
Margaret Soo Boon Yoke
Director
Academic Qualifications
MA Public Administration, International Christian University, Japan
MEd Educational Administration, University of Puget Sound, USA
BA (Hons) English Literature & Linguistics, York University, Canada
Dip TESOL, London Teachers Training College , United Kingdom
Malaysian Institute of Management, MMIM MIM-PSMB Certified Professional Trainer British Council certified IELTS trainer, Malaysia
March 2010 – March 2012
COO, UCSI University Trust – streamlined scholarship granting processes and incorporated the University Trust and registered the Alumni by 2011.
May 2010 – March 2012
Vice President, Group Corporate Affairs – organised UCSI University’s Silver Jubilee Celebration through a series of major events and branding exercises which included the various ETP projects with PEMANDU.
April 2012 – July 2013
Head of Academy/Lecturer, School of Education – helped set up the British Council/IELTS partnership and EEP teaching functions at UCSI University’s east coast campus in Terengganu, taught first year university courses and wrote SOP for the conduct of the EEP at the branch campus.
July – December 2013
Programme Director, CELT – managed and taught Phase I of the Intensive English Proficiency and Teaching Programme for more than 100 selected English teachers, each represented one secondary school in Vietnam.
January 2014 – present
Director, Centre for Languages.