Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and China’s Xiamen University inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to reaffirm their academic collaboration at Simpur Herbal Café on UBD campus on Monday.
Signing the agreement were UBD Vice-Chancellor Dr Hazri bin Haji Kifle and Xiamen University President Professor Zhang Zhongyi, witnessed by Ambassador-designate of China to Brunei Darussalam Xiao Jianguo.
Dr Hazri said the cooperation is aimed at increasing student mobility; target faculty academia by organising faculty exchange programmes, joint conferences and workshops to foster research collaboration and establish joint research projects; and utilise webinars and online learning to work together.
He said UBD is developing a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) programme and Xiamen University is invited to collaborate because it will enable access to a larger global audience through collaborative curriculum and pedagogies.
The Xiamen University toured UBD’s Botanical Research Centre (UBD BRC) after the signing ceremony, guided by UBD’s Director of Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research Dr Norhayati binti Haji Ahmad.
The visitors were briefed on the research and education activities conducted under UBD BRC and the various living collections housed in the garden were also highlighted.
