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UMS Focuses on Five Key Lenses for Excellence in 2024

 

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) has identified five strategic lenses aimed at driving the university's excellence in fulfilling its vision and mission.

These five lenses include talent development, strengthening research, innovation, and commercialization, knowledge transfer and sharing, internationalization, and enhancing the enabling ecosystem.

According to UMS Vice Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Kasim Mansor, the talent development perspective focuses on two main activities: world-class academic programs and student development.

For the second lens, ten strengthening activities will be implemented to accelerate excellence in research, innovation, and commercialization.

These activities include the creation of ten living labs, increasing publication excellence, and enhancing research clusters.

The third lens, knowledge transfer and sharing, reflects UMS's significant responsibility to empower the community and industries through knowledge-sharing programs.

“This is a crucial value-add as research outcomes and knowledge are returned in forms that benefit society and industry,” he said.

For the fourth lens, Internationalization, UMS aims to enhance the university's global competitiveness, strengthen partnerships with international institutions, and expand student mobility programs.

The final lens, the Enabling Ecosystem, refers to supportive mechanisms that contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of management in achieving the university's goals. For UMS, this includes financial sustainability, governance and service efficiency, enhanced digital technology, and a sustainable campus.

During the event, a luxury book titled Kembara Antartika: Pengalaman melalui Penyelidikan was launched to commemorate UMS's 30th anniversary this year. The book highlights the Antarctic journey of UMS researcher Professor Dr. Justin Sentian, who conducted a study on climate change titled Tropospheric Ozone Variations and Halocarbons in the Antarctic Peninsula under Extreme Weather Conditions, which has been recorded in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR).