KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Negara on Tuesday passed the Universities and University Colleges (Amendment) Bill 2023 (UUC), which aims to enhance governance, activity management and student discipline within higher education institutions.
The Higher Education Ministry’s (MoHE) recent decision to review the Universities and University Colleges Act (Auku) 1971 has generated quite a stir. Although student freedom has been the focus of much discussion, something that deserves more attention is the autonomy of universities to select their own leaders.
PETALING JAYA: A DAP assemblyman has lambasted the higher education ministry for a recent town hall on the Universities and University Colleges Act (Auku) 1971, claiming it turned into a “brainwashing session”.
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TWO recent incidents prompted this week’s column: Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman being barred from entering a university for a dialogue session with students at the end of last month; and a town hall meeting last week with the Higher Education Minister that reportedly saw students less than impressed by the responses – or rather, non-responses – from the Higher Education people at the political and civil servant levels.