2024
ThinkTNE Forum 2024
ThinkTNE Forum 2024 is the British Council East Asia’s flagship event focusing on quality and excellence in transnational education. Leading education experts in the UK and East Asia will be engaged to discuss top priorities and challenges in the development and delivery of TNE.
This year’s theme Progressive Partnerships in Transnational Education follows on from the discussion at Going Global Conference 2022 and aims to continue to explore how we can encourage a move from purely ‘teaching franchises’ to institutional collaborations that progresses with ambitions and visions for students, academics and TNE management in-country.
This one-day forum will be held in-person at Sunway Resort Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Poster Showcase: The ower of Action in TNE
Showcase your Innovative Collaborations and Innovations
All ThinkTNE participants are invited to share your success stories via poster showcase which would be displayed at the ThinkTNE Forum 2024. The Posters offer a unique opportunity for UK-EA TNE providers to present your journey in developing successful TNE partnerships, and the innovations which you have applied to grow and sustain the partnerships.
The Poster Showcase should address one of the following three distinct themes:
- Journey to establishing successful Transnational Education.
- Best practices in TNE operations and management (for example student/academic engagement, industry involvement, professional support staff development, etcetera).
- Innovation beyond teaching collaborations in Transnational Education.
If you are interested to present your TNE case study, please submit your abstract to be considered for the Poster Presentation at ThinkTNE Forum 2024 by 19 January 2024.
Submit abstract for Poster Showcase
Experiential Learning and Competency-Based Education Landscape (EXCEL) Workshop
23 January 2024 - 9am to 10.35am GMT
Online: Microsoft Teams
Dr. Wan Zuhainis, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
This workshop is designed for educators, trainers, and anyone interested in exploring and implementing innovative teaching and learning approaches that focus on creating the transferable skills and competencies that are essential to success in higher education.
Please email Tracy Branagan if you require any further information.
Inaugural Trilateral Innovation Partnership Conference
Dates: Thursday 22 February to Friday 23 February 2024
Location: Eden Hall Singapore
Endorsed by UK FCDO Department of Business and Trade – Education and the British High Commission Singapore Science and Innovation Network.
This conference is a pivotal platform at the nexus of academia, government, and industry, aiming to facilitate collaboration and Innovation across critical sectors such as research, sustainability, and business/industry. The overarching objective is to forge meaningful relationships and interactions between the ASEAN region and the United Kingdom while concurrently showcasing the educational excellence of the UK within this dynamic context.
For further information and to confirm your attendance, please contact Karen Tan at Coventry University before January 26 2024.
British Council East Asia Education Week 2024
Dates: Monday 26 February to Thursday 29 February 2024
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Find out more about British Council East Asia Education Week 2024.
East Asia Agent Conference
Date: 6 February 2024, 8.30am to 6.30pm MYT
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This hybrid conference will help student recruitment agents in East Asia to boost their industry knowledge and support their professional development. It will also be an opportunity for these agencies to build a new network of inter-regional collaborations in student recruitment.
UK institutions are invited to participate and benefit from:
- gaining the latest regional trends in international student recruitment
- understanding East Asian students’ expectations and perceptions of overseas studies
- learning from industry practitioners through case studies and successful ideas
- acquiring valuable insights on how to market Gen Z and Gen Alpha in the region
- networking with university colleagues and local agents
Find out more about the East Asia Agent Conference.
Think TNE and Poster Showcase
Date: 27 February 2024, 8am to 5.30pm MYT
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Think TNE Forum is the British Council's flagship for transnational education in East Asia, where leading education experts from the UK and East Asia will discuss top priorities and challenges in the development and delivery of TNE.
This year’s theme is Progressive Partnerships in Transnational Education and the aims are to continue to explore how we can encourage a move from purely ‘teaching franchises’ to institutional collaborations that progress with ambitions and visions for students, academics and TNE management in-country.
