How Korean colleges can internationalise their campuses to survive(2)

How Korean universities can internationalise their campuses to survive

In his book "Internationalisation of the Campus: The case of two major Korean private universities", he noted that internationalisation was a complex and comprehensive procedure involving many different stakeholders and offices, and huge financial resources.

"Such complex characteristics can cause uncertainty and disintegration within an institution. Successful results require a wellwoven strategic plan, which can save time, capital and energy. It can also lead the institution's internationalisation efforts in the right direction," he added.

How Korean colleges can internationalise their campuses to survive(1)

How Korean universities can internationalise their campuses to survive

Korean higher education institutions are facing serious challenges, such as difficulty in filling government's annual freshman quotas. There is also the great imbalance between the number of foreign students coming to study in Korea and the number of Korean students going overseas. 

With the opening of the Korean education market, they now need to internationalise their campuses for future survival, according to Mr Insoo Cho, Director of Administration & Strategic Planning at Yonsei University. 

City U students' business plans clinch top international awards(2)

City U students' business plans to market fish technology win top international awards

The three students - from the departments of marketing, manufacturing engineering and engineering management, and accountancy - formulated their business plan by drawing on their interdisciplinary knowledge, experience and learning to design a conceptual framework for manufacturers of food and healthcare products. 

The CityU team beat more than 250 undergraduate teams to win the Hong Kong competition of the HSBC Young Entrepreneur Awards in April 2010, and a few months later secured the Best of the Best Award at the HSBC Young Entrepreneur Regional Awards in Malaysia, beating more than 1,000 teams from Bangladesh, Brunei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. In addition, two of the team members came in third with a similar proposal in the 5th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition organised by Singapore Management University last July, competing with over 800 tertiary students from 40 countries.

City U students' business plans clinch top international awards(1)

City U students' business plans to market fish technology win top international awards

Hong Kong: Three students from different faculties at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have created an award winning business plan aimed at marketing transgenic fish technology developed by scientists at CityU. The technology detects estrogen disruptors in food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and plastics in an efficient, cost-effective way. 

Estrogen disruptors are substances that interfere with the hormonal system in the body, a growing concern worldwide. The CityU researchers had found that their new testing mechanism was around 60% more efficient compared to existing chemical tests.

50 Indonesian universities first to go for QS Stars rating(2)

50 Indonesian universities first to sign up for QS Stars rating

The QS Stars system is based on a rating method, which measures university performance against preset thresholds for a more thorough evaluation of each participating institution. It awards up to a maximum of five Stars. 

Of the 50 Indonesian universities that have signed up, 17 have received an institutional report that details their results as measured by a comprehensive QS proprietary analysis. The rest will receive their reports by the middle of this year.

50 Indonesian universities first to go for QS Stars rating(1)

50 Indonesian universities first to sign up for QS Stars rating

A good number of Indonesian universities show their pioneering spirit by being among the first to register for the new QS Stars rating system. 

University rankings have their limitations since they often provide an oversimplified view of institutional strengths. As specialist strengths of a university are often overlooked, rankings are usually biased towards fully comprehensive institutions.

KFUPM, Stanford and Saudi Aramco to cooperate on research(2)

KFUPM, Stanford and Saudi Aramco to collaborate on research in petroleum engineering and geosciences

"This new strategic partnership provides our faculty and students with yet another vehicle to share best practices in education and to engage in collaborative research that is closely aligned with the interests of Saudi Aramco and the kingdom," said KFUPM Rector Dr Khaled S. Al-Sultan. 

The university-industry partnership will involve the exchange of faculty, graduate students and researchers through sabbaticals, workshops, lecture series, continuing professional education and short courses.

KFUPM, Stanford and Saudi Aramco to cooperate on research(1)

KFUPM, Stanford and Saudi Aramco to collaborate on research in petroleum engineering and geosciences

KFUPM, Stanford and Saudi Aramco to collaborate on research in petroleum engineering and geosciences Saudi Arabia: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Stanford University and Saudi Aramco have entered into a trilateral strategic partnership in education and research in petroleum engineering and geosciences.

They will establish sustainable research and development programs in selected areas of the upstream oil and gas industry. Joint workshops were conducted to define the scope of work and these had identified key areas and outlined the best framework for collaboration.

UPM student clinches international architecture competition(2)

UPM student wins international architecture competition in building design

Ramadan's design intrigued the jury because of its futuristic concept and application of green technology with design to ensure a quality working environment that helps to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse effects. 

Although most architecture students are bound to scientific principles that might limit their creativity, Ramadan revealed that he initially designed with aesthetic values in mind before modifying his proposal according to scientific standards to show the design realistically.

UPM student clinches international architecture competition(1)

UPM student wins international architecture competition in building design

A former student of the Faculty of Design and Architecture at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Mohd Ramadan Shahabudin, has clinched an award in the Metal & Glass category (student) for the design of buildings at the SAIE Selection 10, an international competition open to young designers working on the theme of sustainability with innovative solutions, materials and technologies. 

Out of 36 participants, he was the only Asian representative in this prestigious competition dominated by European countries, including host Italy, Denmark, Poland, Romania and Ireland.

Aalto and Nagoya University accomplish world’s first in thin-film technology(2)

Aalto and Nagoya University achieve world’s first in thin-film technology 

The new method involves growing the nanotubes in atmospheric pressure gas and collecting them with a filter. The resulting thin film is then transferred from the filter onto plastic, which provides a very clean film of uniform quality in just a few seconds. 

This process is being developed as a technology for high-speed roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing. The research was financed by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO), Japan and Aalto University's Multidisciplinary Institute of Digitalisation and Energy (MIDE) research programme.

Aalto and Nagoya University accomplish world’s first in thin-film technology(1)

Aalto and Nagoya University achieve world’s first in thin-film technology 

Prof Yutaka Ohno from Nagoya University in Japan and Prof Esko I. Kauppinen from Aalto University of Finland and their research team have developed a fast and simple method of producing high-performance thin-film transistors on plastic substrate. 

The inventors believe that the technology for producing semiconducting carbon nanotube plastic substrates will make it possible to manufacture flexible electronic products, such as electronic paper, at a low cost. 

They used the new technology to produce the world’s first sequential logic circuits based on carbon nanotubes. Light and flexible devices such as flexible mobile phones and e-paper require flexible electronic components that can be manufactured inexpensively and quickly on a plastic substrate.

Former TMU President appointed Taiwan's new Minister of Health(2)

Former Taipei Medical University President becomes Taiwan's new Minister of Health

At the same time, he also served as Superintendent of Shuang Ho Hospital and as a professor in TMU's College of Medicine and College of Public Health and Nutrition. In addition, he was Superintendent of Wan Fang Hospital, Chief of Neurosurgery, Director of the Biomedical Informatics Center and Dean of the School of Public Health. 

As the new Health Minister, Dr Chiu will focus on the second-generation health plan, which was passed as an amendment to the National Health Insurance Act by the legislature in January 2011.