KUCHING: Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (Swinburne Sarawak) has earned the renewal of its Gold Approved Learning Partner (ALP) status from Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), making it the only university in Sarawak thus far to hold the Gold ALP status.
Its acting deputy head of School of Business and senior lecturer Dr Fung Chorng Yuan explained that Gold ALP approval required the university to fulfil a number of challenging performance targets, including student experience and expectation in addition to institution policy and continuous improvement.
“Therefore, the renewal of Swinburne’s ACCA Gold ALP in 2022 speaks volume about the quality of its ACCA courses,” he said on Tuesday (April 12).
He added that the most difficult part and criterion was the pass rates target, and for Gold ALP, there was a need to consistently have at least half or more of its papers in each exam sitting reaching or exceeding the world pass rates.
He also said Swinburne Sarawak’s ACCA students were predominantly its Accounting and Accounting and Finance degree students registered under the university’s ACCA Accelerate Programme, where students could take the ACCA examinations while in their second and final years of their degree programme.
“Our lecturers hold not only the post graduate programme, but also ACCA qualifications. Hence, they know the expectation of ACCA exams. They also attend the course conducted by ACCA from time to time to ensure that they are up-to-date with the latest syllabus development.
“We have designated personnel to assist our ACCA students in handling and providing advice on all ACCA related matters, such as online registration, exam entry and exemption.”
Swinburne Sarawak started to conduct ACCA courses in 2017. It was awarded Gold ALP status by ACCA in 2021.
The ACCA’s ALP programme accords formal recognition to leading learning providers that offer quality tuition and support to students taking the ACCA Qualification and/or Foundation Level qualification.
Also, the ALP programme aims to approve the highest quality learning providers that have demonstrated their success in supporting students through the ACCA and Foundation Level qualifications. It also supports ACCA’s learning partners in providing students with the opportunity to succeed.
