Friday, October 7, 2011

WORKING VISIT TO FRANCE OCT 2011

INVITED SPEAKER AT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOSTING WORKSHOP, LE CREUSOT, FRANCE, 10-15 OCT 2011

An International Student Hosting workshop (focusing on Asian students) which was held recently on 12th October 2011 in Le Creusot City in France. Attended by more than one hundred academia and International students, the one day workshop highlighted not only on the technical research aspects but also to share experiences in managing the implementation of academic collaborations and International Students mobility which covering topics such as international communication, practical aspects of Asian student hosting, teaching perspective, learners perspective, etc. The event was organised by EACOVIROE (Enhance the Attractiveness of Computer vision and Robotics in Europe) project funded by Erasmus Mundus.

There were 10 papers were presented by the invited speakers from various countries such as Holland, France, Poland, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, as well from Asia countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. It is a privilege and honor for UniKL when one of the staff, Assoc Prof Dr Jamel Othman, Director of UniKL International Office was invited to present and share UniKL’s experiences in this seminar. He has presented a paper on “SHARING EXPERIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MOBILITY PROGRAMS: UniKL, Malaysia and the French / European Institutions.

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