Adviser to the PM. Normally keep a low profile but did hit the headlines briefly when he sold Choeung Ek (Killing Fields) to the Japanese.keeping_it_riel wrote:Owned by a Khmer? That's all I need to know.natas wrote:AUPP has financial backup from 1 of the rich in PP. How long it will last, depending how much this rich man is willing to lose.
American University of Phnom Penh??
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Raffles offer niche higher diploma programs in design or fashion or business that are validated/ accredited by the Singapore MOE and and Australian MOE. The courses are two years full time. The branch in PP is a college not a university so if students want to complete the degree, their diploma credits mean they then need to do another year FT in either Singapore or Bangkok or 18 months in Australia and then they have a degree validated by the Australian MOE.LexusSchmexus wrote:I don't think there is a single university degree here which is internationally recognized and wouldn't need at the very least an "equivalence" check (and remedial courses) back in the west. Not a single one. What's that expensive university with a Chinese sounding name? I heard they're the best because they're backed by a Malaysian university or something. Raffles is regional I believe,and don;t they only offer design courses or something? I think what KIR means is that a few schools can offer specific internationally recognized exams (which lead to certificates/diplomas) specific to a particular field. But as far as I know, they're not university degrees in the same sense of the word.
That would assume they had the foresight to send their kids to a proper high school such as ISPP/Northbridge/Hope/Descartes and the likes (or bother going through the trouble of having them pass various entrance exams).vladimir wrote:Surely people who have 9K a year for fees can afford to send their freshie progeny to Singapore/Malaysia/Aus/NZ?
It works for Khmer students who want an internationally recognized qualification but who for one reason or another (they're married women, for example or they're running a business) don't want to live abroad for years. Plus if they want to top up to the degree then can get it by taking a year or so in Bangkok or Singapore at the end of the diploma program.
And it's not cheap. Depending on the course, $600-800pm.
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Any Cambodian who has any ounce of sense would be far better off signing up to do a bona fide online degree in the UK or US with access to the affiliated online university library than pay $600-$800 per month(!) to study for a diploma in Cambodia and then having to study for a further 1.5 years to get the degree. It may not be much cheaper, but the quality, recognition, choice of courses and earning potential would far exceed Raffles, Limkokwing or AUPP.
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There are definite advantages to getting a UK online degree (in fact, that's how I'm doing my masters) but as a young Khmer undergraduate/tertiary level student not learning in your first language there are also advantages to studying in a class with your peers, being able to learn from the group interaction and being able to ask your lecturer face to face questions in real time and then be able to stay behind after class and have things explained again until the penny finally drops. Plus Raffles 2nd year diploma students get hour-long individual one on one tutorials, supervised local internships etc etc. I think most 18 year old Khmers would find the experience of doing an online degree just too isolating. They learn best with their peers and if they need spoon feeding until they are able to understand then that's OK.Teach-er wrote:Any Cambodian who has any ounce of sense would be far better off signing up to do a bona fide online degree in the UK or US with access to the affiliated online university library than pay $600-$800 per month(!) to study for a diploma in Cambodia and then having to study for a further 1.5 years to get the degree. It may not be much cheaper, but the quality, recognition, choice of courses and earning potential would far exceed Raffles, Limkokwing or AUPP.
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I think that the suggestion that there is a distinct advantage to not studying in your first language is a valid one, but one which wholeheartedly supports the idea that minimum English level entry requirements should be strictly adhered to - as they are for online degrees in the UK. If the students manage to attain an IELTS score of 6.0 in the IELTS Academic Paper then they should be able to digest any of the material they encounter and write cohesive and coherent essays. I think that one of the fundamental problems in higher education in Cambodia is that students are allowed entry to degree and diploma programmes conducted in English without reasonable levels of the language and, as a result, need to be spoon fed throughout.
With regards to studying with your peers - again, I think that needs some careful thought. Whilst exchanging ideas and opinions is always an advantage, there is no need to do this face to face these days and most online degree programmes have an 'online space' to do this where participants can meet online and discuss any issues and offer support to each other. In addition, there are fairly weighty arguments for encouraging learners towards autonomy and certainly at diploma/degree level, this should be the norm.
With regards to studying with your peers - again, I think that needs some careful thought. Whilst exchanging ideas and opinions is always an advantage, there is no need to do this face to face these days and most online degree programmes have an 'online space' to do this where participants can meet online and discuss any issues and offer support to each other. In addition, there are fairly weighty arguments for encouraging learners towards autonomy and certainly at diploma/degree level, this should be the norm.
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An excellent decision.keeping_it_riel wrote:There are definite advantages to getting a UK online degree (in fact, that's how I'm doing my masters)
It would be very worth my while (if I had the cash to do it) even if I did it FT back home
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
Heard that hardly any of the teachers or admin at the university stay for long. Anyone know if this is true, or why? Sounds shady.
$9k
My Uni of London course costs less than a thousand pounds in fees + books which I buy in Singapore or order directly from London. Free access to UL's online library. Small fee for exam arrangements at IDP.
My Uni of London course costs less than a thousand pounds in fees + books which I buy in Singapore or order directly from London. Free access to UL's online library. Small fee for exam arrangements at IDP.
Funny -- was discussing them yesterday with a friend in the .edu business who knows some of the people involved.
To their credit, the English on their web page is better than that of most Cambodian universities... with a rather glaring exception.
To their credit, the English on their web page is better than that of most Cambodian universities... with a rather glaring exception.
2015 update. Rumour has it that the turnover of academic staff at this university at the end of the last term (May 2015) was almost 100 percent. Just about nobody who taught there in the past academic year will be back next year (perhaps that is why the 'Faculty' page on the university website is 'under construction,' so it is impossible to find out who actually teaches there.) This is on top of several who were fired or left suddenly during the year. I have been told that working conditions there for academic staff are terrible: contracts are not honoured, holiday time is cancelled with hardly any notice, and staff are micromanaged by the administration.
They are hiring for basically every subject that they offer according to their website.
http://www.aupp.edu.kh/about-aupp/jobs-at-aupp/faculty/
http://www.aupp.edu.kh/about-aupp/jobs-at-aupp/faculty/
Anyone have any new info regarding the work situation at American University of Phnom Penh?
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