This one-day forum will be held in-person at Sunway Resort Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Details and poster submission
Poster Showcase: The Power of Action in TNE - Showcase your Innovative Collaborations and Innovations
Think TNE Forum participants are invited to share their success stories via a poster showcase, which will be displayed at the Think TNE Forum 2024. The Posters will offer a unique opportunity for UK-EA TNE providers to present their journey in developing successful TNE partnerships, and the innovative ways they have grown and sustained partnerships.
The Poster Showcase can address one of the following three distinct themes.
- Journey to establishing successful transnational education.
- Best practices in TNE operations and management (for example student or academic engagement, industry involvement, professional support staff development).
- Innovation beyond teaching collaborations in transnational education.
If you are interested in presenting your TNE case study, please fill out the Think TNE Forum 2024 Poster Showcase Abstract submission form by 19 January 2024.
UK-Malaysia Higher Education Roundtable and Partnership Showcase
Date: 28 February 2024, 9am to 5pm
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Themed reinvigorating partnerships and building ambition, the UK-Malaysia Higher Education Roundtable aims to:
- highlight the achievement and examine the challenges of higher education collaborations through the years across teaching and learning, mobility and research excellence
- examine the ambition and appetite to reinvigorate partnerships and accelerate impact in tandem with regional and global developments
- explore the roles of diverse stakeholders and innovative mechanisms such as the UK-Malaysia University Consortium in developing and sustaining UK-Malaysia collaborations
- recommend an action plan which is underpinned by the UK-Malaysia Memorandum of Understanding in Higher Education
The roundtable will feature world café discussions, a partnership showcase and thematic panel sessions. This one-day event takes place at the Sunway Resort Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Find out more about the UK-Malaysia Higher Education Roundtable and Partnership Showcase.
Study UK Alumni Awards
Date: 29 February 2024, 5 to 10pm
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Study UK Alumni Awards is a flagship event that celebrates the significant impact outstanding Malaysian UK alumni have made on their professions and societies. The awards will celebrate alumni, from professionals and entrepreneurs to artists and community leaders, across four broad categories.
- Science and sustainability.
- Business and innovation.
- Culture and creativity.
- Social action.
The sixth edition of the Malaysian Study UK Alumni Awards will be held as a gala dinner celebration at the W Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
Bringing together outstanding UK Alumni from different industries, diverse stakeholders from public and corporate sectors, as well as university representatives, this is an opportunity to meet, network and celebrate with UK Alumni from your institution who are making a difference in Malaysia.
2023
Student Employability in 2023 Workshop
13 November 2023
Led by Amy Carpenter, University of Suffolk
Delivery: Microsoft Teams
Register and find out more about the Student Employability in 2023 Workshop.
Applied Robotics Live Webinar
29 November 2023
Led by Dr Frederic Bezombes, LJMU
Delivery: Microsoft Teams
Please email Tracy Branagan if you require any further information.
Global Mobility and Employability for Health Professionals Train the Trainer Workshop
30 November 2023 - 08:30 to 17:30 (MY)
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A full day of plenary and interactive sessions on developing, embedding and teaching employability and global mobility skills, knowledge and attributes.
Please complete this form to express your interest to attend the workshop.
For more information email Professor Kamalan Jeevaratnam, University of Surrey.
Going Global 2023: The conference for leaders of international education
Dates: Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 November 2023
Location: Edinburgh, UK
British Council Going Global 2023 website
The 2nd International Conference on Data Science and Emerging Technologies (DaSET 2023)
Theme: Towards Green Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Computing
Dates: 4 and 5 December 2023
Location: Microsoft Teams
DaSET 2023 website
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MCSA): Research Matchmaking Workshop
25 October 2023 - 9 to 10.35am GMT
Online: Microsoft Teams
Led by Prof. Jin Wang, LJMU.
The aim of this workshop is to share our experiences of EU funding applications/processes and to facilitate joint applications between members to HORIZON Europe MCSA programmes, in alignment with shared priorities for the UK and Malaysia.
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The Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Systems in Production Engineering and Maintenance ISPEM 2023
Date: Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 September 2023
Location: Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Conference Website
Restricted funding call
UK-Malaysia Partnership Grant for Student Mobility
Building on the learnings and success of the UK-Malaysia University Consortium’s inaugural Student Conference themed “Intercultural Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Equality in Higher Education”, the British Council is delighted to publish a restricted grant call for UK and Malaysia higher education institutions who are members of the Consortium to submit joint proposals in response to the UK-Malaysia Going Global Partnerships Grant for Student Mobility 2023.
