e-Risalah USIM April Jun 2023

USIMvisited the Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission to enhance networking U SIM visited the Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission intending to strengthen networking between USIM and Saudi Arabia. The visit primarily focused on introducing USIM and promoting its academic programs. The Vice-Chancellor of USIM, Prof Dato’ Ts Dr. Sharifudin Md Shaarani, emphasized the significance of this visit for USIM. He mentioned that it was the first meeting aimed at networking and attracting more international students from Saudi Arabia to pursue their studies at USIM. In the meantime, Dr. Fahad Mohammed N. Alshemmeri, the Academic Attaché, expressed his admiration for the presentation about USIM and showed great enthusiasm for collaborating with the gifted school within USIM, Genius Insan College. As part of the visit, Dr. Fahad plans to personally visit USIM to assess the facilities available for international students. This step aims to ensure comfort and create a pleasant environment at USIM. The university is committed to fostering a solid relationship that will provide golden opportunities, particularly for potential students from Saudi Arabia. T o inspire to promote inclusive education and empower people with disabilities (OKU), the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, through Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) led by the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment (FKAB), has signed a Memorandum Agreement (MoA) with Eureka Robotics Center of Cardiff Metropolitan University (CMU), UK. This collaboration focuses on leveraging robotics technology and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education to improve learning opportunities, especially for people with disabilities. Datuk Seri Abdul Razak Jaafar, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Higher Education (KPT), stated that this collaboration was signed as an effort to respond to the Minister of Higher Education’s call to establish Malaysia as an international higher education center as well as a talent development hub. “The cooperation between USIM and CMU marks an important milestone in the effort to dignify inclusive education. The two institutions join forces, through training and research collaboration, as well as the exchange of expertise between the two institutions, in the use of robotics technology and STEM education to empower individuals with disabilities and provide them with equal access to quality education,” he explained after the signing ceremony at CMU, UK. USIMcollaborateswith renowned universities in theUK, advancing STEM Education through robotics technology CampusNews 022