EU-Asia Connectivity in Higher Education: The Role of the ASEM Education Process. Prof.Azirah Hashim

April 4th, 2023

The lecture was delivered by Prof. Dr. Azirah Hashim, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics and the Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.

In her lecture, Prof. Hashim discussed Asia-Europe connectivity in the area of higher education in the context of the ASEM Education Process (AEP). The lecture critically assessed the demand for and the role of the AEP in Asia-Europe cooperation, its contributions, challenges, and prospects. Following an account of the background of the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) and its contribution to Asia-Europe cooperation in the area of higher education an outline of the AEP and its priorities was given and the development of higher education through ASEM education meetings at ministerial and stakeholder levels and through the establishment of the ASEM Education Secretariat was traced. The lecture then addressed the question of how the role of the AEP could be intensified in order to increase further the prospects for higher educational collaboration in the AEP.

▬ Useful materials ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The ASEM Education Process: https://www.asemwpp.org/about/asem-ed...
ASEM Education 2030 Strategy Paper: https://asem-education.org/wp-content...

▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 – 03:33 Introduction by Prof. Dr. Bersick
03:33 – 06:23 Asia-Europe Connectivity in Higher Education
06:23 – 13:25 ASEM Education
13:25 – 15:00 Contributions
15:00 – 16:31 Four thematic priority areas
16:31 – 20:18 Challenges - COVID 19
20:18 – 21:13 Current international situations
21:13 – 25:40 Russia invasion of ukraine
25:40 – 27:00 Other challenges
27:00 – 30:52 Prospects
30:52 – 31:25 References
31:25 – 40:00 Q&A - Harmonisation on the regional level
40:00 – 44:00 Q&A - Digital technology
44:00 – 47:20 Q&A - Westernization, building identity
47:20 – 51:22 Q&A - Impact of Erasmus + in Asian universities
51:22 – 53:00 Q&A - Where does India stand for?
53:00 – 57:00 Q&A - Rotation of secretary
57:00 – 59:07 Closing remarks

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This lecture is part of the Jean Monnet Lecture Series on EU-Asia Connectivity. A research activity conducted under the Jean Monnet Chair “Connecting Europe and Asia: People, Power and Policies” (CEAPPP) hosted by Prof. Dr. Bersick, Head of Department, International Political Economy of East Asia, Faculty of East Asian Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

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This research activity is conducted with the European Commission support under the programme Erasmus+ Programme, Jean Monnet Actions. “The European Commission support for the production of this activity does not constitute endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.”

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