Kevin is currently the Associate Dean, Accreditation & Curriculum Enhancement for the Faculty of Business, Design & Arts (FBDA). He leads the faculty’s accreditation and course management initiatives. His role in the development of the Diploma of Digital Media Design culminated in being recognized with the inaugural 2023 Swinburne Vice-Chancellor’s Fail Forward Award. Previously serving as the Academic Coordinator and Discipline Leader for Accounting and Finance courses, he obtained both his Bachelor of Business in Accounting and Master of Management from Swinburne.
He is also a prominent figure in the development of debate in the local community, playing many roles over the years as a regular participant, adjudicator, event organiser, and debate trainer. Currently serving as the Faculty Advisor to the Swinburne Debaters’ Club, his role in establishing the now Swinburne Sarawak Interschool Debating Championship led to receiving a high commendation from the Swinburne Vice Chancellor’s 2016 Community Engagement Award. Kevin was formerly a Finance and Audit Executive at a trading and distribution company, contributing toward the firm’s in accounting, marketing, human resources, and management business functions.
Kevin has taught in the fields of Accounting, Business, and Management at the Faculty of Business, Design, and Arts, SUTS. Though he has covered subjects relevant to Accounting and Management, he mainly manages Innovative Business Practice, a multidisciplinary DNA unit to the business courses, with emphasis on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development, as a pre-cursor to the undergraduate Capstone units/projects.
Building the Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow by Kevin Tan, New Sarawak Tribune, 17 November 2023.
Available at: https://www.newsarawaktribune.com.my/building-the-entrepreneurs-of-tomorrow
Prioritising well-being in future workplace by Dr Agnes Lim, Kevin Tan and Su Sueh Ing, The Borneo Post, 13 September 2023.
Available at: https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-borneo-post/20230913/281805698523222
Emotional intelligence: much more than just your feelings by Kevin Tan Tee Liang, The Borneo Post, 11 December 2019.
Available at: https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/12/11/emotional-intelligence-much-more-than-just-your-feelings/
Journal Article: Wong, T.A., Tan, K.T.L., Darmaraj, S.R., Loo, J.T.K., and Ng, A.H.H. (2024). Social Capital Development in Online Education and its Impact on Academic Performance and Satisfaction. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, ahead-of-print, Available at: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/HESWBL-12-2023-0332/full/html
Conference Proceedings: Loo, J.T.K., Quah, H.C. Darmaraj, S.R., Tan, K.T.L., and Ramakrishnan, S. (2024). Factors Impact on Private Institution Nursing Students’ Perception and Satisfaction of the Clinical Learning Environment in Northern Region of Malaysia. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Research in Management and Technovation, Springer, pp.253-262. Available at https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/factors-impact-on-private-institution-nursing-students-perceptio/27005296
