Officially admitted as an Associate Member Country in 1973, New Zealand's cooperative relations with SEAMEO include scholarships and provision of experts for SEAMEO Regional Centres and Southeast Asian Countries.

To share the expertise and knowledge in education technology, the SEAMEO Secretariat in collaboration with the Education New Zealand (ENZ) will organise the first SEAMEO-New Zealand Master Class with the theme “Education Technology and Digital Security” on 30 September 2021 at 09.00-11.00 hrs (Bangkok Time).

 

a) Experts as Our Invited Speakers

• The experts from the advanced universities in New Zealand and Southeast Asia are invited to share in-depth knowledge and practical skills according to the theme. 

  Agenda

  
  

  		“What Artificial Intelligence is, and its Impact on the Future of Work and Education” By Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh Director of Women in Tech and Senior Lecturer of School of Computer, Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences Aukland University of Technology, New Zealand
  		“Education Technology for Student Engagement” By Dr Edizon Angeles Fermin Vice President for Academic Affairs The National Teachers College Manila, Philippines
  		“Malware Analysis” By Dr Vimal Kumar Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand
  		“Detecting and Responding to Ransomware and Other Destructive Events” By Assoc Prof Dr Pongpisit Wuttidittachotti Head of Department of Data Communication and Networking King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok Thailand

b) Target Participants

The SEAMEO-New Zealand Master Class is offered for free and on first come, first serve basis.

The participants can include:

• Teachers/ Lecturers from schools, TVET institutions, and universities
• Educational Personal, Ministry Officials, Researchers and Practitioners

c) Pre-Registration

• To participate in the session, the pre-registration is required thru the following link:
  https://link.seameo.org/MasterClass-Reg/20210930
  
  
  
• The deadline of registration is on 25 September 2021.   

d) How to Join the Session

• The SEAMEO-New Zealand Master Class will be broadcasted through the SEAMEO YouTube Channel. To attend the session, the participants can visit the following YouTube Link or scanning the session QR Code.
  
  SEAMEO-New Zealand Master Class,
  30 Sept 2021, 9.00-11.00 hrs (GMT+7,BKK Time)
  
  Link to YouTube Live
  https://link.seameo.org/MasterClass/20210930
  

e) e-Certificate of Participation

• The e-Certificate of Participation will be provided to the participants who fill-up the “Certificate Validation Form” of which details will appear during the event.
• The e-Certificate will be co-signed between the SEAMEO Secretariat Director, and Mr Ben Burrowes, Regional Director of Asia, Education New Zealand.

f) About Education New Zealand (ENZ)

Education New Zealand (ENZ) is New Zealand’s government agency for building international education. ENZ promotes New Zealand as a study destination and support the delivery of education services offshore.

 

Under the SEAMEO-Partner Series, the SEAMEO Secretariat in collaboration with QS Quacquarelli Symonds, UK  will organise the SEAMEO-QS Higher Education Forum, with the theme ‘Using Performance Insight to Build World-Class Universities in Southeast Asia’ on 14 October 2021 at 15.00-17.30 hrs (Bangkok Time).

The purposes of the session are to provide an understanding of what constitutes a world-class university and to help universities across the region how they can better harness insights to understand their performance.

The session will highlight the QS World University Rankings methodology, reflect on the QS experience of evaluating the performance of universities around the world, and draw out insights into Southeast Asian universities’ performance across the last few years. It will also feature two speakers from top-ranked universities within Southeast Asian countries in sharing their success stories of becoming a world-class university.

 

a) Experts as Our Invited Speakers

The speakers of SEAMEO-QS Higher Education (HE) Forum include the following experts from QS and top-ranked universities in Southeast Asia:  

Agenda

 

b) Participants

The SEAMEO-QS HE Forum is offered for free and on first come, first serve basis.

The participants shall include:

• University Presidents, Vice Presidents, Deans, Directors
• International Relations and Strategy & Planning Offices
• Ministries of Education, and Higher of Education, and staff       
• Lecturers/Teachers from TVET Institutions, and Universities.

It is expected that the Forum will be attended by approximately 500-1,000 participants via the SEAMEO Secretariat YouTube Live Channel.   

The e-Certificate of Participation will be provided to the participants who complete the “Certificate Validation Form” of which details will appear at the end of the event.

c) Pre-Registration

• To participate in the session, the pre-registration is required thru the following link:  The deadline for registration is on 10 October 2021   
  https://link.seameo.org/QSHEreg
  

d) How to Join the Forum

• The SEAMEO-QS HE Forum will be broadcasted through the SEAMEO YouTube Channel. To attend the session, the participants can visit the following YouTube Link or scanning the session QR Code.

  https://link.seameo.org/QSHE
  

e) About QS

QS Quacquarelli Symonds is the world’s leading provider of services, analytics, and insight to the global higher education sector, whose mission is to enable motivated people anywhere in the world to fulfil their potential through educational achievement, international mobility, and career development.

The QS World University Rankings portfolio, inaugurated in 2004, has grown to become the world’s most popular source of comparative data about university performance. Their flagship website, www.TopUniversities.com – the home of their rankings – was viewed 147 million times in 2020, and over 98,000 media clippings pertaining to, or mentioning, QS were published by media outlets across the world in 2020.