Sejahtera Academic Framework (SAF)

56 55 Tracer Studies The Graduate Tracer Study report presented the findings of a survey involving the IIUM graduates who attended their convocation ceremony. The graduates were requested to complete two online questionnaires - one constructed by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and another by IIUM. The survey by the latter was constructed to evaluate whether the IIUM missions of Islamisation, internationalisation, and integration of knowledge were achieved from the students’ aspect. The total number of respondents for this Tracer Study was 4,955. The following highlights from the survey conducted in 2018 provided a general view of the student development and the performance of IIUM graduates in the workforce: · Evaluation of academic programmes and facilities · Community service, and · Employment Meeting of IIUMGreat Minds Workshop The workshop in 2019 started the ball rolling on a full review of the academic activities of the University. It was attended by all the topmanagement members (UMC), the Deans, the Directors, selected academic members of the Kulliyyah, selected members from non-academic agencies, and also student representatives from all campuses. It was also attended by Professor Kamal Hassan as advisor to Centris. They were assigned to working groups - each comprising at least one UMC member, a Dean, a Director, kulliyah members, agency member, and student representative. They came up with a SWOT (strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis on academic programmes, human resource, facilities and community collaboration. They also came up with suggestions for improvements. These were then used as part of the basis for the Focus Group Discussions and the Academic Review Survey. Academic Review 2020 Survey: Another university-wide online survey was conducted in March 2020 involving IIUM undergraduates. A total of 884 final year students voluntarily participated in this survey. The questionnaire in this survey comprised 12 items purportedly measuring the students’ evaluation of the objectives, structure, contents, and delivery of the 20-credit-hour UniCORE courses. These items were constructed based on the findings extracted from the aforementioned FGDs, covering seven (7) indicators of the undergraduate academic curriculum. Each item was a suggestive proposition about an aspect of the UniCORE curriculum, to which respondents had to indicate their level of agreement based on a 5-point scale. Post-Graduate Student Survey 2020: 400 current post-graduate students answered an online survey done to get their opinion on the post-graduate experience in IIUM. Student Feedback Survey Student Feedback Survey (SFS) is a tool that helps to ascertain and monitor the quality of teaching and learning processes and outcomes. A total of 20,109 students participated in this particular Student Feedback Survey (2019/2020 Semester 1). The data from this survey serve as a basis for making informed decisions to enhance the teaching and learning processed in the University. Specifically, the data from this survey could be used to: • evaluate the impact of teaching from the students’ perspective; • provide information for continuous improvement; especially in terms of teaching and learning; • provide evidence for quality audit processes; • assist in the professional development of academic staff. The results of the Academic Experience Survey indicated that the respondents have had favourable academic experiences in IIUM. This could be illustrated by the keywords related to the aspects, concepts and ideas that they came across while in IIUM (see figure below). FINDINGS General Perception General perception of favourable academic experiences