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Evelyn Gan

Manager & Privacy Officer
BBus(Accounting)(SUT), MBus(Research)(SUT), CPA(Aust.)

Policy, Planning and Quality

Office No:+60 82 260 727
Fax No:+60 82 260 833
Room No: A414A
Email: evgan@swinburne.edu.my
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Biography

Evelyn Gan serves as the Manager & Privacy Officer in the Policy, Planning and Quality Unit (PPQ) at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus. She and her team work closely with all units across the university in managing the university’s self-accreditation status, accreditation exercises, policy documents, SETARA, university strategic planning and compliance with regulatory bodies, including MoHE, MQA and the Department of Personal Data Protection.

Evelyn holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and Master of Business (Research) from Swinburne. Her Master’s topic focused on the relationship between leadership styles, job satisfaction and turnover intention. She is an MQA Certified Quality Assurance Officer (first graduating cohort in 2022). She is also a full member of CPA Australia and a Competent Communicator (CC) from Toastmasters International.

Professional Memberships and Certifications

  • Member of CPA Australia
  • Certified Officer in Quality Assurance of Higher Education
  • Competent Communicator, Toastmasters International

Awards and Achievements

  • Highly Commended – Swinburne Sarawak Impact Award for Professional Staff 2023
    Project Title: PPQ Wiki: Your One-Stop Help Centre
  • Highly Commended – Swinburne Sarawak Impact Award for Professional Staff 2023
    Project Title: Self-Accreditation Sustainability: Capacity Building for Self-Accreditation Audits
  • Recipient – Rita R. Hamm IA Excellence Scholarship 2023
  • Winner – Swinburne Sarawak Impact Award for Professional Staff 2022
    Project Title: COPIA Audit 2022 and COVID-19 in Harmony
  • Highly Commended – Vice-Chancellor’s One Swinburne Award 2021
    Project Title: Unstoppable Quality: Blended Audit in the midst of COVID-19
  • Winner – Swinburne Sarawak Impact Award for Professional Staff 2021
    Project Title: Refreshed CMON with Impact

Recent Media

Publications

  • Conference Paper: Towards Inclusive Higher Education: A Review Paper
    Gan, E., & Chang, I.H.C. (2023, November). Towards Inclusive Higher Education: A Review Paper. Full paper presented at the MQA International Conference 2023, Hilton Kota Kinabalu.
  • Conference Paper: Navigating leadership and sustaining higher education amid the COVID-19 crisis
    Gan, E, Sim, J.P.T., & Chang, I.H.C. (2022, August). Navigating leadership and sustaining higher education amid the COVID-19 crisis. Abstract presented at the meeting of ASEAN Quality Assurance Conference (AQAC) 2022, Online.
    https://university.sunway.edu.my/sites/default/files/magazine/Proceedings-of-the-ASEAN-Quality-Assurance-Conference-2022.pdf
  • Conference Paper: Gan, E., Sim, J.P.T., & Chang, I.H.C. (2021, December). Hybrid Programme Accreditation Experience Amid Covid-19 Pandemic. Abstract presented at the meeting of ASEAN Quality Assurance Forum, Online (not formally published).
  • Conference Paper: Gan, E. & Voon, M.L. 2021, ‘The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Job Satisfaction and Employee Turnover Intentions: A Conceptual Review’, SHS Web of Conferences (ISI proceedings), International Conference on Management, Education, Social Science & Humanities 2021,
    https://www.shs-conferences.org/articles/shsconf/abs/2021/35/shsconf_icmesh2020_08005/shsconf_icmesh2020_08005.html (published online: 15 November 2021).
  • Conference Paper: Gan, E. 2021, ‘Roles of Leadership and Non-Academic Staff in Providing Quality Higher Education: A Review Paper’, Proceedings of the Seminar on Internal-External Quality Assurance (SieQA) 2021, Sunway Academic Report (SAR 2021 0001), eISBN: 978-967-5492- 56-3, https://university.sunway.edu.my/periodicals/academic-reports