Goals

Year 2013 marked the entrance of Japan to the AIMS (ASEAN International Mobility of Students) Programme, which is expanding to include more countries in the region.

The event serves as a platform from where to further consolidate the AIMS Programme for Japanese Universities; while enhancing stronger partnerships with their counterparts in Southeast Asia.

The symposium brings together key stakeholders to discuss issues of common interest in the regionalization of higher education and the cultivation of global human resources. This includes recent developments in the program and sharing of good practices in the strategies towards the multilateral exchange of students among ASEAN member countries and Japan.

This event is organized back-to-back with the international symposium taking place on 22 February under the name of Bridging the ASEAN Community and Japan through Education, which seeks to enhance channels for cooperation on education between Japan and SEAMEO focusing on common trends and policies and the role of the SEAMEO College.

Target groups

The following groups were invited to deepen their understanding about internationalization of higher education:

Japanese and foreign universities participating in the AIMS Programme

Experts in higher education and international relation officers

teachers, students, the media and general public

Program

Time	Activities and presenters
09:00-09:10	Opening greeting Jun Ikeda (University of Tsukuba) Guest speaker's address Tsukcasa Nakaoka (MEXT) Guest Speaker's address Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin (SEAMEO RIHED)
09:10-09:40	Lecture 1 Globalization in Higher Education Motohisa Kaneko (University of Tsukuba)
09:40-10:10	Lecture 2 AIMS Programme, Student mobility as a key mechanism to cultivate globalized human resources Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin (SEAMEO RIHED)
10:10-10:40	Lecture 3 EU-Erasmus Experience -Higher Education in Europe- Richard Kelner (Academic Cooperation EU Delegation to Japan)
10:40-11:00	Break and Photo session
11:00-11:30	Lecture 4 Regionalization of Higher Education in East Asia Kazuo Kuroda (Waseda University)
11:30-12:00	Lecture 5 University of Tsukuba International Activities and AIMS Program Caroline Benton (University of Tsukuba)
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-14:00	I-AWARD: Good Practices in Internationalization of higher education
	Anees Janee Ali (Universiti Sains Malaysia) Laily Alfa Citra (Binus University, Indonesa) Matchima Naradisorn Phunsiri Suthilak (Mae Fah Uang University, Thailand)
14:00-15:00	Japanese Universities' ways forward in the AIMS Programme
	Hokkaido University, Tokyo University, Rakuno Gakuen University Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Ibaraki University, Tokyo Metropolitan University Hiroshima University Sophia University Waseda University Ritsumeikan University
15:00-15:20	Break
15:20-16:30	Group Discussion Opportunities & challenges in the Collaboration among universities
	Group 1 Risk Management             Group 3 Student Support Service Group 2 Credit transfer system      Group 4 Internship & Field work
16:30-16:50	Group Presentations Group 1 Risk Management   Group 2 Credit transfer system   Group 3 Student Support Service Group 4 Internship & Field work
16:50-17:00	Integration 1: Fernando Palacio (University of Tsukuba) Integration 2 and closure: Shinobu Sato (University of Tsukuba)

 

Contact information

AIMS Coordinator of the University of Tsukuba

Tak Tanaka: tanaka.takayuki.gn[@]un.tsukuba.ac.jp

Fernando Palacio, CRICED: fernando.palacio.gt[@]u.tsukuba.ac.jp

The symposium is managed by CRICED