{"id":26841,"date":"2025-08-18T17:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/?p=26841"},"modified":"2025-08-18T18:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:08:39","slug":"mqa-awards-2025-an-evening-of-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/?p=26841","title":{"rendered":"MQA Awards 2025 \u2013 An Evening of Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MQA Honours HELP University\u2019s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Liew Teik Kooi (Andy)<\/p>\n<p><b>KUALA<br \/>\nLUMPUR<\/b>, 11 August 2025<br \/>\n\u2013 The Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) celebrated excellence in higher<br \/>\neducation at the prestigious <b>MQA Awards 2025<\/b>, held at the Hotel<br \/>\nRenaissance Kuala Lumpur. Among the evening\u2019s most notable honourees was <b>Prof.<br \/>\nDr. Liew Teik Kooi (Dr. Andy)<\/b>, Vice Chancellor of <a href=\"https:\/\/university.help.edu.my\">HELP University<\/a>, who was<br \/>\nrecognised for his <i>dedication and meaningful contribution as an MQA<br \/>\nReference Expert<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\naward, inscribed with the citation <i>\u201cAtas Dedikasi Dan Sumbangan Bermakna<br \/>\nSebagai Pakar Rujuk MQA Dalam Memperkukuh Jaminan Kualiti Pendidikan Tinggi\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n(For Dedication and Meaningful Contribution as an MQA Reference Expert in<br \/>\nStrengthening the Quality Assurance of Higher Education), acknowledges Prof.<br \/>\nDr. Liew\u2019s instrumental role in enhancing Malaysia\u2019s higher education quality<br \/>\nassurance ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nceremony was graced by key figures in the higher education sector, including: YAB<br \/>\n     Dato&#8217; Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, YB<br \/>\n     Dato\u2019 Seri Diraja Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir, Minister of Higher Education, YB<br \/>\n     Datuk Mustapha Sakmud, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Dato\u2019<br \/>\n     Seri Zaini Ujang, Chairman of the MQA Council, Dato\u2019<br \/>\n     Professor Dr. Mohammad Shatar Sabran, CEO of MQA.<\/p>\n<p>Prof.<br \/>\nDr. Liew has played a longstanding and multifaceted role in advancing quality<br \/>\nassurance in higher education. Since 2007, he has contributed in various key<br \/>\ncapacities, including Leadership<br \/>\n     in Accreditation and Quality Assurance, Development<br \/>\n     of National Policy Frameworks and Expert<br \/>\n     Advisory Roles.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nhas been pivotal in the formulation of quality assurance frameworks that now<br \/>\nunderpin Malaysia\u2019s recognition in global higher education rankings.<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nhis remarks, Prof. Dr. Liew said,\u00a0<i>\u201cI<br \/>\nam deeply honoured to receive this award. This recognition would not have been<br \/>\npossible without the trust placed in me by MQA and the opportunity to<br \/>\ncontribute meaningfully to the national quality assurance agenda. At its core,<br \/>\nquality assurance is built upon the principles of shared responsibility,<br \/>\ncontinuous quality improvement (CQI), transparent communication, and the<br \/>\ndisciplined implementation of well-documented processes.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\naward serves as a powerful endorsement of HELP University\u2019s leadership in<br \/>\nquality assurance and academic innovation, as well as Prof. Dr. Liew\u2019s<br \/>\ncommitment to higher education in Malaysia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MQA Honours HELP University\u2019s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Liew Teik Kooi (Andy) KUALA LUMPUR, 11 August 2025 \u2013 The Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) celebrated excellence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26843,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-malaysia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26842,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26841\/revisions\/26842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seasiaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}