To get an accreditation, an architecture school here in Australia will be closely monitored by the State Visiting Panel every year, and the National Visiting Panel every five years. I'm not too sure about the State Visiting Panel, but the NVP that came to RMIT today was a group of 10 people who represents 3 important architecture bodies in Australia ie Australian Institute of Australia, Australian Accreditation Council of Australia and Australia Registration Board of Victoria.
I've just attended the students meeting with NVP, and it seems that they are really taking the job seriously. They have met with the staff earlier, and they already have a comprehensive report from the staff members. Today was the day when they meet with a few students and ask questions about the whole learning experience in RMIT (facilities, design studios, major project, other subjects, the trajectory of different students in architecture, working space, assessment, etc). The discussion was very open and students were allowed to be critical in their thoughts. The outcome from this discussion would heavily inform the NVP's decision in giving accreditation to a school.
This regime pushes the architecture school to really take care of their students' academic welfare. They can even advocate any issues on behalf of the students, right up to the Vice Chancellor. I guess, where I'm getting at is that this whole system seems like a good way to bring architecture up to a high standard in Australia.
I wonder how its like back in Malaysia.
ps: 5 more weeks to go before presenting the so called capstone project for students.
3 more months before going
Time doesn't fly. It teleports.
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2 comments:
salam..
bercerita pasal akreditasi..ukm bangi (tmpt sy blaja sekarang) pun masih belom dpt akreditasi jurusan seni bina dari PAM (pertubuhan arkitek malaysia ) lagi..so kami student kat cni if da bis grad nnti kena buat akredirasi sendiri..mcm mana?
so kami kena buat portfolio n hntr kat PAm berbyr sbyk rm 400/akreditasi (akredit sekali sthn)
ssh kan bg kos architecture kat ukm ni..kena buat akreditasi sendri..even kos archi kat cni da hmpr mencecah 9 thn kot..
so tu je la..skdr pengkongsian..soory kalu ade slh info kat cni..sy tulis ikut pemhmn sy je..
yg indah itu adlh Allah..
wsslm..
Mungkin pelajar2 UKM boleh cuba bawakan isu ni kepada pihak pengurusan. Rasanya kurang adil kepada pelajar yang berjaya habiskan tempoh pengajian tp xda pengiktirafan.
Kalau nak tingkatkan kualiti akademik, mungkin boleh tubuhkan satu jawatankuasa wakil pelajar & staf akademik utk bincang isu2 akademik. Isu-isu seperti kekurangan kemudahan, silibus yang kurang efektif, dsbnya boleh dibawa kepada pihak staf melalui wakil2 pelajar ni.
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