Research Institutes, Centres and Units - Universiti Sains Malaysia

Networking, Partnerships, Collaborations
IPPTN endeavours to internationalise and engage in quality higher education policy
research at the national and global levels through links, partnerships and collaborations
with international researchers and research centres. IPPTN’s involvements in the
Changing Academic Profession (CAP) project involving higher education institutions
from no less than 22 countries provides an excellent opportunity for it to initiate
comparative higher education policy research in the future. As of now, IPPTN has
already established active partnerships, collaboration and links with the following
institutions and the list is expanding:
• Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies, University of Wollongong,
Australia (CAPSTRANS)
• Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE), Hiroshima University, Japan
• Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, Germany (CHER)
• Centre for International Cooperation in Education (CICE), Hiroshima University,
Japan
• Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE), University of Melbourne, Australia
• Boston College Centre for International Higher Education (CIHE), USA
• SEAMO-Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development (SEAMO-
RIHED), Thailand
• Asia Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO, Bangkok)
• ASEAN University Network (AUN), Bangkok, Thailand
Links and collaborations with higher education research institutes overseas would
necessarily focus on IPPTN’s coreareas of expertise and interest, namely futures of
higher education, higher education and university system, governance of higher education
institutions, and the academic profession.
IPPTN’s Achievements
IPPTN has started engagement activities on higher education with Cambodia, Lao PDR,
Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMVCountries) through workshops and dialogue sessions.
These activities emphasise on the exchange of knowledge, experience and information
on higher education policies. It also aims to explore opportunities for research
collaborations to enhance the ties between Malaysia and CLMV Countries. IPPTN is
now working to explore research collaborations with other countries in South East
Asia, such as Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea.
IPPTN is also organising a collaborative project between IPPTN, SEAMEO-RIHED and
other partners from Asia. The University Rating System for ASEAN/Southeast Asia
project is aimed to develop a conceptual framework and methodology for rating the
achievements of universities in areas relating to nation and capacity building.