👤 Dr Aruna Ranasinghe
Director | Associate Professor | International Academic Quality Assurance Professional | TNE & International Partnerships Specialist
Dr Ranasinghe’s professional portfolio provides IHEART with a particularly strong perspective across the international higher education lifecycle.
His experience encompasses:
- TNE Partnership Approval — International partnership evaluation and approval.
- International Academic Quality Assurance — Quality assurance across different higher education contexts.
- External Examining — Independent scrutiny of academic standards and assessment.
- Standards Verification — Assurance of consistency and academic standards.
- Programme Review — Evaluation of higher education programmes and academic management.
- Academic Management — Review of institutional academic processes and practices.
- International Partnerships — Supporting robust and quality-assured international collaboration.
📄 Current & Recent Professional Engagements
External Panel Member — TNE Partnerships
De Montfort University | March 2024 – Present
Dr Ranasinghe serves as an External Panel Member for Transnational Education (TNE) Partnerships, contributing to institutional approval and evaluation processes for international higher education collaborations.
His panel experience includes participation in TNE partnership approval activity involving:
- Global MBA — Vietnam
- Offshore Campus Approval — Cambodia
This experience provides valuable insight into the evaluation of international partnership proposals, academic standards, institutional capability, governance, quality assurance and TNE delivery arrangements.
His involvement strengthens IHEART’s expertise in helping institutions develop international partnerships that are strategically aligned, academically robust and appropriately quality assured.
His professional experience spans universities, international higher education partnerships and major awarding and qualifications organisations. She brings a strong combination of academic leadership, quality assurance expertise, external review experience and international higher education practice to IHEART.
🔬 Contribution to IHEART
At IHEART, Dr Ranasinghe contributes specialist expertise to projects involving:
- International partnership development
- TNE feasibility and implementation
- International partner due diligence
- Partnership approval and review
- Academic quality assurance
- External examining
- Programme development
- Programme approval
- Assessment and academic standards
- Accreditation preparation
- Quality enhancement
- Institutional review
- International academic collaboration
His experience across university-level TNE partnership approval and awarding-organisation quality assurance provides IHEART with an important bridge between institutional strategy, academic standards and international delivery.
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