Timing

Session

Venue

08.00-08.30

Registration

 

08.30-08.45

Opening remark

  • Donna McGowan, Country Director, British Council in Vietnam
  • Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Van Phuc, Vice Minister, Ministry of Education and Training
  • Gareth Ward, HM Ambassador, British Embassy

Ballroom

08.45 – 09.00

Launch UK Vietnam Higher Education Network, and projects under the Higher Education Partnership initiative

Collaboration Agreement signing between British Council in Vietnam and Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Training

09.00 – 09.45

Opening plenary

  •  Global landscape of higher education internationalisation and changing roles of higher education institutions in the new phase

Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education, Wales 

  • Vietnam Internationalisation of Higher Education Strategy

Assoc. Prof. Tran Anh Tuan, Director General, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Training

09.45 – 10.00

Break

10.00 – 11.00

Panel discussion 1

Rethinking international partnership of universities - building confidence and standing in favour of quality over quantity

 Chair and speaker: Prof. Iwan Davies, Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor and Hodge Chair in Law, Swansea University

Panellists:

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr Hoang Minh Son, President, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr Le Thi Kim Oanh, Vice Rector, University of Science and Technology, University of Danang
  • Prof. Nguyen Trong Hoai, Vice President, University of Economics HCMC
  • Dr Milena Bobeva, Associate Dean (Global Engagement), Faculty of Management, University of Bournemouth

11.00 – 12.00

Panel discussion 2

Transnational Education (TNE) and quality assurance - case studies and experience sharing from countries in East Asia region

  • What is needed to strengthen the quality assurance of TNE?
  • How can inter-agency cooperation work to improve the quality of TNE and what is suitable model of cross-border cooperation?

Chair and speaker 1: Prof. Chris Baldwin, CEO and Provost, University of Newcastle Medicine Malaysia

Speaker 2: Prof. Dr. Angela Yung Chi Hou, Executive Director, Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan

 Panellists:

  • Mr Chris Jefferey, Dean, British University Vietnam, Vice Chairman British Business Group Vietnam
  • Ms Teresa Santos, Executive Project Coordinator, Office of the Vice President for University and Global Relation, Ateneo de Malina University
  • Assoc. Prof. Ho Thuy Ngoc, Dean of the Faculty of International Education, Foreign Trade University

12.00 – 13.30

Lunch

Ba Mien restaurant

13.30 – 14.15

Workshop 1

Cross-national research collaboration

 Chair and speaker: Dr Jeff Bray, Principal Academic in Consumer Behaviour, Bournemouth University

Panellists:

  • Dr Nguyen Xuan Huan, Assoc. Prof. of Communication Network, Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University
  • Dr Dang Duc Long, Head of Research Office, Vietnam UK Institute for Research and Executive Education, University of Danang
  • Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Ngoc Trung, Deputy Head, Scientific Research and Technology Transfer Office, Hanoi University of Science and Technology

Workshop 2

New role of higher education as human capital development to becoing strategic partner of industry

Chai and speaker: Prof. Balbir S. Barn, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University

Panellists:

  • Dr Raymond Lee, Associate Dean (Global Engagement) and Professor of Biomechanics, Faculty of Technology, University of Portsmouth
  • Assoc. Prof. Nguyen The Quan, Vice Dean, Faculty of Construction Economics and Management, National University of Civil Engineering
  • Dr Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, Vice Dean of Nursing and Midwifery faculty, Hanoi Medical University
  • Dr Nguyen Trong Hieu, Director, National Institute of Patent and Technology Exploitation (NIPTEX)

Workshop 1 – Ballroom A

 

Workshop 2 – Ballroom B

14.15 - 14.20

Short break

 

14.20 – 15.05

Workshop 3

Student mobility and employability –  increasing need for intercultural skills and academic English

 Chair: Christopher Jeffery, Dean, British University Vietnam, Vice Chairman British Business Group Vietnam

Speakers:

  • Martin Goosey, Head of Young Learners, British Council in Vietnam
  • Dr Milena Bobeva, Associate Dean (Global Engagement), Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University

Panellists:

  • Prof. Chris Baldwin, CEO and Provost, University of Newcastle Medicine Malaysia
  • Assoc. Prof. PhD. Tran Thi My Dieu, Rector, Van Lang University

Workshop 4

Autonomy – what does it mean to HEIs in the UK context?

 Chair: Dr Jane Davidson, Pro Vice- Chancellor, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Speakers:

  • Rob Humphreys, member of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
  • Dr Nguyen Thi My Huong, Interim Rector, Vietnam UK Institute for Research and Executive Education, University of Danang

Panellist:

  • Prof. Nguyen Trong Hoai, Vice President, University of Economics HCMC
  • Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Quang Linh, President, Hue University

Workshop 3 – Ballroom A

 

Workshop 4 – Ballroom B

15.05 – 15.15

Break

 

15.15 – 15.45

Workshop summary

  • Dr Jeff Bray, Principal Academic in Consumer Behaviour, Bournemouth University
  • Prof. Balbir S. Barn, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University
  • Christopher Jeffery, Dean, British University Vietnam, Vice Chairman British Business Group Vietnam
  • Dr Jane Davidson, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Ballroom

15.45 – 15.50

Closing

Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Training

15.50 – 16.30

Tea break and networking

Foyer