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15 March 2024

Introducing AUN Experts: Official AUN-QA Assessors

By
Ninnart Ratanasukhon, AUN Programme Officer
Since its establishment in 1998, the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Network has continuously grown to become a leading regional network of higher education quality assurance in ASEAN, with a team of seasoned experts and professionals driving its mission. In this third instalment of the AUN Expert Series, we proudly spotlight the Official AUN-QA Assessors, the bedrock of the AUN-QA Programme Assessment and AUN-QA Institutional Assessment.
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1 March 2024

Introducing AUN Experts: Official AUN-QA Training Specialists

By
Ninnart Ratanasukhon, AUN Programme Officer
AUN-QA Trainings serve as the venue for disseminating the seed of quality assurance culture and nurturing the next generation of quality assurance practitioners for the ASEAN higher education sector. In this second instalment of the Introducing AUN Experts series, we would like to introduce you to the official AUN-QA Training Specialists who are leading this mission with top-notch insight and valuable lessons to the quality assurance community of ASEAN.
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4 January 2024

An Enriching New Year for ASEAN Young Talents: Announcing AUN Youth Activities 2024 Line Up

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Noppanun Sookping, AUN Programme Officer
After bidding its festive goodbye to another fruitful year of 2023, AUN is actively working with the network’s premier Member Universities as well as external partners to make 2024 a year full of youth platforms and activities for different groups and cahoots of ASEAN university students and talents. This year, several of AUN Flagship Youth Activities make their grand return while the brand-new, ASEAN-first AUN Summer Camp aims to bolster the cross-borderly interregional cultivation of future-ready and ASEAN-rooted young talents.
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21 December 2023

2023 Wrap Up: AUN Activities Overview

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Patitin Lertnaikiat, AUN Programme Officer
2023 has been a highly eventful year for the ASEAN University Network (AUN) Secretariat and its thematic networks as many events and activities returned after the COVID pandemic subsided. As such, the AUN Secretariat is proud to present a wrap up to 2023, showcasing all the university network’s major events and activities throughout the year!
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1 December 2023

AUN-HPN’s 8th International Advisory Committee Shared Best Practices and Acknowledged Growing Mental Health Concerns

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Patitin Lertnaikiat, AUN Programme Officer
Staying healthy is critical to living a good life, but it has become increasingly difficult to do so in this current age of technology-enhanced convenience, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, and other related habits. Following the pandemic, the world has also seen the rise of mental health issues caused by the limited social interaction due to prolonged isolation. At the ASEAN University Network Health Promotion Network (AUN-HPN) 8th International Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting, the network’s member universities gather once again to address these pressing health issues in society and share their best practices in health promotion mission.
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23 November 2023

"Management and Strategy: How AUN-HPN Became a Driving Force for Regional Health Promotion" Has Officially Launched

By
Noppanun Sookping, AUN Programme Officer
Since its establishment in 2014, ASEAN University Network Health Promotion Network (AUN-HPN) has been actively contributing to university health promotion across the ASEAN region. In this connection, the book "Management and Strategy: How AUN-HPN Became a Driving Force for Regional Health Promotion" has been published by the AUN Secretariat team in coordination with AUN-HPN to observe and catalogue the good practices in managing the thematic network of universities. To do so, this book focuses on the work and perspectives of AUN-HPN’s past and current thought leaders as well as the observation of AUN-HPN flagship activities.
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17 November 2023

AUN-ICT Workshop Returned for Deepened Discussion on Quality Standardisation of University's ICT System and Management

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AUN Writer Team,
Prince of Songkla University (PSU), in collaboration with the Institute of Software Engineering and Quality Management (ISEM) and ASEAN University Network (AUN), co-hosted the workshop on the Quality Standardization of University's ICT System and Management (AUN-ICT) On 7-8 November 2023 in Bangkok. Set to continue with the work resulting from its first iteration, this workshop delved further into detail of what can ensure the success of AUN-ICT development and implementation as a world-class, comprehensive and multifaceted standardisation framework tailored specifically for universities.
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2 November 2023

The AUN-QA IQA Redesign Taskforce Team Assembled to Set the Path Forward for ASEAN IQA

