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16 March 2023

The Astounding Success of The First CALOHEA National Meeting at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember

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Patitin Lertnaikiat, AUN Programme Officer
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.
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4 January 2023

Special AUN-QA Feature: The AUN Executive Director Announces Line-up for 2023 at the 311th AUN-QA PA at Ton Duc Thang University

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Patitin Lertnaikiat, AUN Programme Officer
AUN Secretariat Executive Director, Dr. Choltis Dhirathiti, announced key projects for AUN at the 311th AUN-QA Programme Assessment at Ton Duc Thang University. 2023 will be an exciting year for AUN and ASEAN Higher Education as the wheels once again start turning in full motion after the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and shifting up another gear with plenty of high impact projects lined up throughout the year.
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29 September 2022

13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting and 37th AUN-BOT Meeting successfully held in Vientiane, Lao PDR

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Chanya Chinsukserm, AUN Programme Officer
The 37th ASEAN University Network Board of Trustees Meeting and the 13th ASEAN University Network Rectors’ Meeting, hosted by the National University of Laos and co-hosted by AUN Secretariat, were held on 27 - 28 September 2022 in Vientiane, Laos PDR. During the 13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting, 11 Presidents, Rectors, Vice Chancellors, and more than 50 representatives from 28 AUN Member Universities across 10 ASEAN Countries participated in the Meeting to discuss and share their good practices, analyses, initiatives, and recommendations on AUN-related projects, programs, and activities.
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11 August 2022

AUN-QA’s Official Meetings in Viet Nam Series #1: Ministry of Education and Training

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Chanya Chinsukserm, AUN Programme Officer
On the morning of 20 July 2022, the official meeting was held between the AUN-QA team led by Dr. Choltis Dhirathiti, the Executive Director of the AUN, and the guest of honour – Assoc. Prof. Hoang Minh Son, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education and Training, alongside the representatives from Higher Education Department and Viet Nam Education Management Agency (VQA) under the Ministry.
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4 August 2022

AUN-QA’s meetings with stakeholders: Exploring current QA prospects in Viet Nam

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Chanya Chinsukserm, AUN Programme Officer
As the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) issued the Decision on recognising quality assurance activities of the AUN-QA in Vietnam, the AUN-QA has taken the opportunity to organise official on-site meetings with stakeholder organisations and partnered universities in Vietnam during 17 - 22 July 2022. The objective of this visit was to discuss the prospects of QA direction, share recent updates on QA development in the ASEAN region, and discuss further on possible collaboration in Viet Nam.
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30 June 2022

Announcing ASEAN Representatives for 2022 ASEAN-Korea Youth Summit!

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Noppanun Sookping, AUN Programme Officer
The application process for 2022 ASEAN-Korea Youth Summit has been closed! Thank you so much for the overwhelming interest and support for this huge platform to connect young talents and representatives from Korea and the ASEAN region. You can find the listing of successful ASEAN representatives to this year's Summit here.
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18 May 2022

AUN-QA and MyQAN connect in promoting Higher Education quality assurance in Malaysia

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Noppanun Sookping, AUN Programme Officer
AUN-QA, in collaboration with MyQAN, organised “AUN-QA An Introduction of Potentials and Prospects” virtually on 12 May 2022, 9.00-10.30 AM (GMT+7). The event garnered 61 attendees from MyQAN Member universities, public and private universities in Malaysia.
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10 March 2023

13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting: Data, a Powerful Enabler of Research and Innovation, and the Data Infrastructure of NUS

Data is a powerful enabler that serves to drive new insights, innovate, and bring forth new knowledge. It is a highly valuable resource that institutions should not neglect in proper safekeeping. But how does one keep data securely and effectively utilize it? Dr. Taizan Chan, Chief Data Officer of National University of Singapore, is here to explain how their data infrastructure answers this question.
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2 March 2023

13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting: The Developed Data Strategies by Viet Nam National University, Hanoi through the Implementation of a Quality Assurance Portal

At the 13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting, Dr. Nghiem Xuan Huy, Director of the Institute for Education Quality Assurance (INFEQA) of Viet Nam National University, Hanoi (VNU Hanoi), presented data strategies to utilize data to its maximum extent and boost its ability to complete high-impact missions. Because of the exponential growth in the magnitude of data, INFEQA developed the VNU Quality Assurance Portal to manage the quality assurance data and university ranking processes for VNU Hanoi and its member universities.
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24 February 2023

13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting: High Impact Achievements and the Four Data Strategies of Universiti Sains Malaysia

Data is constantly scaling up in the world at every passing moment. Everyday there is more data and at a rapidly growing rate. Keeping track of it all is a challenging endeavor, but Universiti Sains Malaysia has Four Data Strategies that helps overcome this challenge. At the 13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting, Prof. Dr. Narimah Samat highlighted impressive high impact achievements of USM and shared valuable knowledge on Data Strategies.
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16 February 2023

The Third Agenda from the 13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting: Data Strategies and the Achievements of High-Impact University Missions

Since the rise to prominence of the internet, ‘data’ is the big word everyone has been talking about, and the 13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting did not miss out on it as well! In this week’s coverage of the 13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting, we invite you to our third agenda, “Data Strategies and the Achievements of High-Impact University Missions,” where distinguished representatives from member universities shared how they are using data strategies to achieve high-impact university missions.
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10 February 2023

13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting: How Chulalongkorn University is Evolving with the Future of ASEAN Higher Education Heading Towards Interdisciplinarity

The days of the past where education is solely focused in a single discipline are soon to be phased out of today’s curriculums. Prof. Bundhit Eua-arporn, Ph.D., President of Chulalongkorn University (CU), presented how the future ASEAN Higher Education will be heading towards interdisciplinarity and shared how CU has been developing their vast network of education institutions. With a strong and wide network along with interdisciplinary education, CU is fully capable of preparing future generations towards a world of professional work that no longer desires graduates of a single discipline, but one with jobs that require a wide variety of skills.
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2 February 2023

13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting: Four Unique Interdisciplinary Approaches through Universiti Malaya’s Lens

At the 13th Rector’s Meeting, Prof. Dato’ Ir. Dr. Mohd Hamdi Abd Shuko, Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaya (UM), introduced UM’s interdisciplinary approaches through four different directions: Academic Programmes, Research, Industry Engagement and New Rationalisation Entity with the goal of redefining problems outside of traditional boundaries and reaching solutions based on a new understanding of a complex world.