The frontline staff of AUN Secretariat have recently undergone the Basic Life Support Training, showing AUN's unwavering commitment to ensuring the health and well-being of students amidst increasing mobility programs and the potential risks that come with them. From emergency first aid to basic CPR and AED usage, the training equips staff with life-saving skills that can make all the difference in times of crisis.

How do you imagine your future city? What does it look like? In Singapore, the vision of a tech-enabled city is now coming to life, with technology as the force behind the improvement of everyday life and the younger generations now equipped with the necessary skill sets for the digitalised era. ASEAN Experiential Learning Programme (AELP) 2023 is delighted to invite students from AUN Member Universities to experience this vision of the future city in Singapore from 18-24 June 2023.

Prince of Songkla University (PSU), in collaboration with the Institute of Software Engineering Improvement and Quality Management (ISEM) and the AUN Secretariat, successfully organized a three-day workshop on "Quality Standardization in University's ICT System and Management" at PSU, Phuket Campus, Thailand, from 21 - 23 March 2023. Participants in the workshop included vice-presidents, university top IT administrators, and IT experts from 22 AUN Member and Associate Member Universities from 8 ASEAN countries.

The AUN-QA team continues marching on with three more programme assessments before the arrival of April. On-site visits were conducted for the 322nd PA at Vietnam National University and the 323rd PA at University of the Immaculate Conception along with a rescheduled online/remote site visit for the 313th PA at Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa.

NEAS Australia's Introduction Meeting garnered interest from nearly 50 participants from 15 universities across the ASEAN region. The meeting served as an informative platform for ELT institutions or departments to learn more about NEAS Australia's quality assurance services, highlighting the importance of multilateral cooperation in pursuit of educational excellence. The meeting ended on a positive notes with the possibility to enhance the quality of ELT professionals in the region.

A tour de force at the 2nd CALHOEA National Meeting at Chulalongkorn University! Professionals, students, and academics gathered to share and reflect on the local context for the 3RMS Development. Distinguished speakers, Assoc. Prof. Sarithdej Pathanasethpong, the Vice President of Thailand's Council of Engineers, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Montree Yamkasikorn, Senior Advisor of the Secretariat Office of the Teachers' Council of Thailand, also provided insightful policy dialogue sessions with participants.

Real examples are great for enhancing the learning process of a training workshop. Which is why the AUN-QA has prepared a special two for one package for participants of the 12th Assessor Training Workshop for AUN-QA Programme Assessment, co-hosted by De La Salle University on 16 to 22 March, 2023. Along with the workshop also came the 244th AUN-QA Programme Assessment at DLSU where all participants had the opportunity to observe the process of an actual programme assessment!

This is an official announcement from the AUN/SEED-Net regarding the website being merged with the AUN Secretariat website! Read on for further details on how to stay up to date with the latest news and information from AUN/SEED-Net. The AUN/SEED-Net team highly appreciates your continuous support!

The CALOHEA Project has taken a major leap towards its goal of enhancing mobility and internationalization in Universities in Asia with the first National Meeting on 2 -3 March, 2023, at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia. This two-day event of knowledge sharing, open discussion, and a workshop is another step towards bringing Higher Education in SEA into a common space and enhancing mobility between SEA countries and even to other regions by implementing the 3 Core Recognition Mechanisms (RM3) into SEA Universities.