Sector: An Introduction
DE5M 34
Personal Development Planning
DE3R 34
Financing International Trade
DE5T 35
Personal and Business Lending
H0C0 35

19. SQA looking for a writer to update the following guide:
Information & Communication Technology in Business
F84W 35
CMEPH is currently updating the following 7 guides
Company Law: An Introduction
DE5H 35
Information Technology: Applications Software 1
D75X 34
Information Technology: Applications Software 2
D7CY 35
International Marketing: An Introduction
H8PD 34
Managing the Human Resource: An Introduction
DN78 34
Presentation Skills
F84E 35
Statistics for Business
F84K 35

20. 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,
In country support by partnership universities
“Transnational pathways into English higher education”, HEFCE
Showed this last year

22. 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
Showed this last year

24. SQA International Team - China
Alistair Shaw, Head of International, SQA
Eunice McAllister, Regional Manager China and Asean Region
Laura Kennedy
Project Officer, China and Asean Region
Jimmy Zhang
SQA Country Manager
Laura on mat leave from March for 2017

25. Thank you 谢谢