University has its annual National Scholarship Officers’ Roundtable (NSOR) Meeting
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The University of the South Pacific held a very successful National Scholarship Officers’ Roundtable Meeting from Wednesday 7 August to Thursday 8 August, 2013.
With the theme Partners in Student Success, the 2013 National Scholarship Officers’ Roundtable Meeting was officially opened by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning, Teaching and Student Services) Professor Susan Kelly and was attended by the USP Senior Management, Staff, Students and Scholarship and Donor Agencies’ representatives such as Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID), regional member countries and Fiji Government sponsors such as PSC, Multi-Ethnic Affairs, i-Taukei Affairs and Taiwan-ROC.
The purpose of the roundtable was to promote active engagement between USP and scholarship providers to enhance student success, as well as to provide a forum and system to monitor the quality and relevance of learning outcomes and the student experience.
The first day of the roundtable saw a student forum, which was an interactive session where students presented issues, to which heads of sections as well as sponsors responded to. First year students’ experiences and performances were also discussed.
Students and scholarship officers held group meetings where they discussed various issues regarding students and scholarships.
The second day of the roundtable held sessions on information sharing, which included new developments in areas of learning and teaching that are critical to student success.
Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment (FSTE) Associate Dean, Dr Bibhya Sharma, who is heading the mLearning initiative at USP, spoke on its various aspects.
Dr Rajni Chand from the Faculty of Arts, Law and Education, School of Language, Arts and Media (FALE- SLAM) touched on the critical issue of English proficiency, and discussed the core USP course English Language Skills Assessment (ELSA), and ELSA 2.0.
Strategic Total Academic Review (STAR) Project Manager, Mr Ashwin Raj spoke about the STAR project, highlighting how it has helped the University and also shed some light on USP’s academic quality audit systems.
Campus Life Group Manager, Mr Glenn Pope spoke about the various initiatives Campus Life is coming up with to facilitate students on scholarships.
A Talanoa session was held afterwards, where the Deans, Associate Deans, Heads of Schools and Heads of Sections responded to issues raised by sponsors.
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