Online summer school UK-Malaysia Network4training&research
Date: Monday 10 July 2023 at 8am (BST) until Friday 14 July 2023
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams
UK Malaysia University Consortium: Inaugural Student Conference
Intercultural Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Equality in Higher Education
Dates: Monday 17 to Friday 21 July 2023
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Inaugural Student Conference
International Conference on Creative Technology (ICCT 2023)
Date: Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 July 2023
Location: Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep (RMUTK), Thailand
Conference Website
British Malaysia Chamber of Commerce 4th Business Excellence Awards and 60th Anniversary Gala Dinner
Date: Saturday 8 June 2023
Location: St. Regis Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Business Excellence Awards 2023
EUREKA Eisteddfod Roboteg - Robotics EXPO 2023
Date and time: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 09:45 - 11:30 BST
Location: Online
Universities UK: Research Culture and Practice Forum
Date: Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 June 2023
Location: Online
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Political Affairs in Higher Education 2023
Date: 15 June 2023, 9.30am to 5pm (BST)
Location: Woburn House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 0HW (Plenary livestream available)
Political affairs in higher education 2023
Malaysian Universities UK-MUC Members and EUREKA Robotics Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University Delegation Visit to the Faculty of Engineering and Technology LJMU
Date: Monday 22 May, 10am to 12pm (GMT)
Location: James Parsons Building, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, LJMU
Energy Forum 2023 Transitioning into Net Zero Carbon
Date: Monday 22 May 2023
Time: 9.30am to 12.30pm (MYT) 5.30pm to 8.30pm (GMT)
Location: Park Royal Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Energy Forum 2023 Website
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USiM) Vice Chancellor Delegation Visit to the Faculty of Engineering and Technology LJMU
Date: Monday 15 May 2023
Time: 9am to 3pm (GMT)
Location: James Parsons Building, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, LJMU
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Scholarship student visit to UEA
Dates: Monday 15 May to Friday 19 May 2023
Location: University of East Anglia, Norwich UK
UK-MUC and Education Malaysia London Annual Convention and EXCEL Workshop
Date: 27 March 2023
Time: 10am to 5pm
Venue: The High Commission of Malaysia, 45 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QT
UK-MUC and Education Malaysia London (EML) jointly hosted delegates from UK-MUC member institutions at the High Commission of Malaysia in London at a Celebratory Event to mark the one-year anniversary of the Consortium.
The Opening Remarks were given by His Excellency Dato' Zakri Jaafar, High Commissioner of Malaysia, who emphasized the importance of international collaborations and partnerships in the higher education sector and highlighted the long-standing relationship between the UK and Malaysia.
Professor Dhiya Al-Jumeily OBE, LJMU presented on behalf of the Consortium Secretariat, providing an overview of UK-MUC activities in the first twelve months. He also gave an update on the UK – Malaysia – ASEAN +3 Partnership Initiative: Catalyst Grants for Enhancing Graduate Employability.
Mr Lukman Zulkifly, Education Malaysia London (EML) outlined the role of EML as a point of reference for Information on Malaysia Higher Education Data for Market Intelligence, as a matchmaker to connect Malaysia and EU institutions for Higher Education collaborations, and as a facilitator to provide platforms for networking and marketing opportunities between the UK and Malaysia.
He also highlighted the Malaysian vision for the way forward to boost mobility programmes by increasing the number of joint awards/dual programmes, an in-country familiarisation programme for study abroad coordinators and repackaging existing mobility programmes to be more comprehensive and transformational.
Opening Remarks - His Excellency Dato' Zakri Jaafar
One Year of the UK-Malaysia University Consortium - Prof Dhiya Al-Jumeily OBE
EM London: The lynchpin of the Malaysia Higher Education in Going Global - Mr Lukman Zulkifly
Experiential Learning and Competency-Based Education Landscape (EXCEL) Workshop
The afternoon workshop was led by Prof. Madya Dr. Wan Zuhainis Binti Saad, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Dr Maria Garraffa, University of East Anglia.
