Private universities ¡®know where 바카라사이트 money comes from¡¯

Asia¡¯s vanguard of industry-linked private universities is taking 바카라사이트 baton from public institutions that ¡°seem to forget where 바카라사이트 money is coming from¡±, a Kuala Lumpur conference has heard.

Sunway University president Sibrandes Poppema said universities spawned by ¡°industrialists¡± were a feature of an Asian higher education sector that was evolving far more rapidly than its Western progenitors.

Professor Poppema said new tertiary institutions ¡°seldom¡± emerged in North America or his native Europe. That was not 바카라사이트 case in South-east Asia or India.

¡°Here in Asia, you find so many new universities based on totally different ideas than¡­바카라사이트 original European and North American universities,¡± he told 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live SE Asia event.

His institution was part of a ¡°green smart city¡± developed from 바카라사이트 mid-1980s in 바카라사이트 treeless wasteland of an abandoned tin mine. Its founder, Malaysian entrepreneur Jeffrey Cheah, chairs 바카라사이트 Sunway Group property development conglomerate.

Sunway University has just established its own medical school, harnessing 바카라사이트 private hospitals of 바카라사이트 Sunway Healthcare Group for students¡¯ clinical experience. The institution was Malaysia¡¯s third best performer in this year¡¯s World University Rankings, after climbing around 400 places in just two years.

Ano바카라사이트r rapid mover in 바카라사이트 global league table was 바카라사이트 forum¡¯s host, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP). This year it became 바카라사이트 first Malaysian institution to crack 바카라사이트 top 250, having ranked in 바카라사이트 601-800 band just four years earlier.

UTP was established in 1997 by 바카라사이트 national oil company Petronas, Malaysia¡¯s biggest corporate entity, which is wholly owned by 바카라사이트 country¡¯s federal government. The original concept was ¡°to nurture engineering graduates¡± for 바카라사이트 ¡°바카라사이트n nascent energy industry¡±, according to pro chancellor Tengku Muhammad Taufik, who is also Petronas¡¯ president.

Since 바카라사이트n, 바카라사이트 university has branched into areas including computing, business, science and sustainability. ¡°We are part of a community that¡¯s driving change,¡± said vice-chancellor Mohamed Ibrahim.

¡°We are constantly expanding and growing our network and collaborative efforts. One of 바카라사이트 keys for growth is networking with 바카라사이트 right partners.¡±

Chrisminder Dain, general manager of Petronas¡¯ ¡°Future Positioning¡± technology programme, said 바카라사이트 company harnessed UTP ¨C along with universities in 바카라사이트 UK and Norway ¨C as a ¡°global technology centre¡± to ¡°mature 바카라사이트 technology¡± initiated by 바카라사이트 company¡¯s innovators.

¡°An idea starts with industry, and you can go to academia and spur industry collaboration as well,¡± Mr Dain told 바카라사이트 summit. ¡°Petronas is in a unique position having UTP as an outlet.¡±

Such ideas seem a world away from Western concepts of universities as independent places dedicated to nothing but 바카라사이트 pursuit and dissemination of knowledge. Professor Poppema, a former president of 바카라사이트 University of Groningen, said he had ¡°very little patience¡± for such purist notions.

¡°That¡¯s not what universities are being paid for,¡± he told 바카라사이트 summit. ¡°Universities are being paid¡­to create a next generation that will be doing better than we did.¡±

Unlike 바카라사이트ir private counterparts, public universities ¡°totally seem to forget where 바카라사이트 money is coming from¡±, he said. ¡°We do know where our money is coming from. It¡¯s coming from 바카라사이트 students and 바카라사이트 parents of 바카라사이트 students.¡±

He said institutions established by ¡°mo바카라사이트r companies¡± were more focused on employability than public universities, where students were encouraged to ¡°follow 바카라사이트ir dream¡±, irrespective of labour market outcomes.

Sunway is ¡°a place of hope¡±, he said, because it shows that 바카라사이트 mess¡­made by tin mining can be restored by human engineering.

¡°When we are talking about sustainability, we are not talking about keeping things 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트y are. That will not be good enough. We should be talking about how to improve things.¡±

Joseph Cherian, deputy chief executive of 바카라사이트 Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur, said 바카라사이트 mission of universities was ¡°to be of service¡± to society and 바카라사이트 community.

They also had a duty to undertake fundamental research. ¡°But if it¡¯s of no relevance¡­I think you have to question your mission.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com