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Kaplan Bachelor of Arts in Psychology http://www.kaplan.com.sg/hecoursedetail.aspx?id=9d3e9de9-da00-4247-b3c3-b701b7cc7a35 or http://www.murdoch.edu.au/International-students/International-Study-Centres/Kaplan-Singapore/ * See attachment for course info Contact details: Kaplan Singapore Kaplan City Campus 51 Cuppage Road Email: [email protected] * See attached application form Kaplan Vision & mission “Our Vision A leading education & professional training Institution known for its range of innovative and quality programmes and for a service second to none Our Mission We are a leading provider of higher academic education and professional training We developed quality programmes with reputable international partners; thereby helping our customers build successful and rewarding careers We strive to deliver excellent customer service that exceed expectations We Build Futures One Success Story At A Time”

Main points from email conversations with Anne and David * See Anne & David’s responses to email attached Anne Conducted face to face in-depth semi structured interviews – often several times with candidates Sent follow up emails to draw out view points Transcription was an issue Didn’t have issue with participation David Offshore students welcome chance to discuss and in general they seek closer connection to parent campus How you invite students to participate is important Got far more out of one on one than focus groups Need good lead-in questions & guiding questions Interview can go in many directions if new theme came up would pilot in subsequent interview to test if general. Community issues important Researchers Contact details & publication details Name: David Pyvis Title: Senior Lecturer Org: Curtin University Phone: (08) 9266 4632 Email: [email protected] Name: Title: Org: Phone: Email:

Anne Chapman PhD Program Course Co-ordinator and Graduate Research Co-ordinator UWA (08) 6488 2387 [email protected]

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals) Pyvis, D. 2007. Why university students choose an international education: A case study in Malaysia. International Journal of Educational Development 27: 235-246. Pyvis, D. 2007. Cross-Border Educators as Diversity Managers. The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communications and Nations 7: 139-142. Pyvis, D. 2006. Dilemmas in the formation of student identity in offshore higher education: a case study in Hong Kong. Educational Review 58(3): 291-302. Pyvis, D. 2006. Dimensions of Identity Student Perspectives on the Social Practices of Transnational Education. International Jounal of the Humanities 2(3): 2045-2049. Pyvis, D. 2006. How university-based Adult Continuing Education organisations have responded to Hong Kong's changing educational needs since the 1997 transfer of sovereignty. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 11(2): 153-173. Pyvis, D. 2006. Quality, identity and practice in offshore university programmes: issues in the internationalization of australian higher education. Teaching in Higher Education 11(2): 233-245. Pyvis, D. 2005. Identity and social practice in higher education: student experiences of postgraduate courses delivered 'offshore' in Singapore and Hong Kong by an Australian university. International Journal of Educational Development 25(1): 39-52. Pyvis, D. 2005. Culture shock and the international student 'offshore'. Journal of Research in International Education 4(1): 23-42. * although only Pyvis is named in this list Chapman is co author on most of these articles. I am in the process hunting them all down and uploading them all to Scribd.

OFF-SHORE /DISTANCE LEARNING PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAMS Are off-shore psychology programs accredited?

Singapore Psychological Society (SPS)

The Singapore Psychological Society does not and has not accredited any offshore psychology programs that are conducted in Singapore. Several local companies have falsely claimed that the Singapore Psychological Society accredits their offshore psychology programs. One such company was asked to publish a Notice of Apology to the SPS for falsely claiming that their offshore psychology programme is accredited by the SPS ( The Straits Times , January 31, 2001, page C25). B: by the Singapore Government

The Government The following are excerpts of a letter written by Dr. John Lim, Director, Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Singapore ("Check Courses before enrolling", The Straits Times, Forum , January 21, 2000) o o

"There is no government authority in Singapore which assesses or grants recognition to degrees" "Foreign institutions offering courses and the institutions' local agents are responsible for all aspects of their programmes. It is advisable for students interested in taking up such courses to find out as much as possible about the courses from the institutions, or agents, before enrolling in them".

Professional bodies in other countries: Some offshore psychology programs offered by Australian universities are fully accredited by the Australian Psychological Society (APS). You should ask the local companies conducting these offshore psychology programs about their APS accreditation status. Please ask the company to show you copies of the APS accreditation letters if they said that their offshore programme is accredited. However, you must make sure that the accreditation is for the offshore psychology programs. In certain cases, the psychology programme completed entirely in Australia is accredited by the APS but the corresponding offshore psychology programme conducted entirely in Singapore is not accredited by the APS. http://www.caps-edu.com/faq.html