STRATEGIC PLAN - Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi

• InternationalisationAKePT serves as a vehicle for international networking in its effort to increase theinternationalisation of the HEIs by developing collaborations with agencies such asSEAMEO-RIHED, World Bank, UNESCO and the EU. The aim of these collaborations is toobtain commercial funding, as well as expertise in leadership, teaching and learning, andresearch, innovation and commercialisation. Local and foreign expertise is mobilised andharnessed through the implementation of collaborative programmes.• GovernanceEfforts to strengthen the management of the HEIs will be implemented, among which willbe efforts to improve the effectiveness of management services and the efficiency offinancial management.Leadership training programmes organised by AKePT and the HEIs for non-academicuniversity staff will also be enhanced to produce HEI administrators who are capable ofmoving in tandem with the academic staff in supporting the national aspirations to placethe HEIs amongst the best in the international arena.Following the training of non-academic staff in efficient management and effectiveleadership provided by both AKePT and the HEIs, the non-academic staff are expectedto adopt positive work values, and become more skilled, more proactive and dynamic.In the long run, this effort will inculcate a more productive work culture and diverseexpertise among the staff. This will result in excellence in management and leadershipwithin the HEIs, leading to the accomplishment of the objectives of the PSPTN.• Branding and MarketingIn the effort to raise the status of the nation’s HEIs to regional and international levels,activities related to branding and marketing of the institutions, as well as programmescarried out through publications and international collaborations with HEIs and otherinstitutions should be intensified. Networking cooperation among local HEIs and internationalinstitutions to produce research, conferences and training programmes can enhance thereputation of the HEIs at the global level.The cooperation given by local HEIs including the Public HEIs, Private HEIs, Polytechnicsand Community Colleges through their participations in training programmes, seminarsand conferences organised jointly by AKePT in collaboration with the academic expertsand institutions at the international level will open more opportunities for local HEIs tobuild their networks and promote the institutions at the global level.28The National Higher Education Action Plan 2011 - 2015