{"id":28664,"date":"2024-05-15T17:48:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T09:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/?p=28664"},"modified":"2024-05-15T17:52:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T09:52:30","slug":"collaboration-between-ucsf-and-uts-on-research-and-academia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/2024\/05\/15\/collaboration-between-ucsf-and-uts-on-research-and-academia\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration between UCSF and UTS on research and academia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA KINABALU: The University College Sabah Foundation (UCSF) and the University of Technology Sarawak (UTS) are exploring potential academic and research collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A delegation from UTS, led by Vice Chancellor Prof. Datuk Dr. Khairuddin, visited UCSF&#8217;s campus in Sembulan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delegation included UTS&#8217;s Registrar, Mr. Jimmy, and the Bursar, Dr. Rabuan. The Vice Chancellor of UCSF, Dr. Rafiq Idris, welcomed the delegation and discussed the universities&#8217; recent developments and future plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UCSF and UTS expressed their interest in collaborating in potential areas related to research and academia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice Chancellors discussed the possibility of student and staff exchange programmes, joint research projects, and conferences, among other areas of collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collaboration is part of UCSF&#8217;s ongoing efforts to work with neighbouring universities in Borneo on strategic initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Rafiq, the Vice Chancellor of UCSF, emphasised the importance of exploring collaboration possibilities with UTS in strategic areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the shared aspiration of both universities to provide accessible, quality education for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Datuk Dr. Khairuddin, the VC of UTS, expressed his delight in establishing a meaningful and long-term collaboration with UCSF. He emphasised the importance of enhancing access to higher education across Sabah and Sarawak. The collaboration also signifies a shared commitment to conduct joint research in areas of common interest, particularly those related to Borneo development studies and heritage conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this collaboration, both universities are looking forward to initiating people-to-people cooperation through student and staff exchange programs. This will foster a stronger relationship between UCSF and UTS and create opportunities for academic and cultural exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, the delegates were also taken to the Nature Inspiration Art Gallery (NIAG), UCSF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: The University College Sabah Foundation (UCSF) and the University of Technology Sarawak (UTS) are exploring potential academic and research collaborations. A delegation from UTS, led by Vice Chancellor Prof. Datuk Dr. Khairuddin, visited UCSF&#8217;s campus in Sembulan. The delegation included UTS&#8217;s Registrar, Mr. Jimmy, and the Bursar, Dr. Rabuan. The Vice Chancellor of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28668,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28664\/revisions\/28668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}