Reclaiming university autonomy
May 17, 2017
UNIVERSITY autonomy is again back on the front burner. Ideas and Yayasan Sime Darby will be hosting next week the National Higher Education Conference 2017 on how to make our universities more autonomous. It is a defining moment for higher education in Malaysia to once again put forward the agenda on a national pedestal, if …
Transnational education – growth at the expense of quality? A @uniworldnews webinar, 24 May 2016
June 1, 2016
On 24 May, I had the opportunity to participate in a highly interactive webinar session hosted by University World News in partnership with DrEducation, LLC. The successful webinar attracted 950 higher education professionals globally. The aim of the webinar is to accomplish three things, which I felt the hosts did. They are to create an …
Predictions for the 2016 international education industry
January 12, 2016
Many factors help shape the landscape of international education every year. The factors can create an impact at all levels of the international higher education industry. Prominent international higher education websites and a key figure, Times Higher Education, THE PIE News and Hans de Wit made their predictions on the trends that will have an …
Some thoughts on “Strengthening the Higher Education Sector in Malaysia”, a JCI (SEA) event
November 12, 2015
I had the opportunity to attend an interesting seminar, organised by Jeffrey Cheah Institute on SouthEast Asia at Sunway University College recently. Titled “Strengthening the Higher Education Sector in Malaysia”, the seminar focused on bringing new issues and perspectives into Malaysian education system by drawing experience and lessons from three countries, with speakers from Australia, Philippines …
Global Student mobility: Insights and implications for your recruitment strategy – a webinar by Dr Rahul Choudaha
Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a webinar on achieving international student enrollment goals given by Dr Rahul Choudaha, the CKO of WES (Chief Knowledge Officer of World Education Services). Organized by IEAA Australia, the 1 hour 20 minutes session saw participants from Australia, Singapore, NZ, HK and Malaysia. I found it both …
Branch campus death knell ‘over-exaggerated’, says offshore provost
August 3, 2015
Overseas branch campus are not becoming weaker or becoming less common, says Professor Christine Ennew, Provost and CEO of the University of Nottingham’s Malaysia Campus. The post Branch campus death knell ‘over-exaggerated’, says offshore provost appeared first on Times Higher Education on 30th July 2015.
Malaysia’s Higher Education Blueprint 2015-2025 – the implementation challenge
In early April, Malaysia announced its Higher Education Blueprint 2015-2025 – a bold statement of how the country’s higher education sector would be transformed over the coming decade. It builds on and complements the Education Blueprint launched in 2013 which in turn had been designed to transform the schooling system. The focus of the Education …
Get a global local education
January 6, 2015
One of the biggest innovations in international higher education in the past 15 years or so has been the growth in international branch campuses. That is not to suggest that branch campuses are new – on the contrary, there is quite a history of universities (mostly private) establishing a presence beyond their home countries. But …
Up Close and Personal!
April 29, 2014
This post is a longer version of an interview with KWBN’s Sean Matthews for the British Council’s ‘Up Close and Personal’ column in the Education Intelligence newsletter. The full interview can be accessed here. EI: What is your favorite conference and why? SM: I realize it’s a bit of a cliché, but I’d say either the last …
Beyond Global Citizenship: Reflections on the U21/KWBN Global Citizenship Workshop
April 2, 2014
‘Global Citizenship’ is a term we come across more and more in relation to university missions or graduate attributes and outcomes, but one which most of us would struggle to define in anything but the broadest terms. If pushed, we would probably describe a Global Citizen as someone with particular qualities of ethical awareness, perhaps …
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