Experiential Learning and Competency-Based Education Landscape (EXCEL) is a framework developed by the Academic Excellence Division, Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) Malaysia aimed at transforming academic programs to produce lifelong learners, innovative adept entrepreneurs, creative practitioners and change-makers.
EXCEL aims to address the imminent issues of graduates’ skill mismatch and skill gaps. It is focused on providing learning experiences that are nested in the community and immersions in the industry. Through the implementation of this framework, students of higher education institutions will be given the opportunity to indulge in meaningful research and pave their own learning pathways.
This half day workshop is designed for educators, trainers, and anyone interested in exploring and implementing innovative teaching and learning approaches that focus on creating the transferable skills and competencies that are essential to success in higher education.
Embedding Experiential Learning in Module Curriculum - Maria Garraffa
Experiential Learning and Competency-Based Education Landscape (EXCEL) - An Educational Transformation - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Zuhainis Saad
Alumni UK Challenge Fund and Alumni UK Symposium
Date: Saturday 25 February 2023
Time: 9am to 5pm
Venue: M Resort Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
The inaugural Alumni UK Symposium will launch British Council Malaysia's 75th anniversary celebrations. It is an exclusive, invitation-only one-day event designed to create connections between UK alumni (graduates from UK universities) and to recognise their aspirations and collective potential. Themed “Bridging opportunities”, the symposium aims to provide a platform for UK alumni to interact and make connections, deepen professional relationships and to build a strong network of influencers for public good and long-term engagement with the UK.
Alumni UK Careers Fair will take place alongside our first Alumni UK Symposium on 25 February 2023. Showcasing about 20 employers, the Careers Fair will provide an outstanding opportunity for UK Alumni to explore exciting career options with diverse companies who are keen to engage our exceptionally talented and ambitious UK Alumni who have globally recognised qualifications from UK higher education institutions. This is a prime opportunity for UK Alumni who are at different stages in their professional lives and careers to consider expanding their opportunities in a wide range of fields, including business and management, engineering, technology, healthcare, economics, law, social work and sustainable development.
2022
UK-MUC Roundtable Event
Opportunities and Challenges in International Higher Education
Date: Thursday 22 September 2022
Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Location: The Science Gallery, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9GU
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UK-MUC Workshop on Employability, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Date: 23 August 2022
Time: (UK) 9am to 10.30am (Malaysia) 4pm 5.30pm
Delivery: Online, led by the University of Suffolk
Workshop schedule (opens in a new tab)
Women Entrepreneurship Institute (WEI) @ UMK (opens in a new tab)
Embedding Employability, Enterprise, and Entrepreneurship, Amy Carpenter, Head of Careers, Employability and Enterprise, University of Suffolk
UK-MUC workshop on research collaboration
Date: 30 June 2022
UK time: 8.50am for 9am start, finish at 10.40am
Malaysia time: 3.50pm for 4pm start, finish at 5.40pm
Delivery: Online event
Contact List, Institutional Summaries and Workshop Summary
Collaborative Research with Malaysian Universities, Prof. Jin Wang, Liverpool John Moores University
Research Collaboration Presentation, Prof. Dato Gs. Dr Narimah Samat, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Research Collaboration Presentation, Prof. Phil Stephens, Cardiff University
UK-MUC workshop on Mobility
Date: 27 May 2022
UK time: 8.50am for 9am start, finish at 11am
Malaysia time: 3.30pm for 4pm start, finish at 6pm
Delivery: Online event
Workshop Schedule (opens in a new tab)
Summary and Recommendations (opens in a new tab)
UKM Presentation (opens in a new tab)
LJMU Presentation (opens in a new tab)
Mobility Institutional Summary (opens in a new tab)
Consortium Launch and Inaugural Meeting
Date: 30 March 2022
Time: 4.30pm to 6pm
Venue: Sunway Resort Hotel
Delivery: Hybrid event
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