APAC Third Announcement

Asia Pacific Academic Conference (APAC)

Third Announcement



Rumah Universiti, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6-7 November 2012


Co-organized by
Malaysian Academics Movement (MOVE/GERAK)
University of Malaya Academic Staff Association (PKAUM).

Co-sponsored by

National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Australia

Invited Speakers

Anna Chai Glass, Magna Charta Observatory, Bologna, Italy

Nordin Hassan, International Council for Science (ICSU)

Colin Long, National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), Australia

Malaysian Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) (to be confirmed)

Education International (EI) (to be confirmed)

Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) (to be confirmed)

Introduction

Meetings among higher education staff unions and associations in the Asia Pacific region are very rare. The last meeting being the Education International (EI) 5th International Higher Education and Research Conference held in Melbourne, Australia in December 2005.

Due to this factor, collaborations and networking among the unions has been rather weak. In order to change this situation, this conference was organized as a meeting among academic staff organizations in the Asia Pacific region.

The University of Malaya Academic Staff Association will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of its formation on 3 March 2012. It is the oldest academic union in Malaysia. This conference is to be part of the celebration. 

This conference is co-organized by the Malaysian Academics Movement (MOVE / GERAK) and the University of Malaya Academic Staff Association (PKAUM). 

Objectives

• To disseminate information on academic rights and increase the awareness and understanding of such rights.

• To formulate a plan of action for national and international responses to breach of academic rights

• To discuss about the current situation in the various countries and university campuses and provide solution for the problems.

• To extend the Trade Union Rights Network (TURN) to more university campuses.

• To discuss problems of mutual interest

• To build up a network among academics in the Asia Pacific Region

Call for participation

Participation is open to academic and tertiary staff unions and associations. Individual academics, researchers, students, administrators and university officials are also welcome to participate.

Call for papers

The conference will cover topics of interest to the academics. These may include:

• Academics rights

• Union rights

• Student rights

• Academic Advocacy and strategy

• Country and campus reports

• Organization reports

• Academic assessment

• University ranking

• Teaching and learning, and other relevant topics.

Participants are welcome to give a presentation to the conference on topics of interest to the participants. A proceeding of the conference is planned to be published. Selected papers may also be published in the Australian Universities Review. Dateline 23 October 2012.

Registration

Participants are encouraged to register as early as possible, especially those with intention to present a paper. Please register by submitting name, affiliation address, email and title of paper, if any to the chairman of the organizing committee.

The registration fees are as follows:

Normal participants                                                                              RM400
Members of academic organizations                                                    RM300
Members of academic organizations from developing countries          RM200

Early registration before 23 October 2012

Members of academic organizations                                        RM150

Members of PKAUM or MOVE                                                  RM100
MOVE life members                                                                 RM50

Students                                                                                  RM100

Accommodations

It is recommended that all participants stay at the conference venue, Rumah Universiti which is a guesthouse of the University of Malaya. Other alternatives are nearby hotels in Petaling Jaya that are within 15 minutes taxi ride. Please make your booking directly with the hotel of your choice.

• Rumah Universiti (conference venue)

• PJ Hilton 

• Hotel Singahsana *

• Crystal Crown Hotel

• Shah’s Village Hotel *

                * within walking distance to a LRT station with easy connection to the airport.

Further information

For further information and registration, please contact:

Rosli H Mahat

General Secretary

Malaysian Academic Movement

akademikmalaysia@gmail.com
+60 166205242