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Patitin Lertnaikiat, AUN Programme Officer
Following the success of the Internal Quality Assurance System Design and Development Workshop in March 2023, Viet Nam, the AUN-QA IQA Redesign Taskforce was established and recently conducted its first meeting on 20 - 21 October 2023 in Bangkok. Through the intensive discussion on existing Viet Nam and Cambodia IQA frameworks and the root-cause analysis of the workshop in Viet Nam, the outcome of this meeting will pave the way for the future of ASEAN IQA and the task force will be at the forefront!
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19 July 2023

Continuing Strong in the Tide of Change: AUN’s Success Recapped in the 38th AUN-BOT Meeting

By
Ninnart Ratanasukhon, AUN Programme Officer
The 38th ASEAN University Network Board of Trustees (AUB-BOT) Meeting concluded with an astounding success on 6 July 2023, with gracious hosting from Universiti Malaya. This annual meeting serves as an opportunity for the members of AUN’s Board of Trustees to be updated on the latest activities of AUN, discuss its direction, and set a vision for its future. This year, the members of our Board of Trustees were up for a long list!
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12 July 2023

Navigate the Changing Tide of Global Higher Education in the 14th AUN Rectors’ Meeting

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Ninnart Ratanasukhon, AUN Programme Officer
Change is fast approaching on all fronts, but ASEAN universities are ready to take on it. In the 14th AUN Rectors’ Meeting held on 5 July 2023, with the gracious hosting of Universiti Malaya, leaders from AUN Universities demonstrated how ASEAN higher education can navigate the changing tide of global higher education. Is AI changing education as we know it? Is knowledge from universities no longer relevant? Hear it from the leaders of AUN Universities.
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15 December 2022

13th AUN Rectors' Meeting: ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management Drives Exceptional Study Programme and Mobility

Dr. Rocky Adiguna introduced an innovative study program and mobility that envisions ASEAN's future leaders through an MBA in sustainability management: the ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management. It is a well-designed master’s programme, established through the collaboration and shared leadership of AUN-BE and the University of Agder (UiA), Norway, aiming to develop competent candidates for key positions in government and business who can lead economic development toward environmental sustainability.
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18 August 2022

Video documenting the ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management’s success released today!

The ASEAN University Network is proud to showcase the exceptional video recording success of the pioneer programme “ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management”. Referring to the mission assigned to the AUN Secretariat team to document the achievement of the ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia – Today the video production capturing every aspect of its successfulness has been released on AUN Secretariat Youtube platform, through https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLs0NWH4v34
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20 July 2022

ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management Series #4: Behind the Immense Success of the ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management

In this exciting fourth instalment, we get to hear a new perspective on the programme from none other than those teaching it. This week’s article will give us a more academic outlook on the importance of sustainability, why this field of study is quickly becoming essential to Southeast Asia, and what role the academe has in preparing students for the coming future.
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7 July 2022

ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management Series #3: Continuing the dialogue with the scholarship awardees of this programme

Continuing from our last-week issue, this article will delve further into the talented students’ interesting perspectives upon this pioneering ASEAN Master’s programme shared during the interviews, with a particular focus on their viewpoint on the current state of the world and the prospect of their future goals.
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30 June 2022

ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management Series #2: Insightful Perspectives of the Talented Students in this Programme

This time, in the ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management Series, let’s hear about the insightful perspectives captured from the interviews of talented students of this programme. The interviews were conducted to reflect on their thoughts upon the spectacular ASEAN Master’s programme. This exclusive article has gathered their opinions, mainly on the importance of sustainable management, the most-enjoyable courses, and the linkage of this programme to their future goals/careers.
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16 June 2022

ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management Series #1: AUN Applauds the Collaborative Success of the unique ASEAN Master Degree Programme

During 30-31 May 2022, the AUN Secretariat paid a visit to Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), documenting the tremendous success of the ASEAN University Network for Business and Economics (AUN-BE) and how ASEAN Master in Sustainability Management has thrived despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Such success proves time and time again that shared leadership and cross-border collaboration will spearhead regional and international development in the coming century.