MALAYSIAN PUBLIC
UNIVERSITY: PRODUCING
GLOBAL INTELLECTUALS
AND RANKING
Emeritus Prof. Dato’ Dr. Hassan
Said
Vice Chancellor
Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)
Konvensyen Akademik Kebangsaan Universiti Awam Malaysia (KAKUAM)
AKEPT, 19 – 20 September2016
UNIVERSITY – Key Areas
• Vision, Mission, Governance and Leadership
• Quality Learning & Impactful Research
• Recognition & Accreditation
• Employable graduates
• Holistic Education – The education of the head, hands
and heart
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS OF A UNIVERSITY……
- Vision and Mission – futuristic, strategic and clarity
- Governance – shared governance & accountability
- Quality Staff and Students
- Impactful learning and research
- Financial sustainability
- Global visibility – recognition, ranking
- Transformative leadership
Teamwork
UNIVERSITY IN 2020
Accessibility
- Greater demand for higher education
- The cost of higher education is higher than inflation
- Technology to play greater roles
Student Learning Experience
- Collaborative, distance and face to face
- Narrowing the gap of theory and practice, such as PBL
- Individualised learning support
- Global learning
UNIVERSITY IN 2020
Change Management
- New Thinking and Managing Risks
- Funding Mechanism
Managing Data & Information
- Data is powerful “weapon” for information
- Managing data for improvement
Global Talents
- Diverse and mobile
- Technology will bring global talents nearer
UNIVERSITY IN 2020
University and Social Responsibility
- University and Community
- Ethics and Values
University and Industry
- New industries born in universities
- The return of the “sandwich” programmes (2u2i etc)
Employability
- Entrepreneurship
- The emerging of new jobs
CHALLENGES – Malaysian Public University
• Accessibility and Equity
• Regulatory framework
• Ranking and Rating
• GE & GoT
• Managing reduced revenue and budget
• University Leadership
CHALLENGES – Going Global
• Intellectual capability
- academic staff, contribution to society
• Graduates
- international acceptance, assets to employers
• International Outlook
• Branding and Profiling the university
• Ranking
GLOBAL INTELLECTUALS
• Engage in critical study, thought and reflection about
reality of society
• Not tied to institution but to the world
• Ability to create change to the global community at large
• Having these skill sets: impactful research, global
networking, leadership, managing change, futuristic
• Magnets to the global young academics
GLOBAL RANKING
• Important for international benchmarking
• Catalyst for partnership with renowned universities
• Branding & marketing
• Attract talents
• Need to manage global perception
GOING GLOBAL – Are We Ready?
Yes, but need to fill up the following gaps:
- Strategic development plans for our intellectuals
- Empowerment and diversity for creativity
- International networking
- Leadership
- Human governance
WAY FORWARD
• Review our systems and process for the operational
excellence
• Hiring and developing good talents
• International outlook
• Strategic partnership with top universities
• Sufficient funding to support high level research
CONCLUSION
• Better utilisation of the many talented assets in UA
• Improve the shared governance
• The importance of internationalisation agenda
• Better branding and profiling of the institution
• Strategic succession planning initiatives
• Financial sustainability
TERIMA KASIH
