The Centre for Student Affairs (CSA) organised a half-day Quality Awareness Campaign on 10 August 2005 at the Main Campus. Seven CSA staff were briefed on the basics of Quality Management Precepts by Prof Dr Nirwan Idrus from the Unit for Quality Management of CQMRI. The session was followed by discussions on various implementation action plan and the next course of actions in implementing the quality programmes in the department for the next one and- a-half year.

CSA plans to obtain ISO 9001:2000 certifications by the third quarter of 2006. According to its plans, CSA will develop all the required documentations by the end of this year, after which it gives the staff six months to fully implement the set processes and procedures until June 2006. The auditors may be invited to take a look at the systems by July 2006.

As a follow-up to the inaugural workshop for the University learning centres, property management and student affairs departments that was held at OUM Regional Learning Centre in Seremban , Negeri Sembilan on 5 July 2005, the workshop was very useful and timely as it sets the tone for introducing and implementing quality management in CSA while at the same time addressing issues and concerns.