The SHARE Newsletter - February 2022
Back to the Office
After a well deserved break following a busy 2021, the SHARE Team resumed its work with stakeholders and students across Southeast Asia in early January. The year started with the news that the team would be able to move into its newly refurbished office on the third floor of the ASEAN Secretariat's Heritage Building in Jakarta, following completion of renovation works and lifting of Covid-19 work from home directives.
The new Cooperation Office is expected to be officially opened early in 2022 with the unveiling of a plaque signed by HE Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission and HE Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary General of the ASEAN Secretariat. This will be a significant development in the 45th year of the EU-ASEAN partnership.
Training for AQAF Agency Reviews
SHARE Consortium Partner colleagues from the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) continued with a series of four training sessions for?the Secretariat of the ASEAN Quality Assurance Network (AQAN).
This series of four capacity building workshops have been planned to ensure future sustainability and local ownership of the external quality assurance of QA agencies. This second workshop in the series focused on the screening of self-assessment reports for ASEAN Quality Assurance Framework (AQAF) Agency Reviews.
The Community of Practice
The SHARE Higher Education Community of Practice, launched at the 13th SHARE Policy Dialogue in November 2021, continued its work with a Steering Group meeting on Friday, January 14th.
The meeting identified ongoing activities of the Community of Practice in 2022 including determining topics and facilitators for Peer Learning sessions and a series of expert speakers from ASEAN and Europe on areas of interest to the group.
The Community of Practice continues to grow and now has approximately 150 members from across Southeast Asia and further afield. We invite all those who have an interest in internationalisation and harmonisation of higher education in Southeast Asia to join through the following link.
Kick-Off of SHARE Scholarship Batch 6 - Virtual Exchange / COIL Programme
On January 18th, SHARE Programme Consortium Partner Nuffic launched the 6th Batch of the SHARE Scholarship and the first batch to be implemented through Virtual Exchange (VE) / Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL).
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The information sessions were facilitated by SHARE VE/COIL experts Dr. Keiko Ikeda and Dr. Abdul Latiff Ahmad and were attended by 58 university representatives and more than half of the 235 students participating in 5 VE/COIL courses developed by 6 SHARE Partner Universities from across Southeast Asia.
The SHARE Programme is looking forward to continuing its support of its partner universities and awardees throughout their SHARE Scholarship journey and to encourage the development of more courses for upcoming batches 7 and 8 of the SHARE Scholarship.
The 7th Comms and Visibility Workshop for EU-Funded Projects
On the 27th of January, the SHARE Programme was amongst the 172 attendees of the 7th Comms & Visibility Workshop organised with support from the Delegation of the European Union to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat. The focus of the workshop was on case studies & digital campaigns and it heard from the experiences of EU-funded projects and The ASEAN Magazine.
Policy Dialogue 13 Highlights
Did you miss the most recent SHARE Policy Dialogue on “University and Employer Engagement to Enhance Graduate Employability in ASEAN”?
Watch this video to see some of the highlights of the three days' discussions. For more detailed information and to download speakers’ presentations, visit bit.ly/SHAREPD13Summary.
Building on the broad and inclusive stakeholder engagement of Policy Dialogues 12 and 13, the second year of the SHARE Extension will see three further Policy Dialogues. These events will be formulated and designed in close consultation and coordination with regional policymakers, practitioners and alumni.
Happy Lunar New Year
We wish all those who celebrate a very happy Lunar New Year, and a courageous, prosperous, and resilient year of the Water Tiger!
Looking Ahead
The SHARE Team has exciting plans in store for the year ahead and you can keep up to date on upcoming activities and opportunities for engagement by following our social media channels: