The Role of Solution-Oriented Knowledge Transfer Programme and Networking in Charting a New Course in University-Stakeholder Engagement (original) (raw)

Engaging Stakeholders in Education for Sustainable Development at University Level, 2016

Abstract

Two major initiatives aimed at enhancing University-Stakeholder Engagement (U-SE) are addressed here. First, we discuss an innovative Knowledge Transfer Programme (KTP) introduced by the Ministry of Education in Malaysia in 2011 for which Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) serves as the Secretariat. Since the beginning, KTP has committed approximately USD20 million to the programme split between industry 70 % and community 30 %, with a caveat of 30 % or more input from the partners. Since its inception, 349 projects (industry 219 and community 130) have been implemented throughout Malaysia, with the participation of more than 1400 academic staff, 650 graduate interns, and 3500 employees from Industry and Community. Secondly, we highlight the role of four international/regional Networks USM supports as Secretariat. In this context we wish to provide our experience and best practices involving, APUCEN (Asia-Pacific University Community Engagement Network), SEASN (South-East Asia Sustainability Network), ALKN (ASEAN Local Knowledge Network) and RSEN (Regional Sejahtera ESD Network). This paper will, thus, cover one major knowledge transfer programme partnership involving ‘university-industry/community’, and four specific ‘network’ initiatives designed to promote university-stakeholder engagement at a variety of levels. The range of knowledge transferred, approaches used, and the support provided by the university will hopefully provide replicable ideas to other aspiring higher educational institutions as they position themselves to be more proactively engaged.

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