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ATN International Working Group meeting at 2006 ATN Conference

With almost 25 percent of the nation’s international student population choosing to study at an ATN University, the ATN International Working Group is focussed on:

• sharing of quantitative and qualitative information relevant to international student recruitment for benchmarking purposes
• policy development in a national context
• advocacy within and outside the ATN on matters related to international students
• resource sharing on projects to minimize costs to individual universities
• sharing of expertise (market, technological etc) as appropriate

Convenor:
Dr Madeline Reeve– PVC International & Development (RMIT)

 

Projects:

Network of Malaysian Technical Universities visits ATN

Representatives from the newly established Network of Malaysian Technical Universities visited the ATN in September.

Universities represented were:

Kolej Universiti Teknical Kebangsaan Malaysia (KUTKM)
Kolej Universiti Tun Hussin Onn (KUITTHO)
Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan Utara Malaysia (KUKUM) and
Kolej University Kejuruteraan dan Teknologi Malaysia (KUKTEM)

The four universities are public universities established in the last five years, offering academic programmes specialising in specific areas of knowledge at diploma to PhD level.

The visit was designed to familiarise the Malaysian Rectors with ATN roles, functions and challenges, and, in particular, examine how the ATN forges partnerships with industry and the professions to ensure our graduates are job ready with practical experience in the field.

The Rectors visited RMIT, UTS and UniSA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From left to right:
- Tuan Haji Rusli Haji Abd. Hamid - Registrar, KUKUM
- Datuk Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah - Deputy Rector (Research and Commercialization/ Innovation), KUTKM
- Datuk Prof. Ismail Hassan - Rector, KUTKM
- Ms Vicki Thomson - Director, ATN
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraidah Mohd Zain - Dean, Academic & International Management, KUKUM
- Prof. Dr. Hj. Ismail  Hj. Bakar - Rector, KUITTHO
- Prof. Dr. Mohamed Said Mat Lela - Rector, KUKTEM
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sulaiman  Hj. Hasan - Director, Centre for Corporate and International Relation - KUITTHO
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rosli Abu Bakar - Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - KUKTEM

MOU with International Strategic Technology Alliance (ISTA)

In a landmark move, the five universities of the Australian Technology Network (ATN) have signed an agreement with the Chinese based International Strategic Technology Alliance (ISTA).

ISTA is an international collaboration and partnership among 22 tertiary education institutions in fostering applied research and development, technology transfer and commercialisation. Only 3 of its members are external to China.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATN and ISTA representatives at the signing ceremony.

From left to right:
Mr Alexander Tzang, Honorary Founding Chairman of ISTA, Deputy President, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor Denise Bradley AO, Chair, Australian Technology Network
Dr Lui Sun-Wing, ISTA Chairman, Vice President (Partnership Development), Hong Kong Polytechnic University